[xzins]

Personally, I HATE any kind of vending machine food that I’ve ever run across.

[Donglalinger]

Hilarious article on how SF keeps putting more burdens on business but has no idea why the cost of living is so high.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/san-francisco-tries-life-affordable-060337975.html

[DungeonMaster]

Good job Obama, help those ATMs steal more jobs.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

The greatest invention are these self-service kiosks.

I do everything I can to use the self-checkout lines at the supermarket. One, it’s faster, two, I can pack my own groceries, and three, I don’t need to deal with the lower-intelligentsia of the people these places hire.

I can only hope these machines are used more and more, whether or not there is an increase in the min. wage.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

When McDonald’s coffee is FRESH I find it to be satisfying and better than Starbucks.

[WKUHilltopper]

Funny how many times they’ve raised the minimum wage over the decades...and not once has it “saved” anyone.

[circlecity]

I see this type of automation returning many fast food joints back to their original roots. Only three or four options, very fast service and cheaper than their competitors. Keeping the menu limited would allow vastly increased automation to where one or two employees could run the whole store. (keeping the machines stocked with fresh food product). If they maintained quality they could make up for the limited menu with much lower prices then their competitors and faster service, all made possible by eliminating expensive employee costs.

[Ellendra]

But does it know that a frappe is supposed to be cold?

(Seriously, the last time I was at a McD’s, the person taking my order thought a frappe was hot. She got pretty much everything else wrong, too.)

[minnesota_bound]

More unemployed and those employed thanks to obamacare can only get 29 hour work week. Thank the democrats.

[Snickering Hound]

[longtermmemmory]

this is how we ended up with free soda refills.

[RightGeek]

[Kickass Conservative]

Our local McDonalds had two Cashier / Order Kiosks.

I never saw one person use them and now they are gone.

The starting Wage at this location is $10 per Hour.

[catnipman]

I’ve been predicting exactly this now for at least two years. Espresso machines are already so automated that the “baristas” have little to do but load the hoppers and push a couple of buttons.

Not much more is needed in terms of automation to simply turn the machines around on the counters and let the customers push the buttons and insert credit card/money, thereby eliminating the “baristas” (except of course keeping the coffee bean hoppers full).

The minimum wage states will lead the way with this and many other forms of restaurant/fast-food automation.

[Sam Gamgee]

Where I live one of the local McDonalds already has self serve kiosks. You get to punch in your order, and don't have to worry about the clueless person behind the counter getting it wrong, like they do about 30% of the time for me.