McDonald's orders 7,000 touchscreen kiosks to replace cashiers

[Enfuego]

http://www.neowin.net/news/mcdonalds-orders-7000-touchscreen-kiosks-to-replace-cashiers

 

[Hamilbet]

Oh sweet baby jesus, I hope this takes off. No more dumb POS who couldnt care less about taking my order. F them and their "I want $15 an hour"!

 

[Betallsports]

Oh sweet baby jesus, I hope this takes off. No more dumb POS who couldnt care less about taking my order. F them and their "I want $15 an hour"!

well this is in Europe for now ... so it will probably be awhile before in comes to the States

 

[DesertNole]

Marketplace will always rebalance itself, force higher wages on companies, companies will distribute those higher wages amongst fewer people and invest in technology.

 

[festeringZit]

[ dumb maggots wanted $15/hour for a brainless job ]

 

[RaoulDuke]

Saw them in london this summer. Pretty cool.

 

[beejmi]

There's a huge convenience store chain/deli (Wawa) in the northeast and you just go in and punch up your order and everyone loves it. No mistakes (unless you screw up) no clamoring for a cashier or ordertaker either. Nobody will miss the front counter cashiers.

 

[texansfan]

We might go there a couple of times of months for the kids, and I don't believe I've ever gone to the one by my house where that haven't screwed up the order. I always check it before driving off because they can never get it right.

 

[Vlad the Impaler]

Most of the customers are too fat to reach through their window and punch in an order. McDonalds has the worst clientale out of all the fast food places.

 

[Defying]

Its probably not the best thing for the economy, people need to start adapting quicker than ever

 

[Defying]

pretty sure i read this week that Panera plans to use them in all stores, think it was by the end of next year

 

[texansfan]

pretty sure i read this week that Panera plans to use them in all stores, think it was by the end of next year

Talk about a place that's highly over priced.

 

[MikeB]

Yup
Congrats on your $15 per hour.

 

[wilbur]

Yup
Congrats on your $15 per hour.

Conrats on your upcoming raise, MikeB

 

[MikeB]

Conrats on your upcoming raise, MikeB

Back in your day you probably earned about $15.00 in a week or even per month.

 

[JohnnyMac]

It creates more jobs building and servicing the machines. Life moves on.

 

[DesertNole]

It creates more jobs building and servicing the machines. Life moves on.

Yep, unskilled will be pushed further to the margins...be careful what you wish for...

 

[wilbur]

Back in your day you probably earned about $15.00 in a week or even per month.

Back in my day it was the solstace

 

[tanner12oz]

$15 an hour..

sheetz has had this for years. Helluva lot better then a human taking your order.

 

[tanner12oz]

[ dumb maggots wanted $15/hour for a brainless job ]

I worked at a union mom and pop grocery store..maybe 35 employees. Union would come in every couple years and demand $1 plus raises and tell us to go on strike..its a fucking grocery store..we bagged groceries. Any moron can do that....people gotta realize that if anyone can do what you do then you ain't got shit as far as bargaining power. If you want to throw your weight around and demand shit you better have some kinda skill or talent..if not I suggest you stfu and try to blend in...sucks but that's the game