Applebees and Chili's replacing waiters with Tablet PCs

Started by jimmy olsen, December 04, 2013, 09:57:24 PM

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Admiral Yi

Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 05, 2013, 10:50:53 AM
Yes, yes it is.  A businessman not in the business of maximizing profits is not a good businessman.

Not that part, the other part.

CountDeMoney

Quote from: garbon on December 05, 2013, 10:47:25 AM
Do you think businesses should not embrace technology that makes end result better for their consumers, if it will result in the need for fewer employees?

Actually, that wholly depends on whether I'm one of their employees or one of their consumers.

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CountDeMoney

Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 05, 2013, 10:55:15 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 05, 2013, 10:50:53 AM
Yes, yes it is.  A businessman not in the business of maximizing profits is not a good businessman.

Not that part, the other part.

Jobs cost money and negatively impact the potential of profits.  Therefore, in order to maximize profits, jobs have to go.  Maybe not until every other alternative is exhausted, but in the end, they need to go.
I'm surprised you didn't know that.

11B4V

Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 05, 2013, 10:59:31 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 05, 2013, 10:55:15 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 05, 2013, 10:50:53 AM
Yes, yes it is.  A businessman not in the business of maximizing profits is not a good businessman.

Not that part, the other part.

Jobs cost money and negatively impact the potential of profits.  Therefore, in order to maximize profits, jobs have to go.  Maybe not until every other alternative is exhausted, but in the end, they need to go.
I'm surprised you didn't know that.

Obama is weeping.
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crazy canuck

I have been to places where the server inputs the order into a tablet type device.  I dont think I would like to eat at a place where I need to input the data myself.

CountDeMoney

Quote from: crazy canuck on December 05, 2013, 11:05:15 AM
I dont think I would like to eat at a place where I need to input the data myself.

Maybe it'll have a Sneeze Guard.

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11B4V

Quote from: Valmy on December 05, 2013, 11:08:40 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on December 05, 2013, 11:01:40 AM
Obama is weeping.

Why?  He has a public sector job.

His friend Seedy no longer believes. In short, Seedy has turned Republican.
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

derspiess

Quote from: crazy canuck on December 05, 2013, 11:05:15 AM
I have been to places where the server inputs the order into a tablet type device.  I dont think I would like to eat at a place where I need to input the data myself.

In order to make sure my order gets entered correctly, I'd absolutely prefer to enter the data myself.  Plus I'm sort of a control freak when it comes to things like this, so I go with self-service whenever it's an option.
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CountDeMoney

Quote from: 11B4V on December 05, 2013, 11:11:53 AM
His friend Seedy no longer believes. In short, Seedy has turned Republican.

French Republican, maybe.