I know what you mean, I've only hit two periods in my life when I was unemployed more than a few days.. One, when I first got out of the military and didn't know what I wanted to do for a job, and second, when I got ticked off and my boss and walked out. Other than that, I've gone from one job to another. If you WANT to work, you'll find a way to work.

Many fast food chains will not hire until 18 now. This removes the experience for the High School age worker, and makes it more difficult to get a Job as a high school student.

The robot is to replace the person who thinks McD's is a career job, not a place to get a start. It is too bad it will do both because minimum wage is all ready pricing High School kids out.

You can't tell a progressive anything, because they already know what's best for us. So, I'll just wink and nod to my business owner friends and say, "Kind of puts an end to the minimum wage, doesn't it?"

I am always amazed by entrepreneurs' stories. They all start out the same-I did every job when I started my company and before I started my company, I worked at jobs you wouldn't believe I'd do

Fiction today, reality tomorrow. When I look back on one of my first jobs working at a riding stable cleaning stalls when I was just a young lad, I wonder what is wrong with people today that can't move on and think any job should command a 'living wage." Ayn Rand — 'There is no such thing as a lousy job - only lousy men who don't care to do it.'

What if I don't want onions?

well, at least the machete was made in the u.s.! -- j
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I live in CA and would be willing to drive there just to support this on occasion. Hopefully the machines will be smart enough to see that people come from CA to use it and will hatch plans to bring this idea to our market.

I have a technical background, and in the time it took me to read your comment, I'd already mentally designed a system that would allow the truck to deliver the package to the McDonald's robot in a way that it could go straight into the system without a human. Its super simple really. If the packages are in the truck in delivery order, then the next package in the truck is for this location. A door opens, and the same type of arm that picks up my garbage cans picks the package and places it on the receiving station of the facility. A safety door closes, then the building door opens and the package is conveyed inside. The package is a canister that is designed to feed the machines directly. An empty package gets sent out to the truck, which will load it into the truck for return delivery to the facility that loads the food in the containers. Easy peazy. No reason this couldn't be refrigerated delivery. No reason McDs couldn't have their own fleet of robot trucks to make all the deliveries to the stores from the distribution point like they do now.

Welcome, RC! . you are probably the most recent
member ("55 minutes ago") and we're glad you're
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This Is Perfect, Janet!!! -- j
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Poo!

and my Gerber machete scabbard is nylon. -- j
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idiocracy was prophetic. . some days, it seems that
we're headed there fast. -- j
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overmanwarrior has a novel, "Symposium of Justice," where one of the main characters(supposedly wealthy) works at a burger joint flipping burgers. He takes huge pride in his work and the kids who work with him, enjoy his comradery. There is speculation that he does it to have influence with that younger generation-like a mentor. A robot will never be able to do that

And they wonder why robots are preferred employees??? Holy moley.
Next thing will be some gov entity saying the robots are a hazard, or pass a law that each robot needs to have a human wet nurse.

I would agree on all the skills. One kind of ironic thing is that when we lived in central Wisconsin my wife worked for the guy who was my instructor back in Elk Grove. He was an excellent owner, he treated people well, but kept expectations very high.

But this is in Phoenix....if they burn the restaurant down It Will Rise Again.

Jan

I work about 6 blocks from the location mentioned in the article. They have completely leveled the existing building (but still have the McDonalds Monument sign standing) and it looks like they are beginning construction on a new building. I will be sure to check it out once it reopens.

And few people need buggy whips and scabbards any more...

Jan, one of the few

I find it fitting that the trash have brought this on themselves.

Anybody else remember the automated Carl's Jr. food kiosks in the movie "Idiocracy"? We're getting there folks. I love the scene where the machine shorts the lady, sprays anesthesia in her face, and proclaims, "You're an unfit parent. The authorities have been notified." Haha!!!

When my grandpa came to the USA he had two trades so that if things got bad in one, he had the other to fall back on. He made leather buggy whips, and leather sword sheaths. He went to work at Ford and made more money than ever. He saved his money and opened a stall at an open air market. He was very proud that his wife never had to take a job.

Now that the robots are here, they won't demand $15 per hour, just a little oil now and then. This may be the first giant step toward the predicted robot singularity.

We agree, there are a lot of impacts to things that robotics bring in, auto manufacturing is a good example. None of that was present at 20th Century, so AR never saw the issue. I work in an Intel fab and it is very highly automated, and they always are under pressure to do more with less. Except engineers, they hire engineers like gathering beads at Carnival.

IMHO a higher tax rate will make it worse. Other than that I agree completely with your statement. :)