I heard that in part of US, korea and japan, which is also
facing an ageing population, ordering of foods is done by
self, with a touch screen, you order what you want at the front
counter, people inside the kitchen will prepare it, you pay thru a
machine, and you take your food and move to a table to eat, then
you clean the table yourself with a napkin provided, place back the
tray and walk off.
Now in here, if you look at it, Japan and korea hv never like
foreigner esp the lower ones to work in their countries unless
given no choice, they are also facing aging and population
reducation problem. By self productivity, they can reduce the front
staff, the cleaning staff and the order taking staff.
Today if you go to a singapore eating place, be it macdonald or
food court, you may see philipinos taking yr order, Indian national
getting your food, and chinese cleaner cleaning your table. And as
we rely on all these people, more will come in. In order not to get
more and more foreigners into our countries, we should learn to
automate and accept automation, which I think will be the best way
out in a aging and reducing local population.
Another example is smart phone apps for on
call taxi, once everyone know how to use it, do you still need
PRC gals??