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McDonald's Kiosks Are The New Cashiers

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https://www.buzzfeed.com/venessawon...-restaurants?utm_term=.pwPQYQwNXP#.mpXDZDjMEk

A few thousand more McDonald's restaurants will have self-order kiosks by the end of the year.



McDonald's will roll out self-order kiosks to 1,000 stores every quarter for the next two years, according to CEO Steve Easterbrook.

The kiosks were already in roughly 3,500 US McDonald's restaurants as of March, or about one-fourth of its domestic stores. They will be in about half of US restaurants by the end of 2018 and in all stores by 2020. McDonald's locations in Australia, Canada, and the UK are even further along in kiosk usage.

Customers who use the kiosks tend to browse the menu and order more, Easterbrook told CNBC this week, adding, "There's a little bit of an average check boost."
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That rushing sound you hear is the wake left behind by the cashiers heading for the unemployment office.
 
The stores around here are being gutted to make room for them, as well as other interior changes....this is just a few years after they spent something North of $300,000 per store to change their looks.

The main thing is that people are fixated on "New" and they want to deal with other humans as little as possible.

We really do suck that bad now.
 
We are inching ever closer to an economic model where labor is obsolete.
 
JacksinPA said:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/venessawon...-restaurants?utm_term=.pwPQYQwNXP#.mpXDZDjMEk

A few thousand more McDonald's restaurants will have self-order kiosks by the end of the year.



McDonald's will roll out self-order kiosks to 1,000 stores every quarter for the next two years, according to CEO Steve Easterbrook.

The kiosks were already in roughly 3,500 US McDonald's restaurants as of March, or about one-fourth of its domestic stores. They will be in about half of US restaurants by the end of 2018 and in all stores by 2020. McDonald's locations in Australia, Canada, and the UK are even further along in kiosk usage.

Customers who use the kiosks tend to browse the menu and order more, Easterbrook told CNBC this week, adding, "There's a little bit of an average check boost."
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That rushing sound you hear is the wake left behind by the cashiers heading for the unemployment office.
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Hmm... using something that both increases sales and reduces labor costs must be evil.
 
That is what happens when people demand $15 an hour to flip hamburgers!
 
Common Sense 1 said:
That is what happens when people demand $15 an hour to flip hamburgers!
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Cooking burgers is actually one of the more challenging jobs at McD's.

They demand $15 to smile and ask "Would you like frys with that?".

Actually the smile tends to be missing these days.

McD's USED TO BE BETTER
 
OrphanSlug said:
We are inching ever closer to an economic model where labor is obsolete.
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That may be true for low skilled labor as its cost continues to rise. Those that push for a $15/hour federal MW should consider the consequences carefully - especially since we share a border with a nation where it takes a working all day for many to earn that much.
 
Cashiers are going the way of coal miners.

Obsolete.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
Cooking burgers is actually one of the more challenging jobs at McD's.

They demand $15 to smile and ask "Would you like frys with that?".

Actually the smile tends to be missing these days.

McD's USED TO BE BETTER
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Here McDonald's will take your food to your table when it is ready. Hot and fresh which is better than when i worked there.
 
JacksinPA said:
That rushing sound you hear is the wake left behind by the cashiers heading for the unemployment office.
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Quite simply, the bar for what skills one must have to obtain employment is rising. It's true of adults who want high-paying jobs and, based on what the McDonald's kiosks portend, it is as well for kids and others seeking entry-level positions.

It's really a matter of of one of the foundational assumptions of economics -- that buyers and sellers act out of self-interested rationality -- made manifold. Rational behavior requires one to be adept at logical thinking, applying sound/cogent logic and then acting accordingly. For folks who lack in-demand skills for which they can be compensated satisfactorily there are only a few economically rational choices:
  • Acquiesce to a life of penury.
  • Obtain and perfect one or more in-demand skills.
  • Move to a locality where the skills one has are in demand.
McDonald's cashier kiosks are but the most recent "writing on the wall" advising everyone that having only as much skill as is needed to be fast food restaurant will no longer "cut the mustard," so to speak. It really doesn't matter whether one likes that that is so; the world is moving on with or without one. One can either move with the world, or be left behind.
 
Xelor said:
Quite simply, the bar for what skills one must have to obtain employment is rising. It's true of adults who want high-paying jobs and, based on what the McDonald's kiosks portend, it is as well for kids and others seeking entry-level positions.

It's really a matter of of one of the foundational assumptions of economics -- that buyers and sellers act out of self-interested rationality -- made manifold. Rational behavior requires one to be adept at logical thinking, applying sound/cogent logic and then acting accordingly. For folks who lack in-demand skills for which they can be compensated satisfactorily there are only a few economically rational choices:
  • Acquiesce to a life of penury.
  • Obtain and perfect one or more in-demand skills.
  • Move to a locality where the skills one has are in demand.
McDonald's cashier kiosks are but the most recent "writing on the wall" advising everyone that having only as much skill as is needed to be fast food restaurant will no longer "cut the mustard," so to speak. It really doesn't matter whether one likes that that is so; the world is moving on with or without one. One can either move with the world, or be left behind.
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McD's claims that their average hourly worker is 20 but I dont believe them, the government says that the average fast food worker is 29.

https://www.theatlantic.com/busines...fast-food-workers-are-raising-a-child/278424/

https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/...-the-average-age-of-a-mcdonalds-employee.html
 
Lord Tammerlain said:
Here McDonald's will take your food to your table when it is ready. Hot and fresh which is better than when i worked there.
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That is the new system....I hope that we get to fill our own cokes though....
 
JacksinPA said:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/venessawon...-restaurants?utm_term=.pwPQYQwNXP#.mpXDZDjMEk

A few thousand more McDonald's restaurants will have self-order kiosks by the end of the year.



McDonald's will roll out self-order kiosks to 1,000 stores every quarter for the next two years, according to CEO Steve Easterbrook.

The kiosks were already in roughly 3,500 US McDonald's restaurants as of March, or about one-fourth of its domestic stores. They will be in about half of US restaurants by the end of 2018 and in all stores by 2020. McDonald's locations in Australia, Canada, and the UK are even further along in kiosk usage.

Customers who use the kiosks tend to browse the menu and order more, Easterbrook told CNBC this week, adding, "There's a little bit of an average check boost."
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That rushing sound you hear is the wake left behind by the cashiers heading for the unemployment office.
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After they go to the unemployment office, they can then decide if they want to better themselves and improve their skills for a better job. Hopefully, they will choose the latter.
McDonalds counter help and hamburger flippers are stepping stone jobs, and never were meant to be career type jobs.

Automation is a direct result of steady demands in pay by people with minimum wage entry level jobs. What'd you expect to come of this? Businesses need to prepare for the future in they are going to survive.

In CA., minimum wage is currently $11 an hour as of 1st Jan 2018 and then it will see a $1 per hour increase every year till 2022 to reach the figure of $15 per hour.

https://www.govdocs.com/california-15-statewide-minimum-wage/
 
Hawkeye10 said:
The stores around here are being gutted to make room for them, as well as other interior changes....this is just a few years after they spent something North of $300,000 per store to change their looks.

The main thing is that people are fixated on "New" and they want to deal with other humans as little as possible.

We really do suck that bad now.
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$300,000 per store? Where's your source for that?
 
OrphanSlug said:
We are inching ever closer to an economic model where labor is obsolete.
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Finally. Human brains should be focused on creating and solving, not sweeping floors and pushing buttons that correspond to the words that other people tell them.
 
Hawkeye10 said:
It is worse than you suggest...Mexico's min wage is about $4.70/Day:
https://www.stltoday.com/business/l...cle_7cfbe14b-c6c1-52a0-8dcf-51c3f25ca840.html
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Consumer Prices in*United States*are 129.75%*higherthan in*MexicoConsumer Prices Including Rent in*United States*are 168.86%*higher*than in*MexicoRent Prices in*United States*are 307.40%*higher*than inMexicoRestaurant Prices in*United States*are 153.35%*higherthan in*MexicoGroceries Prices in*United States*are 141.85%*higherthan in*MexicoLocal Purchasing Power in*United States*is 138.54%higher*than in*Mexico

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-livi...lt.jsp?country1=Mexico&country2=United+States
 
MateoMtnClimber said:
Consumer Prices in*United States*are 129.75%*higherthan in*MexicoConsumer Prices Including Rent in*United States*are 168.86%*higher*than in*MexicoRent Prices in*United States*are 307.40%*higher*than inMexicoRestaurant Prices in*United States*are 153.35%*higherthan in*MexicoGroceries Prices in*United States*are 141.85%*higherthan in*MexicoLocal Purchasing Power in*United States*is 138.54%higher*than in*Mexico

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-livi...lt.jsp?country1=Mexico&country2=United+States
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Yep, but a $9.40/hour US job (easily attainable with a full-time golf course maintenance job, which pays $75.20/day) is 1600% higher than $4.70/day job. I can easily make $100/day as a self-employed handyman but that does require skilled labor and a significant investment in tools.
 
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MateoMtnClimber said:
Jesus christ. You said they spent $300,000 per store to change locks. That was your lie. Now you link an article describing massive exterior and interior renovations costing $550,000 per store. That is the difference between night and day. And half a mill per store is a great deal.
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I have no idea where your head is at but I point out that I said that they spent north of $300,000 to change the look of the stores, which a true statement from at Truth Teller.

You could be nicer I hope you know.
 
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