2006-04-20

Eats for Geeks

Skinny and I have been hooked on Sheetz's MTO for years. For a geek, the service is near perfection:

  • no eye contact required

  • no speaking required

  • cool touch-screen computer used to place order

  • no order ambiguity

  • chicks stare in amazement as you quickly navigate the order interface


It appears Red Robin has been working to remove the human component from their dining experience as well. Sweet Tea just told me about Red Robin's Burger Customizer. It's much like MTO, only flashier. You use the power of the interweb to customize your burger while sitting in the privacy of your own home naked from the waist down. When you're finished, you can printed it out and hand it to a server (a person, not a computer) at Red Robin.

I can't wait to try it. I bet I can complete an entire Red Robin dining transaction without uttering a single word to the help.

Technology Rules!

5 comments:

  1. Honey, I set up an automated food ordering system at home, complete with touch screen, since apparently that gets you hot. You'll no longer have to speak to me when you're at home --- at least when it comes to food. You still have to ask for "other" things. Otherwise I can have you arrested.

    Happy?

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  2. meatloaf
    oven-baked chicken
    fried catfish
    chili

    --> meatloaf

    mashed potatoes
    french fries
    rice

    --> mashed potatoes

    green beans
    stewed tomatoes
    corn

    --> corn

    sex
    blow job
    heavy petting
    pillow talk

    --> blow job

    check out
    select another item
    cancel

    --> check out

    amount due: half of your net worth

    --> cancel

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  3. You want meatloaf and a blow job and you think half your net worth is enough to pay for these demands?

    Think again, little buddy.

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  4. I'll update the pricing database.

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  5. You guys are unreal.

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