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I don't know how Chikfilas are near you, but with the ones I've been to there are often lines of cars wrapping around the building a couple times. And when that

I don't know how Chikfilas are near you, but with the ones I've been to there are often lines of cars wrapping around the building a couple times. And when that happens, there are several Chikfila employees walking car-to-car with tablets, pre-emptively taking and charging orders from customers. Allowing them to batch-make orders from cars that would otherwise have to wait for someone else to get their food to place the order. Not having to have the stores talk to a remote server to record an order during peak load could be a win. Not sure if it justifies "edge computing" but if a fast food restaurant needed it, it'd be them. I've never seen anything like that level of congestion at McDonalds or Taco Bell.

silisili 4y ago
Yep, same. Actually, same everywhere I've ever lived in the US, come to think of it. I think CFA has a cult following, due to politeness and quality. In all my rambling, I guess my point is that CFA could go back to pen and paper, non electric cash only cash registers, and still probably not miss a beat. Given that we both know there will always be a line blocking the highway, every day but Sunday, what do all the sensors, machine learning, etc really enable? I guess I'm just asking for a bit of pragmatism, even where it obviously isn't my place to say so.
- edgyquant 4y ago
  They also seem to be conveniently located in a lot of places. I never ate there until recently when I moved and wound up with one right next to my gym. Now I eat there multiple times a week, and yes the politeness is a big factor I’d say.
- quanticle 4y ago
  Yeah, but on the other hand, just a few days ago, I went into a Potbelly and had to leave because the point of sale system was "rebooting", and they could neither process credit cards nor even get the cash drawer open to handle sales the old fashioned way. Pretty much everyone in line behind me left too once they realized what was going on. Maybe if they'd had a Kubernetes cluster keeping their local systems online, they wouldn't have missed out on a busy lunch rush.
- zzzeek 4y ago
  It sounds like you are skeptical that computers and automation may be useful to streamline and make more efficient what is otherwise a tedious, manual process with many logistical elements.

silisili 4y ago

Yep, same. Actually, same everywhere I've ever lived in the US, come to think of it. I think CFA has a cult following, due to politeness and quality. In all my rambling, I guess my point is that CFA could go back to pen and paper, non electric cash only cash registers, and still probably not miss a beat. Given that we both know there will always be a line blocking the highway, every day but Sunday, what do all the sensors, machine learning, etc really enable? I guess I'm just asking for a bit of pragmatism, even where it obviously isn't my place to say so.

edgyquant 4y ago
They also seem to be conveniently located in a lot of places. I never ate there until recently when I moved and wound up with one right next to my gym. Now I eat there multiple times a week, and yes the politeness is a big factor I’d say.
quanticle 4y ago
Yeah, but on the other hand, just a few days ago, I went into a Potbelly and had to leave because the point of sale system was "rebooting", and they could neither process credit cards nor even get the cash drawer open to handle sales the old fashioned way. Pretty much everyone in line behind me left too once they realized what was going on. Maybe if they'd had a Kubernetes cluster keeping their local systems online, they wouldn't have missed out on a busy lunch rush.
zzzeek 4y ago
It sounds like you are skeptical that computers and automation may be useful to streamline and make more efficient what is otherwise a tedious, manual process with many logistical elements.