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No. Restaurant delivery is not a full time job and it is not a job that pays particularly well, particularly after factoring in expenses. Tips may make up for
by II2II 5y ago
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Restaurant delivery is not a full time job and it is not a job that pays particularly well, particularly after factoring in expenses. Tips may make up for some of that, but it is an expense for the customer rather than the restaurant.
Autonomous delivery also has questionable benefits. Moving at 15 MPH, and likely being prohibited from using certain roads, means several vehicles would take the place of the more traditional delivery driver in a car. The restaurant would also be responsible for paying for upkeep of these vehicles. (If they have contracts with a company to operate these vehicles, they would be more aggressive at recovering their expenses than the typical owner-operator delivery driver.)
- jayd16 5y agoPizzas as still getting delivered every day over at least an 8 hour window. A restaurant has to pay for that many man hours whether its the same human full time or not. In California that's $14/hr. In Austin I guess its still $7.25 an hour. I'm not saying this robot is a great idea, just that humans are expensive.
- Dylan16807 5y ago> Tips may make up for some of that, but it is an expense for the customer rather than the restaurant. Even ignoring how costs all add up eventually and affect consumer choice, if you can promise I don't have to pay a tip you can directly increase your delivery fee by $3 and I'll still be happier picking the robot.
- imtringued 5y agoWe have machines to get rid of pointless busy work.