There are plenty of day-to-day annoyances that get up our proverbial nose but one of the worst has got to be waiting an unreasonably long time to get served at a bar.
Whether it's understaffing on the busiest day of the week or the penchant to hire village idiots with goldfish memories, something needs to be done.
Sure, robots like 'Mr Asahi' will put people out of jobs and cut down on social interaction but that's tough luck frankly, we want a beer and we want it now.
Built using robotics and animatronics, it can rustle up draught ales and bottles and consistently serve people in under two minutes, which allegedly saves the average person a rather shocking 13 minutes of waiting time at the bar. Of course this means more drinking time, which means more profits for pubs so don't be surprised to see these popping up sooner than you'd think.
It's currently doing the rounds (groan) at Selfridges in Oxford Street and took a team of eight engineers 200 man hours to build. Mr. Asahi is also trained to engage in polite banter with the public and the creators took great delight in announcing that its arms rival a Gladiator's for strength (for the love of God why?).
Assuming it doesn't malfunction and go on a beer fuelled rampage it'll move on from its London job this week to other Selfridges locations on a national tour, dates below if you're in the area, followed by a video of it in action! - Paul Lester
Yet more childish crap from Gizmodo posting, Bar Staff work damn hard and ridiculously long hours for very little in return, we put up with the scum of society as they crowd to the bar to get their "fix". Dont get me wrong, some are terribly bad but you cant expect perfection for £5 an hour.
tip: to get served quicker at a bar, work behind one - instant access to drinks..
Ey, chill G! Its only an artical! Besides, imagine if the barrel gets changed while that robot is serving. I doubt it would be able to tell if its serving a perfect pint of a glass of foam.
Editor | Martin Lynch
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Jaysus ... the blondie one is savage, i'd choose her over some robot love.
Yet more childish crap from Gizmodo posting, Bar Staff work damn hard and ridiculously long hours for very little in return, we put up with the scum of society as they crowd to the bar to get their "fix". Dont get me wrong, some are terribly bad but you cant expect perfection for £5 an hour.
tip: to get served quicker at a bar, work behind one - instant access to drinks..
Ey, chill G! Its only an artical! Besides, imagine if the barrel gets changed while that robot is serving. I doubt it would be able to tell if its serving a perfect pint of a glass of foam.
I'm not sold on the head he's getting on those beers, and I bet it can't paint a shamrock on the head of a guiness
If you can pour boiling hot liquids such as coffee/tea from a max-pax style machine, why can't the same be done for booze?
Even cocktails would be a simple matter of hitting the right buttons, just like sugar/milk on a coffee vending machine.