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2017-02-28 Economy

Wendy's plans self-ordering kiosks at 1,000 locations

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Posted by DarthVader 2017-02-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 There are some interesting youtube vids on all the different kinds of foods you can get from vending machines in Japan.

Posted by phil_b 2017-02-28 03:19|| 2017-02-28 03:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Good, I'm tired of listening to the dweeb with the staple in his lip who botches my order every time. I think it's the complex grammar and poly syllabic words of the phrase "no cheese" that flummoxes him.

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-02-28 07:24|| 2017-02-28 07:24|| Front Page Top

#3 McDonald’s Burger Looks the Same – 14 Years Later

Posted by Skidmark 2017-02-28 07:27|| 2017-02-28 07:27|| Front Page Top

#4 kick all the fucksticks out the door

Said fucksticks will open a chain of stores serving "handmade burgers with no machine involvement" for $29.95 each...

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-02-28 08:15|| 2017-02-28 08:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Good, I'm tired of listening to the dweeb with the staple in his lip who botches my order every time. I think it's the complex grammar and poly syllabic words of the phrase "no cheese" that flummoxes him.

Shoooot, that's my last three fast food experiences. 'Sir your 29 Cordon Bleus will be with you soon.'

Eh?! 86 that order.

86 whats?

Seriously, last one I went to, new joint, supposedly good. Toothless got the order wrong, staples was busy trying to look busy, bad tat 1 and bad tat 2 were drooling on themselves while the manager was playing round robin with the pre-lunch cleaning duties and getting the fries out of the fryer.

Children, read that last part again very carefully. One person was running that entire restaurant because hustle and win.

The real loss here would be the drive-through operator, which does take some talent, will go the way of the blue tooth as the app allows drive through customers to use their phone/car. The second will be the manager who, without employees, will not be selected for cut and hustle but making sure the ingredients are assembled correctly. Think large vending machine.

I'm pretty sure if I was given a couple beers and an afternoon, I could diagram a burger making machine; I'm sure the pros have binders of ideas. Probably a bushel of sketches on napkins made while waiting for their fast food order, only to find out the order is wrong.

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-02-28 11:04|| 2017-02-28 11:04|| Front Page Top

#6 Used a McDonalds kiosk in Poland last fall. The Kiosk was outside of the actual restaurant space in a mall, reducing the number of square feet needed to operate. Order (in your own language) and pay outside, walk a dozen steps to the pick up window and get the order that you keyed in. This was the same week $15 wage protests were raging here in the states.

Posted by Capsu78 2017-02-28 11:51|| 2017-02-28 11:51|| Front Page Top

#7 I don't have to interact with the mouth breathers

Who will all now be out of a job and have nothing to do. Increasing the cost of dealing with them on multiple fronts.

"no cheese"

???

Posted by gorb 2017-02-28 13:48|| 2017-02-28 13:48|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm pretty sure if I was given a couple beers and an afternoon, I could diagram a burger making machine

The trade shows in the past have had many exhibits showcasing food-service automation. There wasn't much interest, partly due to 'image', but mainly due to labor costs being affordable.

Posted by Pappy 2017-02-28 15:45|| 2017-02-28 15:45|| Front Page Top

#9 The latest "nightmare inducing" Boston Dynamics robots

Posted by Besoeker 2017-02-28 15:49|| 2017-02-28 15:49|| Front Page Top

#10 Minimum wage harvest coming in.

It's really compulsory unemployment for the low productivity.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-02-28 16:58|| 2017-02-28 16:58|| Front Page Top

#11 Wow Besoeker, come a long way since the externally powered dancing dog.

So much of fast food is already prepped before delivery to the location, I cannot think of a single fast food genre which couldn't be completely automated, rather than someone refilling ingredients. Mexican, maybe tricky, but I bet folding burritos and filling tacos is easier than I think. The fish & chips go straight from the bag to the fryer. Run burgers through a convection conveyor and cook both sides at once.

A real loss would be losing all the crummy My First Job opportunities. My grades went up after a month of dishwashing because I didn't want to be a dishwasher my whole life.

There are a number of people in my town who do not work I want to hire to get to the things I have a hard time getting done - clean restroom, change odd light bulbs, sweeping, day to day things. Thing is, they are probably only worth $3 an hour, maybe less, until they can show me they are more than a drugged out bum.

Posted by swksvolFF 2017-02-28 18:34|| 2017-02-28 18:34|| Front Page Top

#12 I didn't want to be a dishwasher my whole life.

I worked in a Coca-Cola bottling plant in high school. I knew I was going to college, etc. Just the people I had to work with scared me straight anyway...

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-02-28 18:50|| 2017-02-28 18:50|| Front Page Top

#13 ...think draft army. Was there at the end. Similar observations.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-02-28 21:19|| 2017-02-28 21:19|| Front Page Top

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