Waitresses Fitted With RFID Tags To Discourage Loafing And Improve Customer Service
In some ways it is unnerving what is going on with outfitting humans with Radio Frequency ID (RFID) tags, but from a business perspective it does make sense. A casino has now outfitted their waitresses with RFID tags to monitor how well waitresses are servicing customers. The “what if” scenarios for RFID technology is what is scary. Like what if they outfitted the RFID tags with electric current. Then if a manager found a waitress loafing, the manager could zap her from his office anytime the RFID tag detected a “loafing” pattern (such as being in the break room to long or coming back late from lunch or being in the bathroom too long).
Freedom Is Slavery posts: Employee Control via RFID. Tim Stanley, CIO of Harrah’s Entertainment, told silicon.com his company is now fitting waitresses with the tags on their name badges in order to ensure drinks get to customers more quickly and to ensure that areas of the casino don’t go unserviced. He said it’s not been without its problems“ …
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