[olug] OT - Would you like fries with that?

[Sean Edwards]

I imagine the next step would be to eliminate the
customer interface personnel.  If you order via web or
 phone or call center, and pay with debit or credit or
iPass card, why would a person and your food to you?

And the final step could be full automation.  I look
forward to placing the order electronically, preparing
the food robotically, and eating it in my hands-free
computer controlled hybrid vehicle.

-=Sean Edwards=-
cybersean3000 at yahoo.com


--- Mike Hostetler <hostetlerm at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 14:17:22 -0700 (PDT), Sean
> Edwards
> <cybersean3000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > "Would you like fries with that?" may be a phrase
> in a
> > high-tech career:
> > 
> > [snip url]
> > 
> 
> That's pretty cool technology.  But I'm not sure how
> it's cost
> effective for them.  Unless they want to hire people
> that don't speak
> English to work in the MickyD's.
> 
> This reminds me of a friend of mine from North
> Dakota.  His mom worked
> in an inbound telemarketing place in which the
> customer was an 800
> number for people to call if they were lost in New
> York City. 
> Needless to say, they weren't allowed to tell people
> they were really
> in North Dakota!
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Mike Hostetler
> thehaas at binary.net
> http://www.binary.net/thehaas
> 



		
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