Worked a commercial roof in Austin yesterday and counted six restaurant delivery bots rolling down the sidewalk

Boss man sent me to patch a leak on South Lamar and I swear every other person walking by was dodging those little white robots from the delivery services. Is anybody else seeing these things pop up in their city more and more or am I just noticing it now?

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king.eric14d ago

Did a buddy tell you those things tried to deliver tacos to a locked gate?

amy_craig2814d ago

Not trying to be rude but I gotta disagree on this one. That meme has been floating around for years now with different cities and businesses swapped in. Pretty sure the original was about DoorDash drivers not delivery drones. Even if it was true, a locked gate is a pretty clear signal. Nobody is confused about what a locked gate means.

kim.nina14d ago

Wait, are we seriously debating whether a drone would try to deliver tacos to a locked gate? That's like fighting over if a Roomba would try to vacuum a cat (spoiler: it would try, just for the chaos). Look, I've seen delivery drones get confused by a slightly open window, so a locked gate is basically a philosophical challenge to them. "Oh, a barrier? Let me hover here indefinitely while my battery drains and the tacos get cold." Honestly though, the locked gate is just the warm-up act for the real drama when the drone tries to figure out how to ring a doorbell it doesn't have. Eric's buddy probably witnessed the drone doing donuts in the driveway while the tacos slowly fermented in their foil wrapper.