Saturday, April 5, 2014

Sometimes I hate media.. Exibit A.

Tonight my mom, sister, and I all went out to eat because my dad and brothers went to Idaho for the weekend. We went out to Chili's, which is one of my favorites!!! However, one of the first things I noticed when I walked in were these little "ziosks" on each table. They were almost like little ipads advertising the different foods they serve there. My initial reaction was "thats kinda cool," at least until our waitress came and explained it to us. She said..."Here is our brand new little ziosks. You can play unlimited games, search our menu, and even pay for your meal all on this little machine, all for just 99 cents." That's when I got really annoyed. They already have a million TV's in their resturant, and lots of people were just sitting around on their phones anyway. It bugs me that they are encouraging people to play games now too!! When you go out to eat, its usually to get away, and enjoy the people around you. The atmosphere. The food. The memories. Not your stupid phone, or what's going on on the TV in front of you!! Now they want you to play on the ziosk. Whatever happened to HUMAN INTERACTION?????
xoxo,
Jessie

1 comment :

  1. Wow! I had never heard of a "ziosk" I agree with you! It seems ridiculous to encourage playing a game when the reason for going out to dinner is usually to socialize and interact and at least communicate with the people we have gone with to dinner.

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