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I ate at the Mtn View uWink a few times before it died; it seemed to suffer from a few procedural issues: * People didn't understand how to use the tablets, so
by willidiots 13y ago
I ate at the Mtn View uWink a few times before it died; it seemed to suffer from a few procedural issues:
* People didn't understand how to use the tablets, so you needed staff to explain things to them.
* Certain things (like drink refills) that are high-frequency are easier handled by human intervention, than by calling up the "order refill" option and waiting for someone to appear
* Food was expensive (presumably to account for the cost of POS systems plus a full staff) and not great (not really an issue for Applebee's / Chili's as they've made an empire out of mediocre food)
* As mentioned above, a fair share of software glitches - so you need IT support in addition to kitchen / service staff.
It didn't really seem to solve a problem - you replaced the customer-staff interaction with a customer-staff-computer-staff interaction.
I'd like the ability to page my server, but that's about it.