America the Agoraphobic

Is it just me, or is the man trying to push us indoors and widen the space between us? A cocktail dispensing machine, really? If found at a bar, is there need to tip the trying-too-hard barkeep? If found at home, will the socialization hour we all know, need, and love be discarded as we speed home to catch Seinfeld and sip our Sidecars? Just a thought.