Two reasons why this sucks:
a) More watery drinks from bartenders who are afraid of the device reporting them.
b) It also sucks for the bar owner because all the equipment involved costs something like 5 grand (for the pour spouts, wireless receiver, and software), and you're making up chump change each week. So the payoff will be after 20 years. and shitty drinks for everyone else.
This invention is seiously lame in all senses of the word.
Bartenders were invented to do whatever the fuck they want while tending the bar and give the paying patrons incentives to come back/leave tips. Especially in those high roller bars in any downtown area where the trendy fucks expect $60 tips anyway, now they are going to expect it and not give up shit for it.
Here is the official company pitch for buying this piece of shit:
Capton’s Beverage Tracker system is an innovative liquor monitoring system that helps bar owners increase their liquor profits by providing real-time wireless liquor consumption data to help prevent against shrinkage. Our system help you identify over-pours and drink giveaways. Think of it as an electronic journal of everything that happens within your bar operations. Remember, you can’t manage what you can’t measure!
Benefits
* - Free Pour Spout
(Ooooh,
free spout. right on!)
* - Real-Time Pour Tracking (Got
to watch those dishonest employees)
* - Wireless Transmission (So your employees
don't think you are watching)
* - Accurate To 1/10th Ounce (Cuz that's all you'll be getting
in a drink from now on)
* - Engage/Disengage Switch (To make
sure you DON'T get any more than the greedy fucks .........................................................want
you to get)
* - Increases Bar Profits (Cuz, "Fuck
The Customers" is their slogan)
* - Reduces Over-Pours (and satisfied
customers and repeat customers and tips)
* - Reduces Liquor Costs (becuase the
price of Vodka and Tequila is going down soon)
Beverage Tracker® takes complex technology and
creates a simple and manageable way to track each and every ounce as your
bar staff pours the liquor. Electronics and a battery are contained in
each spout. As the spout pours liquor it wirelessly transmits how much
in real-time to software which captures each and every pour.
Your patrons will never know you’re
using something besides a regular pour top. Your bartenders will be conscious
that even though they are free pouring they are still accountable for
what they pour.
