Sonic Boom!

Robot Employees

"One chili dog. I eat chili dogs now. Seems cool and edgy. I'm thinking of making it my thing." Eggman told Dave.

Dave walked away and came back, holding a tray that contained a Meh Burger instead of a chili dog. "Here. This is probably close to what you ordered." Dave said in boredom.

Eggman scowled angrily. "You know what? I don't want a chili dog anymore. Now I just want to burn this place to the ground!" He raised his hand to his robots. "ROBOTS, ATA..."

"Not so fast, Egghead!"

Eggman sighed, dropping his arm and turning around to see Sonic. Sonic glared at Eggman. "We're not gonna let you destroy Meh Burger!"

Eggman sighed. "Fine. I've got an even better plan to get decent service."

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"First, I'd like to say it's an honor to meet the man who owns Meh Burger. Your institution is responsible for more evil than I could ever dream of."

Mr. Slate frowned uncomfortably at Eggman. "Uh...thank you?"

Eggman continued. "But there's still room for improvement. Orbot, slideshow!"

The red robot turned towards the wall and opened up a slideshow. The first image was Eggman standing on a snowy mountain and blowing a horn. "This is an artist's rendering of the current inefficient Meh Burger."

Quickly noticing the wrong slide, Cubot quickly bumped Orbot, and the robot quickly slid to the Meh Burger illustration...it was Dave sleeping while the burgers were burning.

"Now, here's my proposal." Eggman said, and Orbot slipped out another photo...this time it was robots working in Dave's place, respecting all of the customers. "A team of efficient robot employees, a shiny new Meh Burger, and a place where you get what you actually ordered!"

Mr. Slate grinned. "I love it! I'm very suggestible."

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Dave and Mr. Slate stood in a corner, watching the Robot employees serve their customers ever more faithfully than Dave had ever done. Dave glared at the manager. "These machines will never be able to replicate the customer service experience that only comes from a real life employee."

Penny walked up. "Hey, can I get my table some ketchup?" She asked. "They've been asking me for some reason."

Dave sighed lazily at the human girl. "Get it yourself. I'm on my break."

A robot rolled up to Penny. "How many ketchup sachets?"

Penny hummed thoughtfully, counting her fingers on how many people needed ketchup. "Around...five?"

The robot handed her five ketchup sachets and smiled at her. "Your business is very valuable to us, human customer."

Dave turned around to his boss, his eyes wide. "Come on! At least give me a chance to show you that I'm better than a bunch of robots! We could have a contest."

Mr. Slate hummed thoughtfully. "Okay, but if you lose," he glared at Dave. "You're fired!"

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"This is Soar the Eagle broadcasting live from Village Center, where local flunky Dave the Intern is about to challenge a series of robots in a fast-food throwdown. Clearly, it's a slow news day. The first event: Burger flipping!" Soar announced.