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Nice, maybe we can start embracing more sensible ways of feeding people that the ridiculously inefficient restaurant model with cooks, servers, individual food

by devit 6y ago

Nice, maybe we can start embracing more sensible ways of feeding people that the ridiculously inefficient restaurant model with cooks, servers, individual food choice and individual tables.

avalys 6y ago
Line up at the dispenser for your very efficient food pellet!
odshoifsdhfs 6y ago
Yes, soylent green for everyone. In the meantime, we should also destroy most of side-projects in github (heck, developers are using electricity while doing these non sensible projects), probably also kill youtube and facebook, and even commenting here in HN. Think of the server electricity bills we will save. Just because you don't enjoy something, don't be so happy for others misfortune please. For some going to restaurants are their highlights of the week and for the people working there, their paychecks
- bazooka_penguin 6y ago
  Why don't we just kill the poor people? /s
wafflesraccoon 6y ago
Soylent green is made of people
nineplay 6y ago
I read a article pre-covid about a restaurant owner in SF who'd closed her sit-down, full service restaurant and opened a counter-service/takeout restaurant instead. Less staff, less overhead, more customers, and she felt it was a better model for everyone involved. Even before Covid, the sit down restaurant service with it's hostess and waiters and 3 course menus seemed to be going the way of the movie theater. Who has time, who has energy, and who wouldn't be just as happy getting Doordash and eating in the comfort of their home and probably watching a movie at the same time? Fewer and fewer people it turns out.
- commandlinefan 6y ago
  > sit down restaurant service ... seemed to be going the way of the movie theater ... who wouldn't be just as happy ... in the comfort of their home and probably watching a movie Well, I'm just one data point, but I vastly prefer going out for dinner (and sitting down, getting a menu, having a waiter) and going in person to a movie theater to doing those things in my same-old living room that I see every night. I don't know just how in the minority I am, but there are some of us who think it's worth the extra money you pay to have the experience.
  - rabuse 6y ago
    My family and I have been going to movie theaters as a weekly family outing for a long time (pre-covid), and I have always enjoyed that. You just don't get the same experience from home.
- geewee 6y ago
  I would much rather eat at s restaurant. The food hasn't gotten cold, and it just feels like a completely different experience
  - nineplay 6y ago
    I like eating in restaruants but it just doesn't happen very often. Mostly when I do (did) it's lunch with coworkers. Otherwise - while on vacation or maybe the oddball anniversary dinner, but not much else. I doubt I'm paying their bills.
    - matthewowen 6y ago
      I mean, OK? But other people are: restaurants collectively were booming before the pandemic[0]. And even in the midst of a pandemic, many people are still going out to them! I think your anecdata is heavy on the anecdote and light on the data. 0: https://www.nrn.com/sales-trends/us-restaurant-sales-reach-record-863b-2019-nra-says https://www.nrn.com/sales-trends/us-restaurant-sales-reach-r...
jjeaff 6y ago
We've already tried that. Cafeterias have their place, but places like Luby's and other cafeteria style restaurants are on their way out.
staplers 6y ago
In Portland (Pre-Covid), a popular upscale restaurant model was to wait in line to pre-order at the counter, then grab your own silverware and table, and a non-server would bring out your order. Often this would allow restaurants to serve upscale food at cheaper prices due to low overhead. Even with their successfully efficient business model, many are closing permanently. Your comment sounds dramatically bitter.
jariel 6y ago
? It's actually probably more efficient to have people prepare food than for you to do it yourself, just like almost everything else in life. I'm not saying we should just do that, but in terms of raw efficiency, the only issues is freshness vs. transport/timing etc. Otherwise - you don't make your own butter, grow your own food, or make your own furniture either.
rabuse 6y ago
Let's just live in our pods, own nothing by renting everything, implement our social score system, and eat our bug bars. That'll make everyone happy...

by devit 6y ago

Nice, maybe we can start embracing more sensible ways of feeding people that the ridiculously inefficient restaurant model with cooks, servers, individual food choice and individual tables.

avalys 6y ago

Line up at the dispenser for your very efficient food pellet!

odshoifsdhfs 6y ago

Yes, soylent green for everyone. In the meantime, we should also destroy most of side-projects in github (heck, developers are using electricity while doing these non sensible projects), probably also kill youtube and facebook, and even commenting here in HN. Think of the server electricity bills we will save. Just because you don't enjoy something, don't be so happy for others misfortune please. For some going to restaurants are their highlights of the week and for the people working there, their paychecks

bazooka_penguin 6y ago
Why don't we just kill the poor people? /s

wafflesraccoon 6y ago

Soylent green is made of people

nineplay 6y ago

I read a article pre-covid about a restaurant owner in SF who'd closed her sit-down, full service restaurant and opened a counter-service/takeout restaurant instead. Less staff, less overhead, more customers, and she felt it was a better model for everyone involved. Even before Covid, the sit down restaurant service with it's hostess and waiters and 3 course menus seemed to be going the way of the movie theater. Who has time, who has energy, and who wouldn't be just as happy getting Doordash and eating in the comfort of their home and probably watching a movie at the same time? Fewer and fewer people it turns out.

commandlinefan 6y ago
> sit down restaurant service ... seemed to be going the way of the movie theater ... who wouldn't be just as happy ... in the comfort of their home and probably watching a movie Well, I'm just one data point, but I vastly prefer going out for dinner (and sitting down, getting a menu, having a waiter) and going in person to a movie theater to doing those things in my same-old living room that I see every night. I don't know just how in the minority I am, but there are some of us who think it's worth the extra money you pay to have the experience.
- rabuse 6y ago
  My family and I have been going to movie theaters as a weekly family outing for a long time (pre-covid), and I have always enjoyed that. You just don't get the same experience from home.
geewee 6y ago
I would much rather eat at s restaurant. The food hasn't gotten cold, and it just feels like a completely different experience
- nineplay 6y ago
  I like eating in restaruants but it just doesn't happen very often. Mostly when I do (did) it's lunch with coworkers. Otherwise - while on vacation or maybe the oddball anniversary dinner, but not much else. I doubt I'm paying their bills.
  - matthewowen 6y ago
    I mean, OK? But other people are: restaurants collectively were booming before the pandemic[0]. And even in the midst of a pandemic, many people are still going out to them! I think your anecdata is heavy on the anecdote and light on the data. 0: https://www.nrn.com/sales-trends/us-restaurant-sales-reach-record-863b-2019-nra-says https://www.nrn.com/sales-trends/us-restaurant-sales-reach-r...

jjeaff 6y ago

We've already tried that. Cafeterias have their place, but places like Luby's and other cafeteria style restaurants are on their way out.

staplers 6y ago

In Portland (Pre-Covid), a popular upscale restaurant model was to wait in line to pre-order at the counter, then grab your own silverware and table, and a non-server would bring out your order. Often this would allow restaurants to serve upscale food at cheaper prices due to low overhead. Even with their successfully efficient business model, many are closing permanently. Your comment sounds dramatically bitter.

jariel 6y ago

? It's actually probably more efficient to have people prepare food than for you to do it yourself, just like almost everything else in life. I'm not saying we should just do that, but in terms of raw efficiency, the only issues is freshness vs. transport/timing etc. Otherwise - you don't make your own butter, grow your own food, or make your own furniture either.

rabuse 6y ago

Let's just live in our pods, own nothing by renting everything, implement our social score system, and eat our bug bars. That'll make everyone happy...