Comment by lotsofpulp 2 days ago I have doubts on the quality and how automated a 1930s restaurant could have been. 4 comments lotsofpulp Reply ac29 2 days ago They are talking about automating the serving process, not the cooking process.Specifically, you can read about Automats, which were basically early vending machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat lotsofpulp 2 days ago I don’t understand how this could materially reduce costs compared to current restaurants where you order on the screen and pick up your tray at the counter when your name/number is called. pydry 2 days ago They dont. Theyre equivalent to those on screen menus that have been around since ~2015.The point is that the automation of the customer service part of restaurants existed before and disappeared for ~60 years. 1 reply →
ac29 2 days ago They are talking about automating the serving process, not the cooking process.Specifically, you can read about Automats, which were basically early vending machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat lotsofpulp 2 days ago I don’t understand how this could materially reduce costs compared to current restaurants where you order on the screen and pick up your tray at the counter when your name/number is called. pydry 2 days ago They dont. Theyre equivalent to those on screen menus that have been around since ~2015.The point is that the automation of the customer service part of restaurants existed before and disappeared for ~60 years. 1 reply →
lotsofpulp 2 days ago I don’t understand how this could materially reduce costs compared to current restaurants where you order on the screen and pick up your tray at the counter when your name/number is called. pydry 2 days ago They dont. Theyre equivalent to those on screen menus that have been around since ~2015.The point is that the automation of the customer service part of restaurants existed before and disappeared for ~60 years. 1 reply →
pydry 2 days ago They dont. Theyre equivalent to those on screen menus that have been around since ~2015.The point is that the automation of the customer service part of restaurants existed before and disappeared for ~60 years. 1 reply →
They are talking about automating the serving process, not the cooking process.
Specifically, you can read about Automats, which were basically early vending machines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat
I don’t understand how this could materially reduce costs compared to current restaurants where you order on the screen and pick up your tray at the counter when your name/number is called.
They dont. Theyre equivalent to those on screen menus that have been around since ~2015.
The point is that the automation of the customer service part of restaurants existed before and disappeared for ~60 years.
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