Shenzhen Hotel Robot Delivers Surprise Birthday Cake, But "No Human Involved" Isn't Quite True
EleanorOlcott · x · 2026-10-09
On her birthday, tryhardfifi experienced Shenzhen's hotel system: if your birthday falls during your stay, the hotel auto-orders a cake on Meituan and a robot delivers it to your room. EleanorOlcott pushes back: apart from the baker and the courier who handed the cake to the robot, millions of humans sustain this cheap delivery system — easy to forget when a cute robot does the final stretch.
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