Less tech, more fries

         You're old. Don't believe me, riddle me this: 

Your parents bought this for educational purposes. Although learning was never your objective, obtaining a Red Notice from Interpol was. You work your way around the globe, searching, reading, gathering clues. But wait, don't you dare lose the reference book! It came in handy when answering a geological question before being promoted. Not to mention the protection against disk copying that the reference book gave. No reason to pirate this software if you don't have the reference book to go with it. At last! You caught them all, now where the hell is she? 

         If you answered, "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" you're old. If not, your 100% uncultured or were too busy playing "Putt-Putt saves the Zoo," in which case, you're still old. We can all agree that growing up between Carmen Sandiego and now, we have witnessed many technological advances.  As us oldies become, well more mature, there are bound to be further developments. We have already seen the transition from CD-ROM, to USB sticks, to putting data into clouds, brilliant! AIM, to iChat, then the rebel BBM phase, back to apple with iMessage, wonderful! CDs, then becoming a criminal with Napster or Limewire, to buying an iPod, then rebuying it in the form of a phone, to downloading Spotify, magnificent! Who actually uses Pandora or Apple Music anyway? Unless you're me, that is! Things are changing and changing so quickly. But is this all good? Will us oldies be able to keep up?

         Let's envision a world where robots replace all restaurant employees. Yes, several good things could come out of that. Based on the programming, of course, I would assume that a robot is less likely to mess up your order, spill your drink, and judge you for the amount of food you are getting. Not to mention you wouldn't find hair in your dishes anymore. On the other hand, what if you need to complain? Would you call customer service? Who is going to point you in the direction of the bathroom? Would the robots be able to make modifications to meals? I mean, the older we get, the more food restrictions we will need. 

         I don't know about you, but I don't want to cook after a hard day, so ordering fast food is essential. Do you know what makes ordering fast food so much better? When you reach into the bag to find that the employee gave you extra fries. God bless that fast-food employee; they must have known I needed that. However, I don't think we would get extra fries with robots, and I don't think my old heart could handle that, could yours?

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