Posted on 05/21/2016 6:51:49 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Beware the $15 minimum wage for menial labor — it’ll eventually come back to bite you in the hindquarters.
As wages for fast-food workers continue to spiral upwards, hamburger chain Wendy’s is fast-replacing human workers with automation.
The company announced this week that by the second half of the year, ordering will be available through the use of self-service kiosks throughout its entire 6,000 locations, according to Investors Business Daily.
It will be up to each franchisee whether to use the new technology or to stick with the old system. Wendy’s President Todd Penegor observed that some locations have already raised their prices to meet increased labor costs.
IBD reported:
“It’s not surprising that some franchisees might face more of a labor-cost squeeze than company restaurants. All 258 Wendy’s restaurants in California, where the minimum wage rose to $10 an hour this year and will gradually rise to $15, are franchise-operated. Likewise, about 75% of 200-plus restaurants in New York are run by franchisees. New York’s fast-food industry wage rose to $10.50 in New York City and $9.75 in the rest of the state at the start of 2016, also on the way to $15.”
In order to curry favor with voters, politicians from both sides of the aisle have called for raising the minimum wage.
Sen. Bernie Sanders favors a $15 minimum wage — as a starting point. Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has, at various times, suggested raising it to $10 an hour and on other occasions higher.
Even presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he’s open to the notion of raising the wage.
If they can program a serverbot to make their chili and add cheese and onions to it,, I want one at home.
I don't think Bernie has ever worked manual labor for a living ?
I recall he got fired from an Israeli Socialist Kibbutz because he wanted to talk politics , rather than work.
But , other than exempt Government , has he ever worked an hourly job ?
How long before they automate wives?
Husbands too.
We should have an amendment to the Constitution requiring anyone in public office to have completed economics course.
Anyone holding public office must have held a real job in the private sector.
Unless the Law of Supply and Demand gets repealed, this is a lose, lose, lose solution.
Inevitable consequence.
It will still shock Democrats.
Less chance of someone spitting in my food
Who is doing their automation? A quick visit to their career page has no listing for software or hardware engineer.
Uncle Miltie (Milton Friedman) must somewhere smiling and laughing at Sanders and his clowns. Bernie would probably get his lunch handed to him big time in a head to head debate with Friedman, who, among other things, said that the minimum wage was one of the more racist things the Dumbocrats and their union friends imposed in modern times.
But automation will never catch on unless the machine can let me drive off with half of my order, like the human servers try to do.
We had Wendy’s for lunch today. Love the chili and frostys.
There are a number of US and foreign companies who offer burger bots and related services. They’ll outsource it, hopefully to a US firm.
Already happening.
Let’’s raise the minimum wage and automate politicians.
I think his last job was writing porn. Then he decided to give up honest work and become a politician.
One day, the only jobs for humans will be building and programming robotics...Then we’ll build robots who can build and program robots...Then humans will be out of work...The robots will eliminate humans...We will become obsolete...
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