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$9,650 saved, $300 a month

A family restaurant in Spring, Texas lost its only server. The owner did not hire a new one. He rebuilt the service flow. For $300 a month, an AI host takes phone calls and greets guests. It works in seven languages. QR-code orders and prepay handle the sale side. The owner has a software background. He set up the prompts and links himself. Kitchen staff now keep all tips.

How it wentThe restaurant saves $9,650 a month, per the news reports the post cites. That is against $300 a month for the AI host. The owner said the move began out of need: the team could not keep relying on one person to show up. The $9,650 figure comes from local news reports, not from the post author's own count.
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Act as the phone host for [restaurant name]. Greet each caller in their language if you can. Take [orders, bookings, or questions you accept] and pass each one to [order or booking system]. Give only facts from [menu, hours, and policy list]. Show me any request outside that list before you promise it to a caller. Keep a log of every call for my review.
A starting template based on the workflow the source describes. Review it before you use it; you are responsible for what it does.
Source: Medium (Josh Levine) · Topic: Customer Service · Tool: not named in the source · Other or custom cases
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