McDonalds testing out voice ordering system to replace cashiers

[Box Factory]

McDonald's made 20 billion dollars during 2020.


This is despicable

 

[feelosofer]

In all honesty, it will be about 40 years at least before we start phasing out these employees

 

[HARLEM AL]

Right when they're talking about increasing wages, here comes the replacements. This country is on a collision course with something and it ain't good.

yup

 

[Json]

Right when they're talking about increasing wages, here comes the replacements. This country is on a collision course with something and it ain't good.

Yet somehow the price of a burger or combo won’t go down.

Operating cost stay going up

 

[ColdSlither]

And I don't want to hear shyt about the minimum wage. They were going to do this regardless! If you're that person, go eat a dikk. Enjoy the world you have to live in when a bunch of low skilled workers can't get work

 

[GoAggieGo.]

I can already see myself getting frustrated having to repeat myself 3 or 4 times.

“No, I didn’t say ice tea, I said hi-c!”

 

[Saint1]

That's fine.
Just get taxed big for not employing people and contributing to obesity.
Tax money is used for Universal Basic Income and Healthcare.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

In all honesty, it will be about 40 years at least before we start phasing out these employees

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

People will complain about the job losses instead of just not supporting them. We are not helpless in all of this.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Right when they're talking about increasing wages, here comes the replacements. This country is on a collision course with something and it ain't good.

Wouldn't the best scenario to stopping Corporations from complete takeover is to not buy from them? Can we really complain about greedy Corporations when we buy from them?

 

[feelosofer]

The tech to do it reliably is still too expensive for most franchisees, we're talking about a franchise that has trouble with it's ice cream machines.

 

[George's Dilemma]

Wouldn't the best scenario to stopping Corporations from complete takeover is to not buy from them? Can we really complain about greedy Corporations when we buy from them?

Fair point I think. Although I think employees will be sacrificed before corporations acquiesce. In principle I agree with you though. Different topic, but the principle you bring up I especially think needs applied to social media. People complain about social media and say the government needs to step in. Meanwhile I'm thinking to myself if you have such a beef with Twitter, why not delete your account and stop using it? Do you really need Elizabeth Warren and AOC to get at Zuckerberg during a congressional hearing when you can just delete your Facebook account? People need other people to same them from themselves I suppose.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

The tech to do it reliably is still too expensive for most franchisees, we're talking about a franchise that has trouble with it's ice cream machines.

It'll happen first with corporate franchises and then eventually trickle down to individual franchises.

 

[Lakerman0834]

Overseas you see the automated kiosks to order everywhere.

overseas everyone has insurance and the government helps its citizens (and i understand none of them have 300+million people)

 

[The Devil's Advocate]

So what happened during COVID?

They handed out free money in the form of multiple checks, extra unemployment, pumping money into the stock market, and forcing people to not kick tenants out in the streets.


Do you watch the news or just skim through it?