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Old 02-09-2015, 11:22 AM
 
Location: Stanford, CA
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Behold america, a glimpse of your future. Oh you just gotta love it when liberals are bitten by their own socialist practices.

BBC News - Drone waiters unveiled in Singapore
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Old 02-09-2015, 11:26 AM
 
Location: Lost in Texas
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Where I am most of the time, cashiers are being replaced with automatic check outs. Not just at Wal Mart either.
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Old 02-09-2015, 11:26 AM
 
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Drones are free, free, free!
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Old 02-09-2015, 11:31 AM
 
Location: Sale Creek, TN
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Flying drones in restaurants, lawsuits waiting to happen. Just waiting on touchpads and maybe automated serving carts to become so common that servers and waitstaff will be there to bring refills. Not holding my breath while waiting, or wishing it comes to that
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Old 02-09-2015, 11:31 AM
 
Location: Iowa, USA
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Behold america, a glimpse of your future. Oh you just gotta love it when liberals are bitten by their own socialist practices.

BBC News - Drone waiters unveiled in Singapore
Is this a joke? I can't tell. I hope it is.

This is Singapore. And the article doesn't even say if this is going to work. it's an idea they're toying with, at best.

I don't think it will catch on is most places in America. Certainly certain restaurant will adopt the idea, others will choose not to.

But what's more intriguing about this posts is your incessant need to go on about socialist practices, because a post that doesn't do that is a waste of a post!
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Old 02-09-2015, 11:39 AM
 
Location: Pacific NW
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That sounds like an accident waiting to happen.

Higher minimum wages and over priced cities are causing companies to leave for less expensive states though. Fortunately not leaving for China in this case Longtime Seattle manufacturer moving 100 jobs to Nevada | Local & Regional | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News
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Old 02-09-2015, 11:40 AM
 
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Behold america, a glimpse of your future. Oh you just gotta love it when liberals are bitten by their own socialist practices.

BBC News - Drone waiters unveiled in Singapore

Such silly drivel you are putting out. Were drones developed by these so called socialists?
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Old 02-09-2015, 11:46 AM
 
Location: St Louis, MO
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Behold america, a glimpse of your future. Oh you just gotta love it when liberals are bitten by their own socialist practices.

BBC News - Drone waiters unveiled in Singapore
Um, did you notice that this has nothing to do with minimum wage, and is actually due to a labor shortage?
(Singapore actually has no minimum wage at all.)
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Old 02-09-2015, 12:17 PM
 
Location: Østenfor sol og vestenfor måne
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This is just the tip of the iceberg. Automation is going to obviate tons of jobs.

Half the conservative blowhards on here arguing that the high unemmployment rate reflects that most people are just a bunch of lazy bums/democrats are going to find themselves eating humble pie when computers are driving their trucks, operating their equipment, writing their code, and so on.
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Old 02-09-2015, 12:19 PM
 
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Behold america, a glimpse of your future. Oh you just gotta love it when liberals are bitten by their own socialist practices.

BBC News - Drone waiters unveiled in Singapore
Can drones cook a well done burger? And put that with only a bun and ketchup?
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