I, for one, welcome out robot hotel staff

George K · "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

@Aqua-Letifer said in I, for one, welcome out robot hotel staff:

Well, here we go then. I think this bullshit is starting in full swing.

Mrs. George and I spent a couple of nights in downtown Chicago - at the Palmer House - for our anniversary. The goal was just to get away for a few days and be waited on.

Guess what? No room service.

I can only guess that this is a staffing issue. The only way we could do a meal in our room was to bring it upstairs (in styrofoam and plastic) from the downstairs restaurant.

We were short on glasses and pillows. When I called the desk, they said they'd someone up right away - that could EASILY be done with a robot. I'm surprised that iRobot (maker of Roomba) hasn't explored this space - perhaps they have, I dunno.

Doctor Phibes

Presumably the folks who previously did this work are too busy coding

Axtremus

Only rich people can afford to hire the time and labor of other people. The rest will have to make do with technology.

Rich people have personal assistants.
The rest of us get personal digital assistants.

Rich people can retain real chauffeurs.
The rest of us can have autonomous driving tech.

Rich people can afford paramours and escorts.
The rest can at best afford blow-up dolls.

Klaus

@Axtremus said in I, for one, welcome out robot hotel staff:

Rich people can afford paramours and escorts.
The rest can at best afford blow-up dolls.

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Mik

Do the math - $2K a month, $490 a week, that's a $12 an hour employee PLUS no benefits, UI, matching SS and Medicare no HR overhead. It's a good decision for the hotels, even if staff were plentiful. Screw the union.

Aqua Letifer

@Axtremus said in I, for one, welcome out robot hotel staff:

Rich people can afford paramours and escorts.
The rest can at best afford blow-up dolls.

It's okay, man, none of us judge you.

Mik

Nh. I've met his lovely wife. He's doing much better than that.

taiwan_girl

I dont think this is a big deal. Labor force is kind of shrinking. Companies do this all the time'

sell check out at grocery stores, etc

Aqua Letifer

@taiwan_girl said in I, for one, welcome out robot hotel staff:

I dont think this is a big deal. Labor force is kind of shrinking. Companies do this all the time'

sell check out at grocery stores, etc

I'll be interested to see if you still feel the same way in the coming decade.

LuFins Dad

@Aqua-Letifer said in I, for one, welcome out robot hotel staff:

@taiwan_girl said in I, for one, welcome out robot hotel staff:

I dont think this is a big deal. Labor force is kind of shrinking. Companies do this all the time'

sell check out at grocery stores, etc

I'll be interested to see if you still feel the same way in the coming decade.

Give it 2. This is at most a novelty for the next 5-7 years, especially with all of the supply disruptions in electronics.

Aqua Letifer

@LuFins-Dad said in I, for one, welcome out robot hotel staff:

@Aqua-Letifer said in I, for one, welcome out robot hotel staff:

@taiwan_girl said in I, for one, welcome out robot hotel staff:

I dont think this is a big deal. Labor force is kind of shrinking. Companies do this all the time'

sell check out at grocery stores, etc

I'll be interested to see if you still feel the same way in the coming decade.

Give it 2. This is at most a novelty for the next 5-7 years, especially with all of the supply disruptions in electronics.

Maybe. Adjacent to robots, I'm pretty sure AI is going to disrupt the everloving shit out of my job prospects. (It shouldn't, but pretty certain it will.)