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"I told you so" - McDonald's to hire machines

Posted by $ blarman 7 years, 4 months ago to Business
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"Hopefully, people will abandon their quest through forced higher wages via the government as their community suffers under the financial burden."

Is this a false hope due to the prevalence of looters?
SOURCE URL: http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/11/29/mcdonalds-unveils-new-job-killing-self-service-machines-thanks-to-fight-for-15/


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  • Posted by Blanco 7 years, 3 months ago
    How dare anyone say that two free adults cannot contract for ANY amount of money that they both agree to as employer/employee!!!!!
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    • Posted by LibertyBelle 7 years, 3 months ago
      Why indeed?! Because they believe in the altruist
      morality, and not in the rights of man. If we spread
      Capitalism: the Unknown Ideal enough, maybe
      we can change things.
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      • Posted by Lucky 7 years, 3 months ago
        Altruism? Yes but unthinking. The effect is to put the low skilled, many may be fine people, permanently out of work.
        The problem as Objectivism would see it is to act from the heart not from the head.
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  • Posted by randpcarriages 7 years, 3 months ago
    I ate at the McDonalds In Springfield MO. (exit 80 I think) and they had these Kiosk already up and running. I ordered my own hamburger, and it was GREAT! (and I NEVER eat at McDonalds)

    it was SO EASY to "build my burger" the way "I" wanted it. no mistakes.

    And get this, I "built" my burger with Double meat, double cheese, DORITOS Chips, GRILLED ONIONs, Lettuce, Tomato, Jalapeno peppers, Pico d Galo, and lots of other stuff.

    It was brought to me "open face"

    they had one person working the register(s). They "would" take your order, but really pushed for you to step over to the Kiosk and order it yourself. Their job was to simply take your money once you order your own meal. (if you did not pay with a Credit Card right at the Kiosk)
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  • Posted by walkabout 7 years, 3 months ago
    People have this delusion that they are worth . . . Something ....just because they breath and take up space. Our value to our fellow man is dictated by what we do for him (no sexism intended). Jobs have value -- if you want more then do something that is more highly valued.
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    • Posted by $ Suzanne43 7 years, 3 months ago
      Well said. But who can blame the Snowflakes. The educational system has been promoting their self-esteem at the expense of a true education for years. When you have been told how wonderful you are since the day you were born, you come to believe it. Then they are told that the evil corporations are greedy and just want to make money for themselves and their stockholders. Well duh. In a Capitalistic society that's what it's all about. But every self respecting Snowflake knows that a corporation's reason for being is to give people jobs at very high wages.
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  • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 7 years, 4 months ago
    To dumb to wake up, I think. They'll double down of "Greed".
    An opportunity for those of us that are willing to work...they are going to need people to fix and keep running, those McChines.
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    • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 7 years, 4 months ago
      True they'll need IT folks and repair men (more skilled jobs) on a part time basis...What they won't need are 36 part-time low skill workers who get sick, take days off, take holidays, have problems and sleep regularly.

      I wonder how $15/hr likes $0/hr.

      Don't be surprised to see McD's (I don't eat there ever) drop their prices a bit and extend their hours just to smooth things over.
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      • Posted by term2 7 years, 3 months ago
        I say, bring on the machines. I dont want to have to deal with the humans taking my orders for simple items. Machines can do a BETTER job, and a lot cheaper. They dont take vacations, go to the labor board, get hurt, etc. And you dont have to hire them and monitor their emotional moods to get production out of them.
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      • Posted by $ Olduglycarl 7 years, 4 months ago
        Don't eat there either...not for a long time. Back when they first came to my part of CT...the meat was real and fries were deliciously greasy...then one day, in a state far far away...their meals began to make me sick and I stopped eating there.
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        • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 7 years, 4 months ago
          I get one Big Mac every 18 months or so. After that the grease lining prevents my return until I forget. Obviously I haven't forgotten yet. :)
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          • Posted by $ CBJ 7 years, 4 months ago
            The inventor of the Big Mac just died, age 98. He reportedly ate at least one a week. I'm thinking of adding them to my longevity protocol. With fries. :-)
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            • Posted by $ 7 years, 3 months ago
              I think George Burns said the same thing about his cigars ;) It's too bad that those people are the outliers rather than the mainstream. I could probably eat fries every day if they weren't so bad for my cholesterol.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 7 years, 3 months ago
    As minimum wages swell, employment dwindles.
    Economists have known that for as long as there have been employees. So have retailers. So...why don't entry level fast food workers? Because they want something for nothing? Or they are ignorant? Or I want mine and you can go to hell? All of the above? Automation is the child of unions. The grandchildren to economic ignorance.

    You know, I just had some home-made turkey burgers. Made them on my Weber. They were pretty good.
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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 7 years, 3 months ago
    We have a big theater here in Oklahoma City that seems odd. I has about six windows which were built to handle big opening night crowds, but after they set up a half dozen kiosks for purchasing tickets via credit card, only one cash window remains open with a human cashier.
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  • Posted by $ Abaco 7 years, 3 months ago
    My third job, at the age of 16, was at our local McD's. My brother joined me and we still laugh about the hijinks. First was a paper route at 12. Then, washing dishes at 14. I may completely retire at 55. I've worked long enough. F' it.

    McD's food is pretty bad. It already tastes like machines make it. It was a little different in my youth. The egg mcmuffin isn't bad in a pinch.
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  • Posted by NealS 7 years, 3 months ago
    I actually like McD's Big Mac, but also like the simple plain old choke burger, usually get two, fries, and a diet coke, but only about once a year. I think it might have affected my brain.

    It got me to thinking, what if they mechanized the number one business in the world? What would happen to all the people currently working in that industry, could they be put totally out of work? It's also surprising how it has stayed so viable all these centuries especially with the ability to just do it yourself. Sorry, but that might be proof of McD's effect on my brain. The government should appoint a commission to study the effects of eating this stuff. Perhaps they already do.
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  • Posted by term2 7 years, 3 months ago
    I have a small business and if the $15/hr wage goes through, I will cut employment in the USA by 40% to remain competitive. We are already investing in changes in our products to avoid human labor in favor of machine labor, and changes in our procedures to rely more on computers (macs because they are easier to work without expensive IT employees).

    In addition, I am moving labor intensive operations that cant be automated economically to China on a continual basis. Costs there are so low compared with USA labor costs that its an imperative to remain competitive.
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    • Posted by $ CBJ 7 years, 3 months ago
      Have you scheduled a meeting with Trump yet? :-)
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      • Posted by term2 7 years, 3 months ago
        we arent big enough to be noticed. Better to do things quietly, since there isnt anything he is likely to do which would make us more competitive with chinese labor. We used to have an operation in mexico, but its pretty corrupt there and it wasnt profitable compared with china. Now we buy 2/3 of our parts and subassemblies from china already, and do just smaller and smaller amounts of labor intensive work here in the USA.
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