Bad Ideas: A Dancing Samurai Robot Server
Have you always envisioned a robotic samurai serving your last meal before chopping you to bits and/or burning the flesh from your bones? But I didn't order the slow-roasted death! You're losing your tip fast, mister.
Lapassarad Thanaphant, owner of the Hajime restaurant in Thailand, chose an odd waitstaff for her just-opened Japanese-themed eatery: robots. The robots work to deliver and clear food that customers order via a touchscreen...The robots also dance to entertain customers and, entertaining in itself, are dressed rather elaborately as samurai.
Yeah that's a big ol' no thanks right there. I don't care how many coupons you send in the mail, I'd rather starve than be served by a robot. Or monkey. You really think they wash their hands after crapping on the bathroom floor and throwing it at the toilet? Hell no they don't!
Hit it for the video of the last thing you'll ever see dining out.
Hungry? Let dancing samurai robots serve you [dvice]
Thanks to The Remote Control, who I can't find to save my life. I JUST WANT TO PLAY SOME PS3, GOD!
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