Post by M. Hawbaker on Dec 6, 2023 17:33:07 GMT
YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Hold the pickles. Hold the lettuce. Special orders don’t upset… the robot?
Okay, wrong restaurant chain. And that wouldn’t rhyme as well as the famous Burger King commercial.
But now — for what seems to be the first time in Pennsylvania, although abc27 News couldn’t immediately confirm that — a Siri-like female robot voice is taking orders at the Hardee’s at the intersection of U.S. 30 (Loucks Road) and North George Street in Manchester Township, York County.
A spokesperson for the parent company of Hardee’s told abc27 News last month the technology hadn’t yet reached Pennsylvania. Employees at the York Hardee’s said it was brand new — had arrived just within the past week or two — and was working well. And they said as far as they knew, theirs was the first store in Pennsylvania with the technology.
www.abc27.com/local-news/robot-takes-over-from-people-as-order-taker-at-central-pennsylvania-fast-food-restaurant/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR0BWfGUGHEi8Pc7o7zUqxqEFhxesqxxedNmtuJINPh6z5m2MrcXmhVJRrA
Okay, wrong restaurant chain. And that wouldn’t rhyme as well as the famous Burger King commercial.
But now — for what seems to be the first time in Pennsylvania, although abc27 News couldn’t immediately confirm that — a Siri-like female robot voice is taking orders at the Hardee’s at the intersection of U.S. 30 (Loucks Road) and North George Street in Manchester Township, York County.
A spokesperson for the parent company of Hardee’s told abc27 News last month the technology hadn’t yet reached Pennsylvania. Employees at the York Hardee’s said it was brand new — had arrived just within the past week or two — and was working well. And they said as far as they knew, theirs was the first store in Pennsylvania with the technology.
www.abc27.com/local-news/robot-takes-over-from-people-as-order-taker-at-central-pennsylvania-fast-food-restaurant/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR0BWfGUGHEi8Pc7o7zUqxqEFhxesqxxedNmtuJINPh6z5m2MrcXmhVJRrA
Well, sadly, it's probably something we'll be seeing more and more of. 
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