The year is 2035. It’s been almost 5 years since all the human services were taken off from the cruise ships. AI has taken the task of entertaining and taking care of the customers. Apart from some little errors in the robo software code everything was running great and the customers were extremely happy.
The Baristas family decided to pick the Exodus cruise ship, because it was famous with great coffee and brilliant views around the Caribbean islands. It was their annual holiday at the beginning of June and all of them were really excited about personnel-free cruise. Off from shore the first thing for the Junior Barista to do was to visit “The Black hole” coffee shop and try their drinks. Entering the inner space he saw a humanoid robot which had an espresso machine built into his body.
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-Good day, human!
-You said it, barista… bot or however you call yourself. Why is this place called “The black hole” coffee shop?
-It’s simple. Our coffee is so perfect that it grabs you with its gravitation field and you never want to leave this place again! Hehe… Anyway proceeding to your wishes. What would you want to drink?
-Ah… let the gravitation kick me. Show me what you can do! I want a double espresso, Kenyan fine beans if you have!
-Of course, already brewing it! Here it is!
-What? So fast? Let’s try it.
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The Junior Barista felt one of the most complex and flavorful coffees in his entire life. It was even better from the best shots that he managed to pull off the professional espresso machine. Junior looked with a great surprise towards the robot.
-How did you do this? Its so perfect!
-It’s easy… I have only did this a…. a…. a….
Something went wrong. Junior was aware that this was not the normal operation of the AI most modern gadget. He looked on the screen that was on the back of the droid’s head. It was stuck with a notification about a virus, named “The Coffee code roaster” and it has taken the coffee systems of the Exodus cruise ship. Junior got out of the Black hole and looked confused at the sunny deck. Disappointed people started coming out from all the coffee shops and bars. They have mainly chosen this ship because of the coffee experience and now this has all gone. Not only that, but it seemed completely impossible to fix the situation. People were so desperate that they started destroying all the equipment and all the coffee shops. They knew that they won’t receive any refund on their miserable coffee experience. Barista haven’t seen anything like that before. He realized what power the coffee (or its absence) really has and he was happy to work in an environment that was not dependent on software bugs and viruses. If he had the equipment he would gladly take the task and deliver tasty coffee to the people aboard. Junior Barista got back inside “The black hole” and looked around. Everything was designed to work only by robotic force. He was only not sure what was inside a big chest behind the bar. On a small metal plate on top was written “When robots die there’s only this option left…” and Junior was extremely curious to see what was inside. He opened it and immediately froze in his place. A huge smile appeared on his face... it was the espresso setup that he was always dreamed about and now it was all for himself. This would easily mean end of his vacation, but at least the coffee on the cruise ship was saved. It was going to be enough for Junior when his customers are leaving the place with smile and they definitely were…