Comments on: Write it Down! http://bryanallain.com/archives/2008/03/10/write-it-down/ daily doses of nonsense & inspiration Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:08:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: tony kevin http://bryanallain.com/archives/2008/03/10/write-it-down/comment-page-1/#comment-8270 tony kevin Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:48:20 +0000 http://bryanallain.com/blog/archives/2008/03/10/its-all-in-your-head/#comment-8270 We all need to vent sometimes. We all need to vent sometimes.

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://bryanallain.com/archives/2008/03/10/write-it-down/comment-page-1/#comment-8267 Geof F. Morris Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:58:01 +0000 http://bryanallain.com/blog/archives/2008/03/10/its-all-in-your-head/#comment-8267 I've never understood this behavior, much less the enforcement at mass-market restaurants. Now, at a frou-frou, fancy place, sure. But that's a high-risk, high-reward environment, y'know? As for the self-ordering, yes ... there are prototypes of multi-touch, table-bound systems for the ordering. But that's rather unlikely to show up in many places soon, for this reason: the installation cost far, far outweighs the operating cost of the employee. Consider: $5,000 per table v. $2.14 plus tips for wait staff that <em>you'll still have to have around to run the food to the table</em>. The economics just doesn't favor it right now. I’ve never understood this behavior, much less the enforcement at mass-market restaurants. Now, at a frou-frou, fancy place, sure. But that’s a high-risk, high-reward environment, y’know?

As for the self-ordering, yes … there are prototypes of multi-touch, table-bound systems for the ordering. But that’s rather unlikely to show up in many places soon, for this reason: the installation cost far, far outweighs the operating cost of the employee. Consider: $5,000 per table v. $2.14 plus tips for wait staff that you’ll still have to have around to run the food to the table. The economics just doesn’t favor it right now.

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