Friend group left speechless by robot waiter requesting tips: 'The audacity of that restaurant... I absolutely did NOT tip'

Some restaurant trips are "zero tip" situations. This should be rare – after all, it's common courtesy to tip your server if they provide you good service. Usually, at a casual restaurant a server gives you the menus, takes your drink order followed by your food order, then brings your meals out,  refills your waters and drinks, and gets you any other food you're hungry for during your meal. It's nice to give other humans a little extra tip for their hard work if they serve you well… but what if that job got outsourced to a robot? 

It's become a running joke that robots might take a lot of our jobs! But there are some you just don't expect to see a robot doing. In America, it's not common to have robot servers, although this is more common in other parts of the world. I think many of us would be surprised and befuddled if a robot came beep-booping up to us and offering to take our orders. I suppose it's not that different than ordering food online — I usually tip for that service at least, because the tip still goes to the chef who made my delectable dish. But, like this person, if a robot waiter asked for a tip, I'd probably decline just based on the optics of the transaction. Where is the tip actually going? To the owner of the restaurant? Towards maintenance for the robot? Just towards general revenue? It's quite the conundrum, and people had lots of thoughts about it, as you can read all about below. 

Next, read about the bosses who were downright giddy about firing their least-favorite employees, like one who got to say, "Enjoy your holiday and don't bother coming back." 

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