1. Welcome to McSwiney’s.

   I’m not in the least surprised, although I would have thought it would have happened first with Starbucks.

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   1. I was wondering when the Stainless Steel Rat reference was going to be made 🙂

      An engineer acquaintance of mine has stated that while you’d probably need to purpose-build a restaurant this way (as opposed to retrofitting), it would be easy to do with off-the-shelf systems. Wouldn’t hurt to have a person or two on hand for emergencies either.

      Next, we’ll have McHugh’s, where the food service is automated and there’s heavily armed security on premises to discourage bad behavior.

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2. History nay not actually repeat itself, but sure tends to rhyme a lot…

   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat

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   1. I remember those, growing up in Holland. Amsterdam slang called that “eating from the wall”.

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      1. Frankly, I’m shocked they haven’t made more of a comeback in light of spiraling prices and the Covid paranoia.

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         1. Apparently (says nl.wikipedia.org) they have faded away in a number of countries, but kept going strong in Holland and continue to do so today.

3. Taco Bell has made their first move for the coming Franchise Wars.

   If anyone needs me, I’ll be out getting a rat burger.

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4. I’ll bet the cubbies are to keep the staff safe from … vibrant customers.

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5. I remember my dad taking me to The Automat in Detoilet, when I was a wee sprog.

   Yes, both long, long ago, and far away.

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