The waiter comes to your table and asks: “Will you be paying by cash, credit or PayPal?”

Don’t be surprised to hear that question six months or a year from now, says John Donahoe, the CEO of PayPal’s parent company, eBay. Although PayPal is best known as a way to pay people or buy things online, the service is eyeing more opportunities offline.To get there, PayPal is letting others do some of the hard work.