WHERE ARE THE WAITERS?

Well...surprise, surprise.  Here we sit at one of the biggest airports in the country, all construction is finished from last year and it is amazing. The International Terminal is designed with the HUNGRY traveler in mind.

As far as the eye can see there are tables of innumerable restaurants offering every delicacy imaginable.  The roundabout is populated by upscale eateries most of which I've never known existed.  What fun, just trying to decide what/where to have lunch.

It was about noontime and the crowd was unusually light, we're thinking hurricane FLO has caused flights to neighboring southern cities to be cancelled.  So....not many folks to "people watch."
Not many waiters or waitresses either.

Take a look at the picture.  Those rectangular Ipads at EVERY seat are the new waive.  No waiter needed, you just look at the pictures on the screen, choose your favorite, tap the picture, tap the drink you want and  SLIDE your credit card through the little machine on the side.  WOW, what fun.  The age of the Jetsons' has arrived.   Magically, in just a few minutes the ONE HUMAN carrier delivers the steaming hot meal to your table.

YES, THE ONE HUMAN BEING present, shoots out of the kitchen and lunch is served.

GREAT!  RIGHT?...……….REALLY?

All those screens mean NO PEOPLE are needed.

NO JOBS HERE!

Why?   Because the owners of these establishments can buy this technology ONE TIME, install it and the profits start rolling in.

These fascinating screens do it all, without the problems of personalities clashing, mistakes on orders, calling in sick, co-workers jealousies, late arrivals, bad moods, neglect of customer, or any other type of human interaction that takes place when REAL HUMANS do the job instead.

Yep folks!  We did it to ourselves.  The waiters/waitresses have disappeared.  The question is not a "living wage" or "minimum wage"or even "equal pay."  There is NO question at all....there is NO WAGE in this beautiful, efficient, modern, lovely, and tasty new way of serving food.

How many jobs were eliminated by these MANY, MANY SCREENS????

Restaurant businesses are in business to make money!  Period!  Very few business leaders bust it just to give people a place to work. Very few are satisfied to just "break even."  They have to be very innovative and creative to stay in business in order to make a living. When the demanded pay scale hindered that bottom line, the HUMAN BEINGS were gone and the screens were installed

Not fair?  Immoral? Heartless?  Perhaps! But also...reality.

For all you folks that cried, "be careful legislating pay scale, or there will be NO job"....YOU FOLKS ARE NOT SURPRISED.  You told us this was coming.

It's here. Won't be long now until the profession "waitstaff" is gone by the wayside, priced right out of work.

As fun as these screens might be, I miss those young folks already!