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"  T.G.I. Friday&amp;#039;s customers are saying goodbye to the universal phrase, &amp;quot;check please.&amp;quot; Instead, they&amp;#039;ll be saying something along the lines of, &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;d like to pay using the &amp;#039;My Fridays Tab&amp;#039; feature on my smartphone.&amp;quot; According to Nation&amp;#039;s Restaurant News, T.G.I. Friday&amp;#039;s created a new smartphone application that allows guests to pay on their phones. Ricky Richardson, chief operating officer of Carrolton, Texas, T.G.I. Friday&amp;#039;s, explained, &amp;quot;This new app puts the Friday experience at guests&amp;#039; fingertips \u2014 whether they&amp;#039;re looking for the closest Friday&amp;#039;s to celebrate and indulge, or if they want to pay their bar tab quickly.&amp;quot; More From Delish: Are You a Master of Fast-Food Slogans? The app is usable at 300 Friday&amp;#039;s locations nationwide and is free for download from Apple or the Android App Market. The app is simply for T.G.I. Friday&amp;#039;s in general, while the &amp;quot;My Friday&amp;#039;s Tab&amp;quot; function is one of its new features. How exactly does one use the new bill paying function? Customers must sign up for &amp;quot;My Friday&amp;#039;s Tab&amp;quot; on their phones. This is accomplished by inputting a credit card number, which will be remembered on the app. Then the app spits out a five-digit code, which is given to the server. Once the code business is dealt with, all orders and items show up on the app from then on, allowing customers to keep track of their order and, more importantly, how much money they&amp;#039;re spending. Finally, after customers order everything they want or are done with the meal, the tab can be closed out and a tip suggestion of 18% is recommended. More From Delish: 23 Fast-Food Menu Items Sold Abroad The new function allows customers to save a minute or two that they would have spent waiting for the check and may prevent them from spending too much money, but T.G.I. Friday&amp;#039;s chief marketing officer said the app was actually created for consumer engagement and control. People like being involved with the brands that they&amp;#039;re using. Additionally, people enjoy having more control over their dining experience and being able to choose which way they want to pay. Have you used the &amp;quot;My Friday&amp;#039;s Tab&amp;quot; function? Would you prefer paying on your phone to paying the bill the &amp;quot;old-fashioned&amp;quot; way? Find more great food content on Delish:  Search for the perfect recipe from our homepage Find out the latest food news Get a recipe book to save your favorite dishes Sign up for our free newsletters Check us out on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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