Idicocracy was supposed to be a comedy, not a documentary.
Those eating places in Seattle that stay in business, will move to a much more highly automated process of taking the order, preparation of the order, and delivery of the order to the consumer.
It may be possible to never even speak directly to a human being representing the eating establishment while this process is carried out.
The concept goes back to the first Automat restaurant, opened in 1902, in Philadelphia, and the businesses were active up through the Depression years, where a selection of staples, like soup, sandwiches, pie, and salads could be served up with the deposit of coins in the refrigerated display case, with tables and chairs to sit and consume the food, then exiting the establishment. There were attendants, who could provide refills of coffee, cleaned the tables, or if necessary, make the change for the prospective diner to select the entree.
Pretty much driven out of business by the growth of “fast-food” burger joints, the last of the Automats closed about 1991.
Idicocracy was supposed to be a comedy, not a documentary.
‘_________to the first Automat________’
We were just talking the other day with some of our grandkids about the NYC automats.
Didn’t happen often, but I LOVED being in them as a kid, whenever our family went ‘into’ Manhattan from Long Island.