[Smokin' Joe]

Actually, while I understand what drives this, 'burger flipper' wasn't a career track, it was what you did when you couldn't find any other work. It was the starter job that introduced high school kids to the workforce.

That said, I have enough 'fun' dealing with robots, automated phone menus calling technical support, have spent hours with the phone on speaker spewing bad music poorly rendered waiting for the inevitable human because the issue I have isn't one which fits comfortably to a niche in the machine menu. Enough dealing with the d@mned machine, I want to deal with a human being. The machine won't care if flies get mashed into the ketchup before the bun is slapped on, but a human would (and if they don't they will.)

[catbertz]

Here in California we have In-n-Out burgers. When you go inside, you’ll see a blizzard of employees; all smiling, talking and working at a rapid pace in their clean white uniforms. It’s really a different experience when compared to the average fast food joint, which is staffed by maybe 4-6 employees.