Or is ChatGPT the modern answering machine? Depends on how empowered it will be to actually solve problems, which given the failure of other automated customer service systems, I suspect it won't.
AIUI this is less like ChaCha/kgb (which were services that would have a human answer any text question at a premium rate) and more like "24/7 support for GE products".
Looking back, it's really amazing how the 24/7 economy has slowly taken over. Could you imagine someone running a grocery store today that wasn't open on the weekend?
Lot of lines became pretty blurry in the recent few decades. Lots of business target the “off time”. Lots of companies offer or run non-traditional schedules where employees are off on “work days”. And finally, saying “we’re closed for the holidays” - which ones? It’s becoming less clear with so many cultures in the mix.
So yes, 24/7 became the norm. And it’s ok if people get paid fairly and are willing to do it. On a side note, I do miss the old simpler days.
With dual income M-F 7AM to 6PM working households becoming common, I assume there would be significant demand outside of those hours for non work activities.
The interesting part would be if grocery stores start charging more for evening/weekend/overnight hours.
A new experience for me since I moved from California to Amsterdam: A local shop where we often buy vegetables closed for the entire month of August, with a hand written note on the window. In September they were open again.
I learned this the hard way, dont vacation in Italy in August. All the local restaurants are closed as their owners are vacationing! That actually made me reassess my own beliefs about life balance.
> Could you imagine someone running a grocery store today that wasn't open on the weekend?
Something I learned as a result of covid was that normal Chinese practice is to go to the grocery store every day so that you can prepare a meal from fresh ingredients.
Obviously under such circumstances it wouldn't be possible for grocery stores to be regularly closed over the weekends. That idea has to result from the mass individual storage of large quantities of food, which is interesting in its own right.
My impression is that many people in Northern Europe are also used to going to the grocery store every day, at least to get specific things where freshness makes a big difference. Very different from what I'm used to in the United States!
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So yes, 24/7 became the norm. And it’s ok if people get paid fairly and are willing to do it. On a side note, I do miss the old simpler days.
The interesting part would be if grocery stores start charging more for evening/weekend/overnight hours.
Something I learned as a result of covid was that normal Chinese practice is to go to the grocery store every day so that you can prepare a meal from fresh ingredients.
Obviously under such circumstances it wouldn't be possible for grocery stores to be regularly closed over the weekends. That idea has to result from the mass individual storage of large quantities of food, which is interesting in its own right.