However many employee dollar hours were dedicated to order taking and distribution are now being paid to a machine. I imagine that frees up at least one worker per part-time shift.
They have had them in Wawa and Royal Farms for a long while. Not sure if the really replace personnel but I’m sure they make it easier to get the order right.
I’m sure that in a year or so President Sanders will be shipping him off to a re-education camp to get his mind right.
How much do the kiosks get paid per hour?
McDonalds is also testing them in some locations.
They will get your order right, won’t act like they don’t care you are there, and give you the right change when you insert a $20 bill.
And won’t ask for days off, complain about a “living wage”, show up late, bitch about the other employees, etc,etc,etc.
And...they don’t spit on your food!!!
When machines actually handle and prepare the food, then I’ll be a regular customer again.
Too many stories of malcontents contaminating the food, either intentionally or unintentionally, drove me away.
Any restaurants that deliver and have online ordering are a short step away from automating ordering in their restaurants.
It is becoming pretty common for breweries to have area restaurants deliver to their taproom. Win/win. Restaurant sells food w/ one delivery guy and brewery sells beer.
If you are in an industry that is not being disrupted, it is likely that you are not aware of the disruption afoot or that you should become the disruptor.
Seriously, anybody with more than two brain cells knew this was going to happen, but the liberals don't like to be proven wrong. I'm guessing their next thing will be an attempt to "fine" or put an "automation tax" on every self-service kiosk at any business who goes this route.
The law of “Unintended Consequences” strikes again!
They’ve been doing this at Sheetz and Wawa for years. They cut down on the number of people employed and they speed up service.
Applebee’s and Chili’s have had those self-order machines at their table for a couple of years now. And the minimum wage out here is still what it has been.
Call me crazy but I like dealing with people.
Where will I go to get my Surly Fries?
Not exactly hygienic, IMO. Touching the same screen that other people have touched. Correction — hundreds of other people have touched and probably at least one of them with a disease.
Wash your hands kiddos!
Wonder how often the screens are cleaned. The other day, I noticed an Ipad that was used by employees at a restaurant that was used for seating that had probably never been cleaned.
I guess it is no different than touching the door handle. But it still bothers me.
My main concern with public-access touch devices is that they are big time disease vectors.
Remember, Mohammad Al-Lefthandwipiya is touching them too, along with the full spectrum of cleanliness-optional characters our wonderful newly diverse country sports with pride.
Panera Bread has been doing this. I often use them.
I actually prefer this interface as opposed to dealing with somebody with broken English who doesn’t bathe regularly and gets my order wrong half the time.
Still, you need to worry about who’s behind the curtain preparing the order. You might not want to know.