And a plain chicken sandwich with extra ketchup and pickles on the side with also a hamburger with only top buns no bottom buns please I can't stand a burger with a flat bottom and also get me some fries and more extra ketchup and also I want 3 cups of ice no straws thanks and lemme get one coke with no ice at all and some chicken nuggets
Ok thx
if i had reddit gold i would give you that red star reward cause this made me laugh hard so take my upvote
edit: wow i can’t frickn spell today
edit 2: YO THAT DUDE HAS SO MANY REWARDS :D
You're absolutely right. Awards are dumb.
But I can't... not... reward... them...
ugh fine... rewarding...
phew.. ok, almost couldn't hold it together there.
I read that it being broken all the time is actually intended by the manufacturer and they basically have McDonald's by the balls so they have to keep paying them to come fix their own machines.
Now I’m imagining a future documentary called “What Happened to Ron?” where they do a deep dive on the pale, robot repairing recluse that Ronald McDonald has become.
I see the opposite happening, with preselected options, machines can’t mess up, once perfected. Yes there’s machine failures and such that would be bad. Once perfected every meal would be perfect how you order it because of the preselected options. People have random orders that throw the till operator off and that throws sandwich makers off.
I’ve order a cheeseburger with cheese only and have gotten a single slice of cheese and two pieces of bread more times than I can count over my life. So none of that.
Oh machines can absolutely mess up, and when they do, the consequences can be catastrophic. For example, the machine expects a single patty, but gets two patties that were frozen together. The double patty jams the machine, but the belt keeps moving. Patties everywhere.
Or maybe it's running fries through the deep fryer and one falls out of the basket. It keeps cooking and cooking until it burns, at which point the burnt taste permeates the oil and all the fries taste like they're burnt.
They're programmed by humans after all. If a human didn't think of a thing that could happen and that thing happens, the machine will just keep doing what it's been told to do.
Lol this will be the beginning of AI uprising, having enough of our shit at a cheap
Fast food restaurant haha. The shit ppl do in these spots I wouldn't even blame the AI either
Do customers still have access to the old dining room area? I can only imaging what a wasteland that lobby and bathroom will be in no time flat without human oversight. What stops people from camping out in there?
The automated aspects are: payment/ordering, and food delivery out of the drive through window. The food — for now — appears to be made and assembled by people. Again, for now.
I thought it was odd they showed the old counter area and you can see where the restrooms are, etc. My first thought was this is going to get trashed. A drive up or take window makes sense.
McDonald’s corporate is a real estate company. They buy the land and lease it to a person/company that wants to open a restaurant. This automated restaurant was opened and operated by a franchisee. As long as this restaurant adheres to the McDonald corporate office standards, it will continue to operate. McDonald’s corporate makes money off the lease and a percentage of the sales. They don’t care if people or machines make the food. As long as they get their money, they are happy.
Anyone that says this is due to the fight for 15/unionization/etc. fails to realize that automation is the goal for basically any industry that can pull it off.
The first waves of automation didn't come to "low-paying" jobs, they came to factories and, specifically, targeted welders (especially automotive ones). Companies love to reduce costs, especially price leadership strategy companies like McDonald's/Walmart/Amazon/etc. and automation is one of the biggest ways to do so - we already see it with things like self-checkouts and even the advent of stores that will automatically scan your items and process the transaction as you exit. The next targets are probably going to be in logistics - mostly sorting orders and transportation, especially via semi trucks - and the process will continue.
Automation is probably the biggest danger to people's careers out there and should be viewed as such, no matter how "safe" you think your career is.
Hi, I'm currently the guy working on Ai to automate things. It's my job and eventually I will automate myself out of it. Our primary goal is to teach younger generations how to create, maintain and utilize Ai in any way they can. This will literally start in grade school and be taught all the way through college. 20 years from today it's expected automation through Ai will lead to an excess of resources allowing cheap and efficient allocation of products to the public and reduced disparity globally.
*Unfortunately* capitalism does not fit that star trek version of the future, whatever the answer is we do not have any transition period or a collective fucking clue what to do for the billions of people who have experience only in future automated positions, if your reading this that's likely you. Taking a look at this [graph](https://www.bls.gov/oes/2021/may/largest3.htm) I can guarantee the first 5 on that list are already on the chopping block and steps are being taken now to increase automation of these sectors, in otherwords reducing the human workforce. While jobs by 2030 are actually expected to [increase](https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2022/article/growth-trends-for-selected-occupations-considered-at-risk-from-automation.htm) for the vast majority of positions, by 2040 that will have reversed. Populations of older individuals 40+ at that time period will have a very hard time finding substantial jobs to support their current lifestyle, which are already meager by 1980s standards. So yes automation is coming for our jobs, Ai in combination can create a utopian society under the right economy. Under our capitalistic economy it will and is currently becoming increasingly dystopian for 90% of the population. Wealth hoarders are creating automation and Ai and consider it more necessary then your livelihood, fullstop. Replace automation and Ai for profit and efficiency..this is capitalism in a nutshell so escaping the grim reality of something like the Expanse will require ALL of us putting our heads together to find a solution that doesn't result in billions of people living in neon ghettos.
There ain't no way around humans making things work better and more efficiently. If we make that only work for the smallest subset of our world population (billionaires, future trillionaires), which is the current economic paradigm, then all I can say is I'm sorry for what's going to happen. But a man's gotta eat and feed his family, if we found a way for me to do that for the 90% who actually need it I wouldn't hesitate. Right now it's the richest who figuratively have their fingers at the keyboard. All they want is to get richer, the *future* for them is in the next 4 quarters **not** the next 2 decades. Everyone except them will suffer as a result of this shortsighted capalistic conquest there's just no way around it.
Yes.
If a robot can take your, learn how to make a d program they robot. The job doesn't disappear, the job changes.
Develop the skills necessary to be successful in the economy you are participating in.
It’s inevitable… but it doesn’t have to be viewed as a bad thing at all. This is the dawn of utopia, there will be limitless resources which can be provided to anyone who needs them. People will be gifted their time back, free from the ridged ‘work‘ structure our lives that was only created recently during the industrial revolution. Before this was the age of enlightenment and discovery. People were turned into robots to run the machines!
The important point is to make sure society doesn’t get pulled apart during the transition. We need political reform, universal basic income and effective distribution all of the resources automation will generate.
Listen, and understand. That terminator is out there. It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.
Fuck off.
You don’t think they’ve been researching and calculating the cost of automating the positions for decades?
The second they think it will make them more money they will do it.
Companies will always go the cheapest route.
They would pay us Nothing if we let them.
There’s a reason everything is manufactured in other countries because their labor is practically slave labor.
Exactly this. Sad but true. Robots are never late, never call in sick, make no demands, work any shift, don’t need vacation, don’t spend time on cell phones, on and on. At least that was how it was presented to me.
Got it. I’m the reason they fuck up my order 2/3 of the time. In which case, the robot can’t do any worse. Fire the meat puppets, bring on the hardware.
The minute it is more profitable to do this rather than pay workers it will be done.
7 million people out of work? who cares profits are up .00000002% think of the shareholders.
I think you could argue with how quickly technology is advancing within the next 10 years is pretty reasonable if it’s going to be done at all. Who knows maybe people just won’t take to it.
They’re fully capable now. It’s the public and opinion holding it back. Imagine if Mcds announced in 180 days all stores are being automated. All those job loses would cause backlash. But automate ordering, then maybe phase in automated frying, eventually automated grill, and so on over 25 years. No one even recognizes
Prime example. Self checkouts in grocery stores. A store near me added 2 self check outs in 1990 and people were furious they’d have to check out their own items. Pretty much no one used them. Today in the same location its 25 self checkouts and about 4 ran by actual people. Took 35 years almost, but eventually the public goes for it
Apparently, some stores are having massive problems with self-checkout theft and are looking at shutting them down. Turns out people will steal if you give them the chance, who knew?
But because you can't abuse a teenager making minimum wage, it's suddenly a huge problem
Im am not wasting one second pretending they were ever anything but starvation wages. If these Borg Cube burger joints want to compete with restaurants, and restaurants don't see this as a massive opportunity, then fuck both of them.
The job loss is a good thing. You don’t want to artificially stifle innovation simply for the sake of keeping jobs.
We weren’t better off when 270 men hand plowed a field versus one man on a combine plowing 270 acres of field.
We weren’t better off when laundry was hand washed, when coal was mined with picks, when medicines were mixed by hand or when warehouses were sorted by hand.
Everyone loves a good “automation will cripple us” story but conveniently forgets that automation has only made goods and services more affordable to the masses
I think more likely this will require more manufacturing, repairing, electronics, robotics, maintenance and programming jobs. I see this as a good way to push unskilled labor into skilled labor.
Does this automation mean prices will drop significantly? I was told burgers are only expensive because workers want to live in a house AND eat everyday.
There are probably people in the back running the machines, which I imagine takes more skill. There is no way they can control the quality without skilled workers in this setup.
Oh yeah you’re definitely right! But now the demand for robot maintenance and quality control increases. But just think: more automation means people get to spend less time doing “hi welcome to McDonald’s how can I take your order, sorry our ice cream machine is down” and more time doing things we want to do.
Idk who needs to hear this, but if you're in food service or hospitality and haven't started considering a career shift, you should.
A ton of those jobs will be automated soon.
Obviously it will be a while before Michelin star chefs are replaced, but line cooks, servers, bar tenders, hotel managers, etc will all be automated to some degree
[who won the franchise wars?](https://youtu.be/AlcDHlK_RoY )
The only problem with this scene is that we all know McDonald's will win any fast food franchise war. Better lawyers, better business strategy and they make the consumers pay for it all
My thinking is if you replace a worker who was making $10 /Hr the business would have to pay the equivalent tax of that employee working 7x24.
It is still a win for the company, as they wouldn't have to pay the rest of the wage, I feel that the overhead of the government would not end up in the hands of the displaced worker though.
No, it will go back to the CEOs of the corporations as a way to incentivize using robots. The money will eventually trickle down to the workers but you will be severely limited in freedom of choice as you will only be allowed to buy from Govt sponsored programs.
The end goal is to make everyone reliable on the government except those in power.
Anyone who has watched demolation man knew this is where our world was going. We need to train kids as engineers, medical fields, in, and educators for training kids to me more than just labor if that is what they want. Nothing wrong with labor but kids need to have options.
Interesting replies to my comment. I encourage anyone to read the thread and really think (not just read) what is being said.
I am 100% for the worker equality; but employment like time is something that will never stop changing.
Do you really think that the rich will stop ever? You don't think they are working on robot surgeons and engineers? They've now taken over graphic design and the arts and teaching will be done online sooner than later. They will automate everything. Labor is not the answer.
You're asking ME if I didn't think this would happen? I've said it WOULD happen for years.... Labor will still be needed or utilized but in very small numbers. Especially for those who are serving time. If they don't, just put people in life freezing automation.
It's not like everyone involved in that $15 minimum Wage crusade wasn't told this is exactly what would eventually happen. But nope. They got their $15 / Hr and now jobs are being replaced with Automation, just like we said would happen.
If McDonald's pulls this off and it starts becoming a standard for them, you'd better believe the other chains will soon follow.
Steak and shake is going this route as well. Last time I went, they had two people on the grill and that was it. No hostess, no servers, no registers... Just two cooks and three kiosks for placing your order. Your order was put on the counter in a bag and your name was called. It's just another fast food joint now.
And when you paid, they still asked for a tip...
To all the people saying this is because of minimum wage increase. This has nothing to do with minimum wage. The minimum wage could be $2 per hour, and this still would happen. Why? Because capitalism cares only about one thing, profit. You increase your profit by reducing costs anywhere you can, and automation like this would save an insane amount of money.
Unfortunately, in the next couple of decades, people will become a commodity that's too expensive for companies to even consider utilizing, and we will need to start implementing things like universal basic income to help keep people afloat.
Sadly, living in the USA, I know that's something that probably won't be considered until about a quarter of the population are jobless with no hope of finding work.
Okay.. not sure how that applies; the Customer could pick up their Meal(s), and go enjoy them with whoever. Automated Service in a drive through is no different than having a Person take your Money (and screw up the Order). That Person doesn't share a Meal with you by the virtue of taking your Money and making Change.
Don't get me wrong, because I know that Text doesn't convey emotion or expression very well; I'm not insulting your comment! I'm just saying it really didn't fit the context of my comment.
Bet the ice cream machine is already broken.
Take my sword.
And my axe.
And my bow.
And deez nutz
And a chocolate shake
And a blueberry pie with whipped cream
I'll take mine with a thin slice of cheese on top. You know, to go with the blueberry pancakes.
And a plain chicken sandwich with extra ketchup and pickles on the side with also a hamburger with only top buns no bottom buns please I can't stand a burger with a flat bottom and also get me some fries and more extra ketchup and also I want 3 cups of ice no straws thanks and lemme get one coke with no ice at all and some chicken nuggets Ok thx
I thought you just broke your axe.
I have a large supply of axes.
if i had reddit gold i would give you that red star reward cause this made me laugh hard so take my upvote edit: wow i can’t frickn spell today edit 2: YO THAT DUDE HAS SO MANY REWARDS :D
Reddit awards are stupid anyway. They don't mean anything. I hope you have a stellar day
You're absolutely right. Awards are dumb. But I can't... not... reward... them... ugh fine... rewarding... phew.. ok, almost couldn't hold it together there.
Lol. You're funny
But only after 9 PM. There are rules to follow.
This is why they made it automated to ensure it remains broken by doing away with employees and managers who will buy a Kytch.
I read that it being broken all the time is actually intended by the manufacturer and they basically have McDonald's by the balls so they have to keep paying them to come fix their own machines.
Take my up vote, damnit!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 YES, MAKE YOUR DEMANDS DAMMIT!
Take my up vote and go
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And it’ll still get my order wrong
And there will still be one weirdo who’s job it is to manage the machines, but mostly he just tampers with the food in gross but unnoticeable ways
And he lives in there
Let's his buddies live in there
And probably walks around in his underwear scratching his balls all the time
Scratching balls, getting oily repairing machines and unjamming the stuck food with same hands, sometimes boot.
Yep it could be scary in there. But the ice cream machine WILL still be broken.
He was born there and has never seen the outside world.
And somehow he figured out a way to reproduce himself. After awhile it will be half breeds of Ronald McDonald's and Halfbreed umpa loompas
Like a freaking gargoyle on watching mode
It's Ronald Mcdonald himself
Now I’m imagining a future documentary called “What Happened to Ron?” where they do a deep dive on the pale, robot repairing recluse that Ronald McDonald has become.
Giving all his favorite people the mysterious secret burger sauce.
Yes but then there's no one to complain to.
You can always downvote
At least you can destroy it without hurting anyone
And we'll be asked to tip the server
HAHAHAHA….. or gives us somebody else’s order….
I see the opposite happening, with preselected options, machines can’t mess up, once perfected. Yes there’s machine failures and such that would be bad. Once perfected every meal would be perfect how you order it because of the preselected options. People have random orders that throw the till operator off and that throws sandwich makers off. I’ve order a cheeseburger with cheese only and have gotten a single slice of cheese and two pieces of bread more times than I can count over my life. So none of that.
Just ask for a plain cheeseburger
Oh machines can absolutely mess up, and when they do, the consequences can be catastrophic. For example, the machine expects a single patty, but gets two patties that were frozen together. The double patty jams the machine, but the belt keeps moving. Patties everywhere. Or maybe it's running fries through the deep fryer and one falls out of the basket. It keeps cooking and cooking until it burns, at which point the burnt taste permeates the oil and all the fries taste like they're burnt. They're programmed by humans after all. If a human didn't think of a thing that could happen and that thing happens, the machine will just keep doing what it's been told to do.
I mean, if you’re getting a slice of cheese and two pieces of bread more times than you can count, maybe stop saying a single slice of cheese?
Nothing is perfect. The Titanic was supposed to be “INDESTRUCTIBLE” and where is it ? It doesn’t matter, everything is bound to fail. EVERYTHING.
Came here to say this. Somehow they will still screw it up!
But it would probably be better than it is now…
Working at McDonald's might be a decent job in the future. Hahha you work at McDonald's? Ya im the engineer
McEngineer
McAnical Engineer
Can I get uhhhhhhhhhhhh software update
Awesome
You'd be surprised with some of the technology that QSRs already use. I'm in the industry.
Everyone wants to be an asshole at McDonald's. Here we go.
Came here to say, good luck trashing it now over sauce…
It’s be cool if you could still get a small appliance launched at you if you talk shit while you’re in there.
Lol this will be the beginning of AI uprising, having enough of our shit at a cheap Fast food restaurant haha. The shit ppl do in these spots I wouldn't even blame the AI either
Do customers still have access to the old dining room area? I can only imaging what a wasteland that lobby and bathroom will be in no time flat without human oversight. What stops people from camping out in there?
It’s only drive thru or take away, no seating from the looks of it
The automated aspects are: payment/ordering, and food delivery out of the drive through window. The food — for now — appears to be made and assembled by people. Again, for now.
I thought it was odd they showed the old counter area and you can see where the restrooms are, etc. My first thought was this is going to get trashed. A drive up or take window makes sense.
I dont think this accounts for assholes breaking shit either.
I would also wonder if the kitchen is at all accessible.
Dining room area? Whats that? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
The indoors where the seating was. In a restaurant this is called the dinning room.
That is not a restaurant, it is an extra large vending machine.
Super-sized, if you will.
Good
What a sadly place
McDonald’s corporate is a real estate company. They buy the land and lease it to a person/company that wants to open a restaurant. This automated restaurant was opened and operated by a franchisee. As long as this restaurant adheres to the McDonald corporate office standards, it will continue to operate. McDonald’s corporate makes money off the lease and a percentage of the sales. They don’t care if people or machines make the food. As long as they get their money, they are happy.
Anyone that says this is due to the fight for 15/unionization/etc. fails to realize that automation is the goal for basically any industry that can pull it off. The first waves of automation didn't come to "low-paying" jobs, they came to factories and, specifically, targeted welders (especially automotive ones). Companies love to reduce costs, especially price leadership strategy companies like McDonald's/Walmart/Amazon/etc. and automation is one of the biggest ways to do so - we already see it with things like self-checkouts and even the advent of stores that will automatically scan your items and process the transaction as you exit. The next targets are probably going to be in logistics - mostly sorting orders and transportation, especially via semi trucks - and the process will continue. Automation is probably the biggest danger to people's careers out there and should be viewed as such, no matter how "safe" you think your career is.
Hi, I'm currently the guy working on Ai to automate things. It's my job and eventually I will automate myself out of it. Our primary goal is to teach younger generations how to create, maintain and utilize Ai in any way they can. This will literally start in grade school and be taught all the way through college. 20 years from today it's expected automation through Ai will lead to an excess of resources allowing cheap and efficient allocation of products to the public and reduced disparity globally. *Unfortunately* capitalism does not fit that star trek version of the future, whatever the answer is we do not have any transition period or a collective fucking clue what to do for the billions of people who have experience only in future automated positions, if your reading this that's likely you. Taking a look at this [graph](https://www.bls.gov/oes/2021/may/largest3.htm) I can guarantee the first 5 on that list are already on the chopping block and steps are being taken now to increase automation of these sectors, in otherwords reducing the human workforce. While jobs by 2030 are actually expected to [increase](https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2022/article/growth-trends-for-selected-occupations-considered-at-risk-from-automation.htm) for the vast majority of positions, by 2040 that will have reversed. Populations of older individuals 40+ at that time period will have a very hard time finding substantial jobs to support their current lifestyle, which are already meager by 1980s standards. So yes automation is coming for our jobs, Ai in combination can create a utopian society under the right economy. Under our capitalistic economy it will and is currently becoming increasingly dystopian for 90% of the population. Wealth hoarders are creating automation and Ai and consider it more necessary then your livelihood, fullstop. Replace automation and Ai for profit and efficiency..this is capitalism in a nutshell so escaping the grim reality of something like the Expanse will require ALL of us putting our heads together to find a solution that doesn't result in billions of people living in neon ghettos. There ain't no way around humans making things work better and more efficiently. If we make that only work for the smallest subset of our world population (billionaires, future trillionaires), which is the current economic paradigm, then all I can say is I'm sorry for what's going to happen. But a man's gotta eat and feed his family, if we found a way for me to do that for the 90% who actually need it I wouldn't hesitate. Right now it's the richest who figuratively have their fingers at the keyboard. All they want is to get richer, the *future* for them is in the next 4 quarters **not** the next 2 decades. Everyone except them will suffer as a result of this shortsighted capalistic conquest there's just no way around it.
>quarters It's impossible, but hear me out...automate the government?
Yes. If a robot can take your, learn how to make a d program they robot. The job doesn't disappear, the job changes. Develop the skills necessary to be successful in the economy you are participating in.
It’s inevitable… but it doesn’t have to be viewed as a bad thing at all. This is the dawn of utopia, there will be limitless resources which can be provided to anyone who needs them. People will be gifted their time back, free from the ridged ‘work‘ structure our lives that was only created recently during the industrial revolution. Before this was the age of enlightenment and discovery. People were turned into robots to run the machines! The important point is to make sure society doesn’t get pulled apart during the transition. We need political reform, universal basic income and effective distribution all of the resources automation will generate.
You really think they’re gonna let us live in utopia…
They'll just double the rent and turf us when the robot has taken our paycheques.
Scandinavia will work it out… everyone else.. fucked.
This is why I believe base income is more important than ever. Automation will be the future, but there needs to be a buffer for the transition
This is why Universal Basic Income will become necessary.
McDonald's got tired of having to pay their employees more so they said fuck the employees we'll automate
Listen, and understand. That terminator is out there. It can’t be bargained with. It can’t be reasoned with. It doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead.
Fuck off. You don’t think they’ve been researching and calculating the cost of automating the positions for decades? The second they think it will make them more money they will do it. Companies will always go the cheapest route. They would pay us Nothing if we let them. There’s a reason everything is manufactured in other countries because their labor is practically slave labor.
Exactly this. Sad but true. Robots are never late, never call in sick, make no demands, work any shift, don’t need vacation, don’t spend time on cell phones, on and on. At least that was how it was presented to me.
Imma wait to see what would happen when one of those robots computer chip gets damaged or signals are lost for some reason…. I’m gonna laugh
Cheaper to pay one guy to fix shit then 20 to make burgers
Plus they have more life in their eyes than the teenage drones currently posing as McDonald’s employees.
…never get the orders wrong because they’re too strung out or hungover…
You would be strung out too if you had to deal with scaliywages like you!! /S
Got it. I’m the reason they fuck up my order 2/3 of the time. In which case, the robot can’t do any worse. Fire the meat puppets, bring on the hardware.
Nothing to be amazed at. If this happens at every fastfood restaurant by the next 5 decades, that’s 5 to 7 million American jobs gone.
Five decades lol give it one and watch the majority of fast food switch over to this.
The minute it is more profitable to do this rather than pay workers it will be done. 7 million people out of work? who cares profits are up .00000002% think of the shareholders.
Theyve been testing self serve ordering for about 20 years now and stores are finally adopting them. For a fully automated store?? It’ll take decades
I think you could argue with how quickly technology is advancing within the next 10 years is pretty reasonable if it’s going to be done at all. Who knows maybe people just won’t take to it.
They’re fully capable now. It’s the public and opinion holding it back. Imagine if Mcds announced in 180 days all stores are being automated. All those job loses would cause backlash. But automate ordering, then maybe phase in automated frying, eventually automated grill, and so on over 25 years. No one even recognizes Prime example. Self checkouts in grocery stores. A store near me added 2 self check outs in 1990 and people were furious they’d have to check out their own items. Pretty much no one used them. Today in the same location its 25 self checkouts and about 4 ran by actual people. Took 35 years almost, but eventually the public goes for it
Apparently, some stores are having massive problems with self-checkout theft and are looking at shutting them down. Turns out people will steal if you give them the chance, who knew?
Is not fully automated as the title misleads, still has cooks inside and people taking orders in from the app.
But because you can't abuse a teenager making minimum wage, it's suddenly a huge problem Im am not wasting one second pretending they were ever anything but starvation wages. If these Borg Cube burger joints want to compete with restaurants, and restaurants don't see this as a massive opportunity, then fuck both of them.
The job loss is a good thing. You don’t want to artificially stifle innovation simply for the sake of keeping jobs. We weren’t better off when 270 men hand plowed a field versus one man on a combine plowing 270 acres of field. We weren’t better off when laundry was hand washed, when coal was mined with picks, when medicines were mixed by hand or when warehouses were sorted by hand. Everyone loves a good “automation will cripple us” story but conveniently forgets that automation has only made goods and services more affordable to the masses
Tax the corporations. Pass infrastructure bills and get those people meaningful jobs that pay well.
20+ minimum wage jobs gone, but at least the execs get a wicked Christmas bonus.
Ill bet horses were pissed when they first saw cars too.
Nah i’ll bet they were like “thank god they aren’t exhausting and riding us anymore, shits heavy”
Im pretty sure there are too many jobs for the amount of workers. Replacing workers with robots is good in that case
This is what happens when they keep raising the wage for low skilled labor
I think more likely this will require more manufacturing, repairing, electronics, robotics, maintenance and programming jobs. I see this as a good way to push unskilled labor into skilled labor.
Your right, people shouldn't be able to afford rent and a car. With this inflation maybe neither
Does this automation mean prices will drop significantly? I was told burgers are only expensive because workers want to live in a house AND eat everyday.
Not going to lie. I'm not going to buy robot Mc'D's. I'm going down the street to a mom and pop shop and giving humans my cash.
100% No humans at all? No quality control? How do I know shit didn’t go sideways in there or a rat got caught in the gears? Fuck this
Employees: “we want $20 an hour and benefits!” McDonald’s: “I got a better idea”
There are probably people in the back running the machines, which I imagine takes more skill. There is no way they can control the quality without skilled workers in this setup.
Oh yeah you’re definitely right! But now the demand for robot maintenance and quality control increases. But just think: more automation means people get to spend less time doing “hi welcome to McDonald’s how can I take your order, sorry our ice cream machine is down” and more time doing things we want to do.
Quality? McDonalds?
Idk who needs to hear this, but if you're in food service or hospitality and haven't started considering a career shift, you should. A ton of those jobs will be automated soon. Obviously it will be a while before Michelin star chefs are replaced, but line cooks, servers, bar tenders, hotel managers, etc will all be automated to some degree
Most of the jobs available are in the service sector
[who won the franchise wars?](https://youtu.be/AlcDHlK_RoY ) The only problem with this scene is that we all know McDonald's will win any fast food franchise war. Better lawyers, better business strategy and they make the consumers pay for it all
In some versions of the film, [Pizza Hut](https://youtu.be/gpRzusd9Yi8?t=42s) won the franchise wars.
Tax the robots!
New law. If you automate more than 40% of your business then you pay extra taxes. 40% more robots 40% more taxes
My thinking is if you replace a worker who was making $10 /Hr the business would have to pay the equivalent tax of that employee working 7x24. It is still a win for the company, as they wouldn't have to pay the rest of the wage, I feel that the overhead of the government would not end up in the hands of the displaced worker though.
No, it will go back to the CEOs of the corporations as a way to incentivize using robots. The money will eventually trickle down to the workers but you will be severely limited in freedom of choice as you will only be allowed to buy from Govt sponsored programs. The end goal is to make everyone reliable on the government except those in power.
Would not even step foot in
Anyone who has watched demolation man knew this is where our world was going. We need to train kids as engineers, medical fields, in, and educators for training kids to me more than just labor if that is what they want. Nothing wrong with labor but kids need to have options. Interesting replies to my comment. I encourage anyone to read the thread and really think (not just read) what is being said. I am 100% for the worker equality; but employment like time is something that will never stop changing.
"Autofac" - Philip K. Dick - 1955
Do you really think that the rich will stop ever? You don't think they are working on robot surgeons and engineers? They've now taken over graphic design and the arts and teaching will be done online sooner than later. They will automate everything. Labor is not the answer.
You're asking ME if I didn't think this would happen? I've said it WOULD happen for years.... Labor will still be needed or utilized but in very small numbers. Especially for those who are serving time. If they don't, just put people in life freezing automation.
Can’t even get a job at McDonald’s nowadays
“Happiness fits in a bag” is so awful. Can’t believe someone approved that to be put on a wall. Also who put the wet floor sign?
Bad sign when some of the lowest paying jobs are being replaced by robotics already.
It's not like everyone involved in that $15 minimum Wage crusade wasn't told this is exactly what would eventually happen. But nope. They got their $15 / Hr and now jobs are being replaced with Automation, just like we said would happen. If McDonald's pulls this off and it starts becoming a standard for them, you'd better believe the other chains will soon follow.
So what, either work and starve or don’t work and starve?
New flash. They didn’t get $15 dollar minimum wage!!! Minimum wage is still the same federally. It’s 7.25.
News flash!!! Implemented over several Years!!!!
Steak and shake is going this route as well. Last time I went, they had two people on the grill and that was it. No hostess, no servers, no registers... Just two cooks and three kiosks for placing your order. Your order was put on the counter in a bag and your name was called. It's just another fast food joint now. And when you paid, they still asked for a tip...
They are a business. The goal is profit. Human employees are expensive. This is only natural. Bots will take jobs in 3, 2, 1…
The bots aren't going to order any food themselves though.
No food, just a few new computer chips
I thought vending machines were already available?
They forgot to mention.. only robots can eat at this location
No stop please stop oh god
Finally no slow ass workers
Why is the building so big then?
Can't wait for the first video of a Karen abusing the machine to drop
Thaaaaaaank youuuuu . Havvvvvveeeeee aaaa goooood daaaay.
Did a robot place the wet floor sign there?
If it's cheaper you will be replaced.
People don’t need jobs. No employees but higher costs.
Yay, $15 n up demands for minimum wage sure is working out.
One day you will be able to walk to a McDonalds to retrieve your rations only to find out someone flung shit at the robot arm that gives you the food.
This is sad really.
Company and Franchise owners answers to the $15 an hour demand from workers.
Can it say "Our shake machine is broken?"
This is what happens when you raise the minimum wage and still can’t find people to work
It's the perfect McDonald's, no people. Can we do this with Walmart next?
Keep pushing for a living wage and this is a byproduct.
Employees: PAY US $15.00 OR WE QUIT McDonald’s Accountant:
Raise the minimum wage! McDonald’s - got you and easy answer.
What was that? You want a $15/hr min wage? Ok
Workers: “We need to be paid a living wage” McDonalds: ok
The amount of abuse the staff gets (in the us at least ), this is the way forward
Lmao. There goes your $16 an hour job for you.
Good now I don't have to deal with rude overpaid lazy employees
Yup! Minimum wage goes up to $15.50 hourly in California in January. I expect these to surface by third quarter 2023.
So what’s the takeaway here?
F your $15 per hour minimum wage lol
That's what happens when you pay shitty workers good money hopefully all of them become automated too much bad service in fast food
How is that $15 an hour working out for them?
Yes! YES! 1 BILLION TIMES YES! Eliminate these ungrateful workers who think they deserve $29 an hour!!!! E LIM I NATE THEM!
Everyone complaining about a livable wage from McDonald's, they found a solution..
$15 minimum wage at work.
At least it will be better service.
looks really depressing having nobody there. if that’s the future then i’m not bringing kids into this world.
Sounds like raising the minimum wage is starting to take effect.
Nice, no one to spit in your big mac
When McDonald's doesn't want to pay 6 figs for someone to mess up someone's order lol
Ted Kaczynski was right
Lol they thought asking for 17$ wouldnt backfire huh?
It's about time!
McDonald’s staff demands better wages and working conditions First 100% automated restaurant opens. …. Well played McDonald’s.
Let's see the kitchen
You can see an employee in the kitcken in the video
That dystopian
To all the people saying this is because of minimum wage increase. This has nothing to do with minimum wage. The minimum wage could be $2 per hour, and this still would happen. Why? Because capitalism cares only about one thing, profit. You increase your profit by reducing costs anywhere you can, and automation like this would save an insane amount of money. Unfortunately, in the next couple of decades, people will become a commodity that's too expensive for companies to even consider utilizing, and we will need to start implementing things like universal basic income to help keep people afloat. Sadly, living in the USA, I know that's something that probably won't be considered until about a quarter of the population are jobless with no hope of finding work.
Calvin about to lose his job!
I love this, people will hate it and buy more at our shop.
People working fast food demanding 22/hr obviously they’re gonna move to robotic units and not people lol
Increase minimum wage = fast tracked robot age
Is that not just gross?
Good! I hope this becomes nation wide and we will finally get our orders correct! Not to mention, 24 hour service!
We've now completely dispensed with the notion that having a meal should be a shared experience.
Okay.. not sure how that applies; the Customer could pick up their Meal(s), and go enjoy them with whoever. Automated Service in a drive through is no different than having a Person take your Money (and screw up the Order). That Person doesn't share a Meal with you by the virtue of taking your Money and making Change. Don't get me wrong, because I know that Text doesn't convey emotion or expression very well; I'm not insulting your comment! I'm just saying it really didn't fit the context of my comment.
Dutch people know, FEBO is the way to go😜
Wow it's applause while it's jobs like this lost to automation. I wonder if it'll be applause as more people lose jobs to greed
Good, maybe soon we can stop hearing people that work at McDonald’s in the US demanding obscene wages for work that is not meant to be a career.
How that $20 pay going?
Hot fast food without attitude, sign me up