Posted on 09/18/2024 3:30:57 PM PDT by CFW
It's official! - Robots are replacing humans.
Chipotle restaurants in California have introduced two robots to replace human workers in an effort to slash labor costs in response to the state-mandated $20 minimum wage. The first robot called the "autocato" can peel, stone, and cut an avocado, and then turn it into guacamole in 26 seconds. The other robot dubbed the "digital makeline" has the ability to portion salads and bowls based on orders from the mobile app.
The robots are part of an automation push that Chipotle's executives think could reduce the number of employees and help lower rising labor costs, as reported by the Daily Mail. The machines are currently being used at restaurant locations in Huntington Beach and Corona del Mar.
The controversial $20 minimum wage hike signed into law by Gov. Newsom took effect on April 1, which immediately sparked mass layoffs and permanent business closures. Burger King and other chains have already reduced the number of cashiers by rolling out digital ordering terminals in their Golden State locations.
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LA Times, if you want Republican help, vote Republican, starting Nov 5, 2024.
That was an employee who had the stomach flu but went to work anyway and packed catering boxes - everyone for whom the business served the catered boxed lunches to got the stomach flu.
Interesting - they prepare and cook the food from whole, fresh ingredients and you can literally watch them prepare it. How do you compare that to Taco Bell?
All of the standardized places are ripe for automation.
I’ve not worked at a McD’s but I assume that they are taught the McD way to make a burger - and it is standard buns, standard grilling time, standard amounts of meat, cheese, lettuce, condiments etc.
This is relatively easy to automate - but the hurdle so far has been cost and that’s dropping now
He had a reason to be paranoid! At the end of the trilogy in 5 parts, he was 4 times as old as the universe :)
Making a samwich isn’t that difficult and seems obvious that paying $20/hour for that work is nonsensical.
Every stereotype has at least some truth behind it, or it would never become a stereotype.
Yes. Has Katie ever seen the inside of an automobile factory in the past 40 years or so?
That reminds me. I wish people who are sick or who have sick kids would stay home from Church that day.
I take it that was a $14.88 tab and you wanted a five dollar bill + one quarter back.
I’ve gotten the $4.25 back before.
I tried to convince them they erred, but they refused to take the 2 dimes back.
Oh well - put them in my pocket and left with my order.
I think you know why...
Where do they get the raccoons from?
And when you gave him the $4.75?
Delivers food and sweeps the floor!
You do the math...
It’s amazing what WIFI and BlueTooth can do these days!
The EB knew this LONG ago!
(Energizer Bunny)
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