> Servers, knowing they were being monitored, pushed customers to have that dessert or a second beer
Great example of something good for the restaurant owner being bad for the visitors and potentially unsafer for other drivers.
Now I want to write software that offloads some aspect of quality-of-life into making restaurant managers' lives unhealthier and riskier.
Also a great example of feature creep: Adveritsed as "Restaurant Guard," reducing theft, it made people have to perform better b/c they were being watched. Good thing we have choices in life still. Honey, where are my gardening gloves!
"Great example of something good for the restaurant owner"
You could also argue that pushing desert is bad as well (sugar, fats etc.) Where do you draw the line though? What about the entire meal at the restaurant - it's not exactly boiled potatoes and steamed green beans.
Separately, something that is "good for the restaurant" is not necessarily bad for the patrons. The fact that people drink at a restaurant (or buy dessert which I'm told has a high profit margin) adds to the profitability and allows it to lower the price on food (in theory) and makes it a going concern. Also the check is higher so the tip (which the server makes) is larger so someone is earning a better living.
Great example of something good for the restaurant owner being bad for the visitors and potentially unsafer for other drivers.
Now I want to write software that offloads some aspect of quality-of-life into making restaurant managers' lives unhealthier and riskier.
Also a great example of feature creep: Adveritsed as "Restaurant Guard," reducing theft, it made people have to perform better b/c they were being watched. Good thing we have choices in life still. Honey, where are my gardening gloves!