> “Sooner or later it’s going to happen, but robots can’t beat us yet. At high volume places I don’t see it, and high-end places no way. It’s a social environme

> “Sooner or later it’s going to happen, but robots can’t beat us yet. At high volume places I don’t see it, and high-end places no way. It’s a social environment too. It’s not just about getting a drink.” Oh it'll happen, and if the social environment is important than it will be a different place that offers it, an entrepreneur with that 'novel' idea in 2027. Its too bad this is a union's only way to make a stand after routine negotiations don't provide the assurances. Not a great use of energy when they can all get axed anyway, its happened before. Union leaders can totally misjudge a company's need for all of their workers, or the company's finances, yet everyone gets dragged along in a massive delusional groupthink.