[mylife]

I know many here will applaud this stupidity as it removes people from entry level jobs and helps the bottom line but I want mine made by someone I know, with fresh ingredients, the way I like it.

[mylife]

[KC_Lion]

It demands $15.00 an hour PLUS benefits.

[GOP Poet]

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[A Navy Vet]

No thanks. We'll stick with Grubhub that actually goes to restaurant of choice. We know who to order from for fresh, hot, and quick delivery. If Grubhub does this...on to UberEats or another reliable service.

Most times, we just order directly from the restaurant if they still deliver. Just Lysol the outside packaging and good to go.

[alternatives?]

I would think cleaning the machines and keeping bugs out would be the biggest problems.

How many times do you get a roach in your salad before you stop buying?

[monkeyshine]

I understand your point, but automation is unstoppable to some degree. I’ve am not in the restaurant business but I’ve seen a lot of new services have been invented; from burger flipping machines, automatic dish washer that rinses, sanitizes, dries and stacks fresh plates, and now this salad machine. It slices, it dices, it’s indestructible! McDonalds paid nearly half a billion for software that can understand your order in a drive-through in almost any language or accent.

It’s not that it helps the bottom line as much as it makes operations run a lot more smoothly. Machines work 24 hours a day, they don’t call in sick, show up late, require benefits, talk back, gossip or cause workplace conflict. Now I am certain that Congress and the CBO did not factor this into their proposed $15/hour minimum wage hike. For a place that operates 24 hours a day, every $15/hour position costs $1800 a week plus payroll taxes and workers compensation insurance and maybe other benefits etc. The amortization costs on any of these devices will come in lower than that.

[binreadin]

I’m predicting sandy salad, wilted lettuce, stem ends on sliced tomatoes and soggy croutons. The robotic machines will be just like a lot of the young kitchen help they employ in my area—without a clue about what constitutes good, fresh food for regular humans.