Monday, November 17, 2008

My completely original idea. (Kind of)

I've tried to come up with an idea that has never been done before, and found little inspiration, but I think that I may have finally came up with something that hasn't been done before. It came to me when I was serving tables at Olive Garden this weekend. It is somewhat similar to a concept from the Jetsons, but different enough that I feel that it is original. The idea is to have fully interactive menus at tables in restaurants, such that guests would be able to see a 3D rendering of a menu item complete with smells by simply selecting it off of the menu, and if they decide that they want their selection, then they would be able to instantly get their order teleported to the table. This would eleminate the need for servers, but also relieve them from having to deal with cranky, pissy, and frankly rude guests on a daily basis. I feel that this idea is different from the Jetsons concept because in the show, the food was delivered via tubes similar to the ones in the bank drive-through lane, not teleported. Of course this means that the concept of teleportation would have to be realized to perfection before this concept could be brought to fruition, in order for the food to arrive at the table in a manner similar to what the menu displayed. But then again, if teleportation of food is possible, then what is really the point in having a restaurant where people can actually go sit and eat, why not just have restaurants that teleport food to people's houses, which leaves the restaurants there merely to offer the masses different selections of food in the first place?

1 comment:

spyroterra said...

But what if the teleportation was faulty and you end up with food that is altered in some way and it is poisonous? Or what if a fly gets in with the food and it becomes a monster like in the movie "The Fly?"