“What the frick else do they want for stocking shelves, pushing cash register buttons and making change, and presumably serving food?”
Massive automation is on the way. It might take a while but it’s coming and over time it will eliminate many of these types of jobs. As a society we will have a BIG problem with massive unemployment of people without job skills.
In the meantime we are importing massive numbers of illegal aliens with low job skills. Train wreck ahead.
We see it now with self-scans, check-in kiosk at airports, etc. The Unions are actively accelerating that with demands for employer funded pensions for PT cashiers, nearly 100% employer funded insurance, etc.
They should be promoting skilled blue-collar jobs such as electricians, plumbers, forklift mechanics, etc. not rewarding entry-level jobs for life.