Found via Metafilter, from an article in the Washington Post about a new automated convenience store in Washington, D.C.:
As for the dehumanizing effects of our faceless, impersonable future? “This is ‘Modern Times,’ ” Celente says. “Charlie Chaplin went through that. People are already dehumanized.
“And it’s not like you’re dealing with a real human being in convenience stores anyway.”
Did you hear that, convenience store workers? You’re not real humans. What an ass.