Automated Drink Ordering At Harrahs Rincon 3
Automated drink ordering has arrived to Harrahs Rincon in south California. Initially this was a good thing. After reading about it on the Open Vegas forum I felt as if “Big Brother” may be watching. Here are the details…
Customers can order drinks from their slot machine, and the cocktail waitress brings it to your machine. Put your Rewards card in the slot machine, and you can order coffee or alcoholic beverages by punching in your drink order on the machine. It even saves your drink preferences for next time. Maybe this is a test, someone is on the ball at Harrah’s, and this will definitely keep gamblers glued to their machine until drinks arrive.
After thinking a little about this I don’t really care. Some seem worried that the casino will be able to track their drinking habits. Great, give me more Grey Goose or Caronas. Have a bottle or six pack waiting for me when I walk into my room.
I don’t like big brother watching over me, but that’s life at a casino. I give that up every time I walk into a casino with all of the eyes in a sky. I give it up further every time I put a players card on a table or in a machine.
As I’ve noted before I drink when I gamble, but I don’t play to get a “free” drink like many others do. If a cocktail waitress doesn’t stop by then a drink is not meant to be. I don’t think service will be much slower or faster, but it may be more efficient for the casino.
I’ll have another Grey Goose and Soda please. Thank you.
