McDonald's Replacing Cashiers with Touch-Screen Tablets - Another Idiocracy Prophecy Come True!
Hey people did it to themselves......
Hmm, in light of the growing acceptance of the idea that there can be a right to another person’s life and property, we might actually see politicians pushing for laws against such things. I doubt they’re gonna let employers thumb their noses at them after they’ve pushed so hard for higher wages.
Heck, maybe they can program it to speak English, maybe even including the ending consonants.
WaWa in Philadelphia put touch-screen terminals in their stores about ten years ago, or maybe more.
I’m told that one of the reasons they installed them is because they couldn’t find sandwich people who could read and write.
Robot hamburger factory makes 360 Gourmet Burgers every hour...
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Previews of coming attractions across the spectrum.
I’ll take some BIG ASS FRIES
Those screens are gonna be nasty.
Why do consumers have to touch screens with their fingers everywhere they go these days? Grocery stores (sometimes they have a stylus you can use) included. Even small businesses and food trucks have touch screens for you to sign now.
Cold and flu season is here.
If you don't want to wait for a touch screen, you can also order on-line and it is waiting for you when you stop in to pick it up.
I genuinely pity you poor slobs who do not have a Sheetz or its equivalent in your area. I've heard Wa-Wa is almost as good.
Sheetz Stations have had them for yearz. It works great. You punch in exactly what you want.
Was anyone this shocked when banks replaced tellers with machines?
Was anyone shocked when the music industry pretty much went digital, shutting down “music” stores by the score? (Pun intended)
The machines generally are less error prone and work for a lot less per transaction than people. Sure they break down, but for the price of one technician you can have them back up a helluva lot faster than someone comes back from being sick.
And, for the most part, they speak whatever language you want them to speak.
This calls for Executive Order Man!!
I went to my last McDonald’s some time ago.
I’ve used a touch-screen order interface at Sheetz and it works very well, unless the store is slammed as they often are. Nice for a combo gas station convenience store and hot, fresh food. The food is better than most fast-food chains, surprisingly. The annoying thing is having to line up with all the other store traffic to pay, the touch-screen just spits out a receipt with order number that is activated once paid. It could be faster with a card reader on the touch-screen. On the other hand there are a couple of restaurants I frequent that have card readers on iPads which works very well except for the printed receipt if I need it for expense report, the opposite of Sheetz, lol.
Other than that one temporary issue, the system works very well.
Will Obammycare be expanded to include video kiosks?
We use them at WAWA and it’s ok except for the fact that half the food has to be eaten with your hands.
>>Will video kiosks work for $15.00 per hour?
They need to allow people to order on their smartphone too, so the old people who are spending 20 minutes figuring out that complicated “screen thingie” can be bypassed.
The sooner the better IMHO. Back in the late 60s I worked at a restaurant that had phones in each booth and drive-up area and people called in their own orders. Worked great and this is just the modern-day equivalent.
I’ve never enjoyed shopping at Wal-mart but it’s at least tolerable now that I can check myself out using the self-scan machines.