#Żabka Nano

[seriously-mike]

That Frog Shop is GONE.

The Future was not meant to last.

I blame the fearful medieval peasants.

[beardedmrbean]

A 21st-century house of worship has opened in Poznań that gives the faithful 24-hour access through an app and comes complete with an assistant powered by the ChatGPT AI chatbot.

While other churches have held AI-powered services in the past, the Nano Chapel’s creator, Father Radek Rakowski, believes his brainchild may be a world first.

Faced with falling attendance at Mass, which has dropped dramatically in Poland, particularly in large conurbations, the parish priest of the Łacina district of Poznań struck on the idea of bringing faith into the modern age.

“We are in the 21st century and the religious and social needs of the residents have changed,” the priest told the Arkitektura i Biznes website earlier this year. “Traditional churches are plentiful in Poznań.

“And, importantly, they stand empty and closed for most of the day. This does not make sense.”

Rakowski, who has a reputation locally for his unconventional approach to his vocation, took inspiration from the round-the-clock staffless outlets of Poland’s largest convenience store chain, Żabka.

The Nano Chapel system is similar to car sharing, with users downloading an app and creating a profile.

But then, instead of clicking to open a car door and go for a spin, they open the chapel and enter to pray, contemplate, meet other parishioners, or discuss ecclesiastical matters with the on-site cyber-assistant.

Around 100 local people already have the app, including older worshipers.

CatechismGPT?

The priest has plans to build a church for his parish, which is in a new-build residential district, but does not have the roughly 20 million złoty (€4.6 million) required.

Instead, the local devout chipped in to raise 100,000 złoty (€ 23,000) through crowd-funding site Zrzutce.pl to take over the premises of a local real estate agency. The result is a site that people can visit at any time, and which comes with free Wi-Fi and a coffee machine.

“In our parish we look for solutions for how the church can adapt to parishioners, rather than the other way around,” Rakowski told a local news service, wPoznaniu. Visiting the facility, the Gazeta Wyborcza daily asked the ChatGPT-powered assistant a series of questions ranging from who the next head of the Polish Episcopal Conference would be, to what the Catholic Church’s position is on LGBT people, and whether the newspaper itself was against the Church. Its responses were guided by the Catechism, the Bible, and church teachings. Rakowski told Gazeta Wyborcz the assistant gives answers that are “calming and constructive” rather than unsympathetic and “often speaks more beautifully than some priests.” The priest spent a year working with the cyber-assistant to help train it to answer questions and give advice, including on theological and moral issues, as well as teaching it which topics to avoid. It will not offer guidance on how to vote, for example, and if asked to hear confession will refer the parishioner to an ordained minister.

[ntv-enterprises]

Żabka nano wouldn't let you buy energy drinks

You look like a kiddo

EXCUSE ME?!

I AM A GROWN ASS MAN! I CAN BUY WHATEVER I WANT!

ENERGY DRINKS, COFFEE, CIGARETTES, LIQUOR, DRUGS

I CAN BUY IT ALL!!!

[seriously-mike]

No hotdogs in this Żappka. Because it's not just any ordinary Żabka, it's THE FUTURE.

In case you don't believe me, here is a shot of the Żappka matching the original as closely as I could do it. But, let's get closer.

See? Lights on, nobody's home. You would think it's closed, but this is where THE FUTURE happens. Pick up your phone, open the Żappka app and scan your QR code on the terminal by the door.

Aaaand you're in. Grab what you need, the cameras in the store will record what you bought, Artificial Intelligence will analyze the footage and charge your card, along with sending an invoice to your e-mail, as soon as you step out of the store.

Unfortunately, as you can see, no hotdogs. No alcohol either. There's only a coffee machine and a secured fridge with energy drinks that you open by scanning the QR code on another terminal.

The most curious thing, however, is that the store was originally located nearby, at the Metro station. But as far as I know the Metro administration, they pulled the rent prices out of their collective ass while the station doesn't really receive that much traffic compared to those located in the strict downtown and most of the local folk are something of fearful medieval peasants, so it was cheaper to move it to an empty lot aboveground, right next to a paczkomat.

Pictured: the former Żappka store at the Metro station.

Let's go mutuals, let's grab a hotdog together

[exile-on-uwustreet]

already eaten my treat for the day... but there is another, spiritual treat, in the form of trip to żabka nano

[spiderlegeyelashes]

got mnms from żabka nano 👍 big nuts

[ilhoonftw]

not żabka nano scamming me...

[ilhoonftw]

żabka nano ... one of the worst business ventures if you ask me. you want to enter unmanned store and buy 2zł bottle of water? well we will take 15zł from your card at entry and then maybe later give it back. if you don't have 15zł on your card... you can't enter the store. and if the door doesn't open, you can't enter the store but the app let you in technically? they will take the money anyways

i used to enter the store with 0zł on my card and pay 3 days later, i guess i'm the one that caused those new rules to happen

my town had like 3 different nanos open within 12 months and all of them closed down after barely 3 months