Posted on 12/22/2023 1:04:16 PM PST by nickcarraway
Here in PA many think Wawa is the best fast food around if you want fast food or subs/ sandwiches, etc.
Personally I quit going anywhere else when I want that sort of food.
The price is better, you can have it delivered, or you can have it brought out to your car, or you can stand there a few minutes and watch them make it.
Sheetz is very good too.
I think both are doing a better job than the traditional fast food and sandwich places.
Well, Cali is not going to like “layoffs due to high minimum wages”, so they may well rule on it.
They actually are using DoorDash. I ordered Pizza Hut (in O.C.) a week ago and was surprised when it was delivered by DoorDash. This article explains it.
Several years before the Plandemic, there was a pizza place in San Francisco. I do not know if it survived the Plandemic. When you walked into the rectangular-shaped pizza shop, there were no human workers in sight. At a kiosk, or on your phone, you could order a slice, or an entire pizza. Once your order/payment received, there could be be one or more breathing humans working, but not in sight. Eventually your slice or whole pizza appeared in the slot. (Then again, fast food giants have developed machines that can make 300 burgers an hour, so I imagine the pizza machine exists already).
With the advance of AI/GPS and drones, I can see a time when the pizza delivery will also not involve humans. Drones, burger machines, etc do not need benefits, health care, etc. They don’t strike, or call in sick. The maintenance guy will be busy.
Gee, who coulda seen this coming????
You watch. California will rule that Uber Drivers are ALSO employees of Pizza Hut and entitled to the 20/hr wage.
A whole lot of restaurants are closing up shop too.
CA did fight the Ubers of the world and lost in court. But they may fight again and again and again. The CA legislature loves to fight in court.
The true minimum wage is ‘zero’. That is the way it has always been.
No family gets supported on $20 an hour.
But tens of millions of illegals have pushed Americans out of many basic jobs that they used to do—including high school kids.
The minimum wage survived 3 supreme court cases.
They fired 1,200 delivery, so how many remained on the job?
I used Uber as a category. There is Door Dash, Uber, Lyft, Skip the Dishes and others.
Those that remain will have more business.
All of these mininmum wage haters would love a set maximumm wage.
I stopped eating at Pizza Hut when I read the fine print that said that their pizzas are made from something called “textured vegetable protein” rather than real meat and cheese.
Hard to beat Papa Murphy’s.
Can watch them make it-—YOU bake it.
Yes, there was a trend for some ‘fast food’ types of businesses that had the kitchen hidden behind a wall that started right before the worldwide political shutdown of small businesses. Humans were there preparing the food, but you didn’t interact with anyone. Your order just came sliding out. All done by kiosk or phone.
Not sure if that trend ever worked or re-started, but you are right. At some point it just becomes more economical to automate. Limited staff, limited scheduling, never a sick day, machines can work 24/7/365, doesn’t require health insurance, doesn’t talk back, never slack etc. Business owners can finance the machines, amortize the expense, and alleviate headaches. Over a relatively short time they pay for themselves. Just need maintenance which could be a limiting factor in their roll-out. If they break down, your restaurant is closed. McDonalds has had lots of trouble with just their ice cream machines.
FDR never got to pack the court. He wanted to, but he only got to name replacements to fill vacancies, like any other president.
“FDR never got to pack the court. He wanted to, but he only got to name replacements to fill vacancies, like any other president.”
Getting 5 judges on the court in 2.5 years is effectively packing it...even if the number of judges didn’t change. I’ve read that it was some kind of deal worked out to avoid increasing the number of judges, since the judges he first had to deal with were not into his New Deal crap.
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