[SeanMacConMara]

http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm pops to mind. again.

[yifanl]

This seems more like the exact opposite scenario.

[SeanMacConMara]

Both stories literally feature mechanically automated fast-food outlets.

care to elaborate your pov please ?

[yifanl]

Manna is a robot deciding how the human workers should behave.

This is a bunch of human workers deciding how the mechanical work should be done (i.e. with a robot).

[kilotaras]

Manna's job was management, not burger flipping. There was no mechanical automation.