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McDonald’s Replacing Cashiers With Machines?
© Copyright 2008-2014, Legal Insurrection, All Rights Reserved. ^ | Saturday, August 9, 2014 at 1:45pm | Kemberlee Kaye

Posted on 08/09/2014 6:33:37 PM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines

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To: GeronL

Yes. But that is my point.

Those who mix pops are creating their own pop flavour unique only to themselves.


41 posted on 08/09/2014 6:56:03 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Bring back the Styrofoam containers and fries cooked in beef tallow.


YES DAMN IT!!!


43 posted on 08/09/2014 6:57:50 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: EC1

Let’s Pizza serves 10.5” “fresh” pies 24 hours a day for $6 each. The machine kneads the dough,
sauces the pizza, adds toppings (you have a choice of three), and heats pizza in an oven
in less than three minutes.

24 Vending machines you want believe

44 posted on 08/09/2014 6:58:07 PM PDT by deport
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To: ClearCase_guy

Same here! Give me a machine anytime!

Me and the machines are twice as fast as the “person” at Home Depot !

And the machine is not moody, or worse!


45 posted on 08/09/2014 6:58:40 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: GeronL

That guy is mental! That’s how he met with that unfortunate accident!


46 posted on 08/09/2014 6:59:43 PM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: newnhdad

What is really weird is that in my area the McDs have been hiring non-Hispanics.

I think someone has been paying attention to the fact that Chick-fil-A has been doing 15 times the business per store than Wendy’s with their management practices.


47 posted on 08/09/2014 7:00:48 PM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra

That would work.


48 posted on 08/09/2014 7:00:59 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

Went by Sam’s today (of course the stuff they had the last time I was there was gone with an inferior product in it’s place) and there was a machine handing out pre-packaged apple sauce samples.


49 posted on 08/09/2014 7:02:39 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: Professional Engineer
Who cares. The food at McDonald's has sucked for a long time.

people that are quick to condemn a buck and a half cheeseburger don't understand the function of the buck and a half cheeseburger.

50 posted on 08/09/2014 7:02:53 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: Jonty30

if they hit something special, they need to remember the ratio


51 posted on 08/09/2014 7:02:57 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: GeronL

Like.


52 posted on 08/09/2014 7:03:54 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Doesn't matter what McDonald's replaces their cashiers/order-takers (whatever they're called) with .... McDonald's is hardly what any reasonably intelligent person would call "food."

It's crap. No other word for it, just "CRAP!"

53 posted on 08/09/2014 7:08:14 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
For a location open 24 hours: The cost of human cashiers, not counting benefits, $15/hour * 24 hours * 365 days/year = $131,400

It's worse than that. At a previous job I was responsible for hiring a team of workers for this new site. The director had relied on some idiot to scope out the number of employees to staff a critical call center, and went minimal to shave costs while guaranteeing 24/7 staffing. I repeatedly argued with the director that his figures were unrealistic, thinking he could staff a position for three shifts with three people. People need restroom breaks, lunch breaks, medical time off, sick time, vacations, etc. No way would the site run 24/7. I continued hiring people while arguing my points, and got fired. The next couple of people hired after me argued the same, and got fired. Finally the director was swapped out.

For this article, the cost of human cashiers is higher than $15/hour * 24 hours because you require overlap with more cashiers to cover absenteeism of all types. A machine would not require overlap at all, until it breaks - easy to swap out for that rare event.

54 posted on 08/09/2014 7:08:20 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: deport

That’s the thing - Thank You! I couldn’t call it up on google for some reason.

Obama just doesn’t get that businesses are not charities, though McDonalds for one is very charitable. They are in it to make money, and if labor costs go too high, someone will build a machine to replace the people.

We saw it happen in the auto industry. Entire assembly lines with maybe two workers instead of hundreds. Then mass transport. Then supermarkets. Now it’s fast food’s turn.


55 posted on 08/09/2014 7:09:01 PM PDT by EC1
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To: HiTech RedNeck
"This might be a response to barely skilled counter people who have trouble, for example, knowing you did not mean Chicken McNuggets when you asked for McChicken sandwiches."

Some times I think the mis-understanding between the servers and the customers has everything to do with skin pigmentation. Sometimes when I enter a fast-food place and I see a staff of all one pigmentation I'll move along to a place that has a more diversified staff, it avoids a lot of problems with my order.

56 posted on 08/09/2014 7:09:49 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: ken5050

>>Apologies in advance..I want to ask a different, though related question: Has anyone tried to use the new self-checkout machines at WalMart?

I use them every time. Same for Winn-Dixie and Home Depot. If you follow the directions and know how to use a bar scanner, they work flawlessly.


57 posted on 08/09/2014 7:11:36 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyranni)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

mcdonalds food is terrible. i gave up on it years ago.


58 posted on 08/09/2014 7:14:12 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: JohnBrowdie

“people that are quick to condemn a buck and a half cheeseburger don’t understand the function of the buck and a half cheeseburger.”

You get it.

Thanks.


59 posted on 08/09/2014 7:16:31 PM PDT by narses (Matthew 7:6. He appears to have made up his mind let him live with the consequences.)
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To: Proud2BeRight

I even pull my sleeve down over my hand to open doors!


60 posted on 08/09/2014 7:32:19 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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