Drivers working for MK taxi company in Kyoto, Japan, no longer have to make an appointment to speak to the president of the company, Nobuaki Aoki. They just have to use one of company’s six new vending machines.
MK is one of the first Japanese employers to install a vending machine that can be programmed to talk in different Japanese dialects. Drivers using the machine are greeted by a number of different phrases in the voice of President Aoki, including “Drive safe without any accident” and “Groom yourself well and smile”.
A Japanese beverage maker called Dydo Drinco is behind the machines, which can be programmed to give a message when someone inserts money. Dydo Drinco came up with the idea to foster better communication in the workplace, the Japan Times reports.
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The machine can record up to four messages of five seconds such as “Thank you,” or, “You must be tired.” It’s not unimaginable that soon it might tell employees to stop wasting time and return to their desk, or warn repeat users about the dangers of excess sugar.
