Restaurants investing in technology instead of paying people higher rates

[Guilds]

@Eagle-Keeper

As I noted earlier there’s little reason one needs a human to take a person’s order and futuristicly I could see robots bringing the food to people’s tables. How hard would it be to program a robot the layout of a restaurant and to stop at a specific table?

have you ever worked in the Restaurant biz?

Good servers increases profits, by selling.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

Well, that’s the thing.

People really like to be serviced. That is the premise inherent in the whole concept of the service industry.

[Guilds]

@TheDoctorIsIn

It’s not like it hasn’t been tried. It doesn’t work.

It’s not what people want.

Works fine for fast food.

Not with full service restaurants.

[zantax]

@Guilds

@zantax

No contradiction there. So how is it BS? Profit is king, that’s the purpose of business.

Well, that is the problem.

Need to put other factors on that balance sheet, besides cash.

Let me know when you figure out how to run trillions of economic decisions without the market imposed price supermind. North Korea and the soviets hasn’t worked out real well.

I don’t object to pricing in externals by government action. I pretty much agree that we should give legal agency, in a weighted way, to future or unborn generations.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

Yes. Exactly.

[Hexenbiest]

They have 1 million free Chinese workers in the concentration camps that big corporations pull from all the time. They have plenty of labor at a discount price. Nike, H@M, Heinz, Apple, and many fashion retailers use the forced labor camps of the CCP at a price better than the machines. They have plenty of labor to tap into.

[Eagle-Keeper]

@Guilds

@TheDoctorIsIn

It’s not like it hasn’t been tried. It doesn’t work.

It’s not what people want.

Works fine for fast food.

Not with full service restaurants.

I could see it in the restaurant chains like Applebee’s, Chili’s, etc., not a fine dining type place.

[CanadianJudo]

@Hexenbiest

They have 1 million free Chinese workers in the concentration camps that big corporations pull from all the time. They have plenty of labor at a discount price. Nike, H@M, Heinz, Apple, and many fashion retailers use the forced labor camps of the CCP at a price better than the machines. They have plenty of labor to tap into.

I do love how Republican have gone from free-trade to fair-trade in few decades.

[zantax]

@Eagle-Keeper

@Guilds

@TheDoctorIsIn

It’s not like it hasn’t been tried. It doesn’t work.

It’s not what people want.

Works fine for fast food.

Not with full service restaurants.

I could see it in the restaurant chains like Applebee’s, Chili’s, etc., not a fine dining type place.

Not really, no problem seeing a fine dining place automated, machine learning is pretty darn good for non general tasks. And let’s face it, nobody likes waiters, saying that as a former waiter and bartender. Pretty sure tech can outperform them in other words.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@Eagle-Keeper

I could see it in the restaurant chains like Applebee’s, Chili’s, etc., not a fine dining type place.

Casual dining tried automation. It didn’t work.

Depending on circumstances, Applebee’s is just as important a night out as a three Michelin star restaurant.

[zantax]

@TheDoctorIsIn

@Eagle-Keeper

I could see it in the restaurant chains like Applebee’s, Chili’s, etc., not a fine dining type place.

Casual dining tried automation. It didn’t work.

Depending on circumstances, Applebee’s is just as important a night out as a three Michelin star restaurant.

Tried, past, tech advances exponetionally, do the math.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@zantax

And let’s face it, nobody likes waiters, saying that as a former waiter and bartender. Pretty sure tech can outperform them in other words.

By all means, feel free to open a robot-only restaurant.

Let us know how it goes.

[zantax]

@TheDoctorIsIn

@zantax

And let’s face it, nobody likes waiters, saying that as a former waiter and bartender. Pretty sure tech can outperform them in other words.

By all means, feel free to open a robot-onky restaurant.

Let us know how it goes.

Already done, I mostly door dash. No waiters or cashiers needed. Not so great for poor people.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@zantax

Tried, past, tech advances exponetionally, do the math.

It’s not about technology. It doesn’t matter how smart the robots are.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@zantax

Already done, I mostly door dash. No waiters or cashiers needed.

It’s not as good.

You know that as well as I do.

Take out isn’t the same as dining out.

[zantax]

@TheDoctorIsIn

@zantax

Tried, past, tech advances exponetionally, do the math.

It’s not about technology. It doesn’t matter how smart the robots are.

Lol, seriously? Nobody cares if their waiter is smart. All they care about is their order being right, no waiters needed. Human waiters will be a rich people relic, like butlers or valets.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@zantax

Lol, seriously? Nobody cares if their waiter is smart. All they care about is their order being right, no waiters needed.

This is conplete nonsense.

I worked in a restaurant in an airport terminal.

We had a “to-go” window, and a full-servide sit down restaurant.

Which do you think made more money?

[Dem]

I like the hybrid approach I’ve seen some casual places use. The have a machine on the table that lets you order more drinks, appetizers, and pay without needing to call a waiter. But still have a waiter take your order, and check on occasion.

[zantax]

@TheDoctorIsIn

@zantax

Lol, seriously? Nobody cares if their waiter is smart. All they care about is their order being right, no waiters needed.

This is conplete nonsense.

I worked in a restaurant in an airport terminal.

We had a “to-go” window, and a full-servide sit down restaurant.

Which do you think made more money?

None of that is dependent on human waiters. You could remove waiters from any restaurant and nobody would blink. Yes, they might hang on high end, like butlers and valets. Or drivers.

[TheDoctorIsIn]

@zantax

None of that is dependent on human waiters. You could remove waiters from any restaurant and nobody would blink.

Such is your supposition. I don’t agree.

By all means, feel free to test the waters. Start your robot restaurant. See what happens.