Comments on: Order me a mojito with your table's touch screen, please

High-tech bar at London's University of Westminster lets students skip the usual hassles of grabbing a drink.
Photos: Skipping the bar line

[Ari Sawyer]

Going out for a Social experience?

In an industry of hospitality, the staff create the atmosphere more than the physical design. Why not eradicate the bartender as well and install a robot? How about just serving pill-form cocktails?
How long before the server crashes, someone asks for customer support in order to navigate the UI, then looks for the staff member . . . oops, outsourced that unit.

This is news?

Why is this news? Whole chains of American stores such as Sheetz have been using touch screen ordering for customers like this for years.

http://www.sheetz.com/sheetzweb/Store/pages/mto_touch.jsp

[Amazingant]

Sorry,

But I'm gonna have to say that this is not a bad story. Ok, so it's not the best I've ever seen, but if you've read as many stories on here as I have, you know that there's worse. At least there's a few stupid (yet funny) pick-up lines.