The Best Invention Guaranteed to Tick off your Server

While reading Toronto Star the other day, I came across an article titled, "The next round’s on the beer mat." The article was about the newest beer invention out on the market. The beer mat is a coaster that sends a radio signal to the bar. The signal then sets off a blinking light on the coaster to let the server know the beer is close to empty.

Can you believe this? Working in the industry, it’s hard enough to deal with drunken people making orders. I only can imagine how chaotic the place would be if there was a machine constantly beeping on top of that.

And even though, the inventor, who is a university professor, thinks the coaster is a good sale. Well then, all I can say is, picture this. I’m cutting a guy off from having too many drinks. His argument could be, but my beer mat was beeping and I lost track of how many it was ordering me.

According to the BBC, the price for a single coaster is $120 (Canadian). Isn’t that a big relief? I’m hoping there are no mass production boosts with this product and dies with all the other useless inventions because I don’t think it’s a good idea at all.

Why would anyone want to become that lazy that they can’t even open their mouth to order a drink, but to only open their mouth to drink? I think that takes away a lot of what going to the bar is all about. People go to the bar to socialize. Heck, some regulars only come into the bar to visit the staff.

Geez, what’s next? Beer mug glasses with built in breathalyzers?

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