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Picture: Hardee’s Restaurant Installs “Self Order Stations”
Young Conservatives ^ | 20 Apr 16 | Andrew Mark Miller

Posted on 04/21/2016 6:16:47 AM PDT by xzins

A little while back we told you about how the CEO of Hardees/Carl’s Jr. was thinking about replacing employees with machines thanks to the ridiculous minimum wage hike to $15.

Well, it appears he has done it.

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It was only a matter of time before this started to happen and you can expect to see more of this in the future.



TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 15dollarsanhour; 15hour; automation; bluezones; disintermediation; economy; fastfood; hardees; layoffs; minimumwage; replacement; technology
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To: unixfox; xzins

Whatever the cost of computer and display is, it is guaranteed that it will go down over time, while the cost of human labor will go up.

Even if the systems aren’t that much cheaper than humans, the ones we are seeing now are just pilot rollouts, to get people used to them, and to iron out the bugs. In a year, they will be in every fast food place.

The next step will be a mobile app where you can put in your order, and pay for it using your phone. As you roll up to the pickup window, wave your phone and your order will appear at the window.


101 posted on 04/21/2016 7:35:25 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: Spktyr

“See post 64. Seriously, people are a lot better with automation now - sometimes to the point of not understanding the old way.”

I have the experience, you have your theory.


102 posted on 04/21/2016 7:39:21 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: riverdawg
I’ve been told (haven’t verified since I don’t go there) that the local Chili’s has had touch screens at each table for placing orders since 2014.

Indeed they do, as do several other chains. One hitch in that get along, those machines aren't setup to read the chip cards. They do prevent the need to hand your card to the wait staff to disappear with, which I appreciate.

103 posted on 04/21/2016 7:42:20 AM PDT by IamConservative (There is no greater threat to our freedoms than Bipartisanship.)
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To: Gaffer

I believe it does. At the drive thru if I order light sauce and add mustard it comes up on the screen, so it must already be programed into the POS system. Now it’s just you punching it in directly.


104 posted on 04/21/2016 7:56:29 AM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: Hugin

Thank you.


105 posted on 04/21/2016 8:03:12 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: MichaelCorleone

“Too many stories of malcontents contaminating the food, either intentionally”

Yep, gives “special sauce” a whole different meaning!


106 posted on 04/21/2016 8:41:11 AM PDT by navet97
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To: xzins

Life imitates Art

Idiocracy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW-4LU79qbU


107 posted on 04/21/2016 8:43:48 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: xzins

“Hey, Joe, the law says I have to pay you $15.00 an hour. You ain’t worth it. Here’s your last check. Turn in the uniform.”


108 posted on 04/21/2016 8:44:03 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: xzins
My guess is that each one costs at least a year’s wages.

And the costs can be a tax writeoff as a capital improvement.

109 posted on 04/21/2016 8:46:29 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: JimRed

I assume wages are also a cost of business.

But, if a single machine lasts a couple of years or more, then the company saves money on at least one person who takes and delivers orders.

Most fast fooders have 2 or 3 people up front, but they also bag and deliver the food besides just taking the orders and delivering them. I imagine it will kill the need for one of those people per 4 hour shift, so that’s about 4 people a day. For convenience sake, though, they’ll need more than one machine....2 anyway.


110 posted on 04/21/2016 8:53:31 AM PDT by xzins ( Free Republic Gives YOU a voice heard around the globe. Support the Freepathon!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
...the customer base becomes too illiterate and STOOOOPID to key in their orders correctly, and food waste costs go through the ceiling.

Nope, the customer making the mistake does not obligate the business to correct it at their expense, whereas an employee mistake does.

111 posted on 04/21/2016 8:53:53 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Prov1322
...decided that they were not getting another dollar from me...and have not been back. Used to spend alot of $ there.

Did you let them know about it, and your reason? Enough public opinion changes corporate minds, but they have to know about it.

112 posted on 04/21/2016 8:59:36 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: driftdiver
They're here for good.

Ziosk

113 posted on 04/21/2016 9:00:34 AM PDT by antidisestablishment (If Washington was judged with the same standard as Sodom, it would not exist.)
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To: Gaffer

Convenience. . .but imagine all the snot-smeared fingers, cough-trap, filthy unwashed bathroom hands touching that screen before you.

What could go wrong.


114 posted on 04/21/2016 9:00:40 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: DungeonMaster

It takes 3 seconds to say “Number 1 please”. It takes 3 minutes to navigate thru those touch screens that are covered in bacteria.


115 posted on 04/21/2016 9:07:01 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: deport
Buc--ees in Southeast Texas has been using these since back in 2008 or so.


116 posted on 04/21/2016 9:08:22 AM PDT by deport
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To: DuncanWaring

“While ordering from a human, do you rest your hands on the counter? “

No.


117 posted on 04/21/2016 9:08:58 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: dhs12345

I already use my sleeve to grip public door handles.

I also carry my own hand sanitizer. . . once you’ve had MRSA, and your immunity system is compromised, you try and minimize exposure.

That and I don’t go to fast food places. . .never.


118 posted on 04/21/2016 9:11:40 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: Gaffer

Frankly, I like this idea. If the choices and options allow for custom alterations as to condiments, I’d say this is a winner.

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These are nothing more that a similar device that the clerks at a McDonalds
or other fast food places have been using for a long time. The difference is
the customer punches in the order rather than the clerk behind the counter.


119 posted on 04/21/2016 9:12:53 AM PDT by deport
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To: CodeToad; Spktyr

I teach college. I’ve discovered through class discussions that most students can’t make change, let alone understand that when you add a penny or two when you pay, this can sometimes reduce the amount extra change you get in return.

It is a concept most simply can’t understand.


120 posted on 04/21/2016 9:15:11 AM PDT by Hulka
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