This just makes me sad. I’ve only been to Italy once and maybe it was the experience as much as anything else, but I swear I’ve never had coffee as good as when

This just makes me sad. I’ve only been to Italy once and maybe it was the experience as much as anything else, but I swear I’ve never had coffee as good as when I was there. Wandering into a random cafe in the morning with my family, ordering an espresso and a pastry, stupidly ordering a latte that one time for my daughter and getting a glass of milk (oh right, cafe latte)... god if it had been a robot instead of a human being ... well those morning coffees are one of my favorite memories. > "It's also torture for the customer. Baristas get orders wrong, drink quality is wildly inconsistent, and coffee places don't keep a record of every customer's past drink order — but you can do all this with robotics." A while back I went to one of those restaurants where you order off a touch screen and then the food gets brought out to you. You barely interact with the server. I hated it. Maybe I’m a sentimental old fool, but when I’m going out to eat, I do not welcome our new robot overlords. :-( p.s. And I say all this as someone who’s been called a misanthrope. This just makes me sad.