The days of a good heart-to-heart with a bartender may be over

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Robotic bartenders lack the flare of a good mixologist, but means less human contact — a good thing in pandemics

Mount Pleasant — While there seems to be a new video every day of maskless youths blithely partying outside bars, many people have actually been drinking less during the pandemic. Half of Americans say they aren’t excited at all about heading back to their favourite watering hole — or any bar for that matter.

A woman placing her pink face mask down on an empty bar and clinking glasses with a robotic bartender was not your typical drinking ad before Covid-19. But in a time when fellow drinkers and bartenders are possible disease vectors, the austerity of contactless cocktails can be comforting. Dina Zemke, an associate professor at Ball State University who studies how physical environments affect services, said robotic bartenders are more entertainment than serious mixologists, and that while bartenders still have a future, bars themselves may change.

 

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