Instacart began delivering in my area recently, and my first order was yesterday. All went well and I'm pleased. It took me back to a time when I ruminated star

Instacart began delivering in my area recently, and my first order was yesterday. All went well and I'm pleased. It took me back to a time when I ruminated start-up ideas. Standing in line at a deli, feeling guilty for making the deli person have to saw through a very tough salami, I imagined it was a perfect opportunity for robotics. Now I see it was simpler than that, just give customers a different way not to wait in line, and remove guilt by creating an opportunity to give the delivery person a tip. Why don't we tip deli people anyway? It's awfully physical labor they do, when the slicers are manually powered, and we as customers have to stand there and watch them. Sometimes it seems humiliating. I rarely feel as thankful as when I thank the deli person who hands me my order of cold cuts. But I still think the job should be roboticized.