“Anything else, sir?” Asked the robot.


    “No.” Roger put credits on the table. “Thank you for your service.”


    The robot shook its finger.


    “Oh right, old habits.” Roger pocketed the credits.


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    “What’s that, Grandpa?”


    “Back in the day with human servers, we gave them tips.”


    “How come?”


    “Servers were humans like us, but not paid enough.”


    “Oh, that’s terrible.”


    “It got worse. During the last pandemic, they were told to return to work.”


    “What happened?”


    “Check this out …” Roger pulled out his tablet and projected the screen. “Look …”


    A graph showed a world population decrease by the billions.