And something as simple as checking straws and napkins or making sure the floor by the soda machine is clean can't be automated cheaply. Automation in general is too fragile to handle the demands of that kind of work.
And something as simple as checking straws and napkins or making sure the floor by the soda machine is clean can't be automated cheaply. Automation in general is too fragile to handle the demands of that kind of work.
"The system" was so good that it revolutionized the fast food market to the point that almost every attempt to buck the trend is now considered some sort of synonym to 'craft' or 'artisanal'.
(Note: I'm taking the movie as canon, which is basically stupid, but I have a grandfather who would gladly tell you the story of his first McDonald's visit, and how revolutionary it was relative to everywhere else he'd been, but for his passage a few years back.)
And we already have a model of what it will look like, laundromats. That's what people are aiming for, the patron doing a lot of the work with maybe one person to oversee and provide special services like dry cleaning. I don't think that would be an improvement in food service.