McDonalds to Office Touch Screen Ordering in Select Locations (i.e. ones with high minimum wage)
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ktla.comPosted Nov 28, 2016, 8:31 PM UTC
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ktla.comMcDonalds has had this for a while. At least all the ones I have been to. POS touchscreen ordering and table service.
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It seems to vary between parts of the country. I haven't seen a single automated McDonalds in my entire state. Granted, I haven't eaten mcdonalds in years... But I have gone by them for others.
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I'm curious to see how the conservative movement deals with automation
The principled position is the opposite of what Trump has been preaching that the government should not be responsible for retraining workers in dead or dying industries
However at some point we'll be faced with a seriously dark reality where automation might spread too far and our social nets will have a great strain put on them.
Scary thought. in times of great pain you never know how a population might vote. Perhaps something even more extreme then Trump
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Low skill low wage jobs are one thing. There are some medium skill higher wage jobs looking at inevitable automation that's really gonna shake things up. I'm not sure how the economy absorbs 3 million truck drivers making very decent wages right now.
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This is going to happen everywhere, we are just seeing it in higher minimum wage areas first because it is more cost effective. Once they get all the kinks worked out and can place bulk orders for the machines they will expand this to every location including the places where the minimum wage is lower.
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the to office [sic] in the title threw me off for a second. Should be "to Offer"
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ugh, autocorrect. Sorry.
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They really need to be pushing self ordering to phone apps. That way you don't even need a terminal, you can just pay/order from your phone (while you're on the way there). Many restaurants have gone this direction already.
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Training right now to repair POS machines. Training explaining self checkouts: "Grocery stores really love these and are gaining more and more popularity with our customers. When minimum wage hits $15/hour you're not going to see cashiers anymore. Just one clerk for every four of these."
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How would this play out politically in regards to unemployment rate?
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Yeah they have these in New Zealand and Australia. They usually end up hiring more staff to deal with increased business.
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Automation is going to happen and it's going to happen more.. the big question is what do we do when it gets to the point where an entire production facility employing 3000 people can be replaced with robots and 30 people ?
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You're telling me that left-oriented programs benefit corporations like this? Of COOOOURSE they do. They love corporations.
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It's not like we didn't warn liberals about this. Oh wait, WE DID.
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Isn't automation inevitable already? One of the first were welders in labor. It could be automation of service jobs like driving and now simple clerk work in grocery stores and fast food restaurants.
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Like everything in economics it follows the supply/demand curve. Higher minimum wages will necessarily increase the demand for automation and thus the speed of its deployment.
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yeah but this is going to happen anyway?
why the manufactured outrage?
Because there are people who are anti-minimum wage who like to use this as a "told you so!" hoping people don't realize POS automation was happening regardless of minimum wage increases.