Wendy's to install self ordering kiosks at 1,000 locations in 2017

[danielpalos]

how does the tax situation change for firms, when they can no longer deduct the cost of labor on their taxes.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

No one lost his job when the telephone was invented. Bell created millions of jobs. So did Edison and Henry Ford. The big shots who don't come through on that can be done away with easily.

Yep. Technology put a hundreds of thousands of telephone operators out of work, and we instead have hundreds of thousands in the wireless industry.

It doesn't work in a vacuum.

In fact, we need enough job-killing technology to free workers for job-creating technology. Only that much, and nothing more.

 

[GHook93]

So did the Jack in the Box in my neighborhood about 15 years ago. The minimum wage has nothing to do with it.

Labor costs are the cause and minimum wage drives up labor cost artificially.


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[The Sage of Main Street]

So did the Jack in the Box in my neighborhood about 15 years ago. The minimum wage has nothing to do with it.

Labor costs are the cause and minimum wage drives up labor cost artificially.


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Fat Cats Love Mice

Some greedy, bossy parasite gets to determine wages? Why should we allow that?

 

[Faun]

People will get pissed off at the machines and go somewhere else no big deal..... For what Wendy's charges for a combo I can go to a diner and eat a good meal.

Why on Earth would anyone get pissed off at a machine taking your order?

 

[Faun]

So did the Jack in the Box in my neighborhood about 15 years ago. The minimum wage has nothing to do with it.

Labor costs are the cause and minimum wage drives up labor cost artificially.


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Nope. Innovation is the cause.

 

[Faun]

For idiots who think minimum wage laws, and not innovation, is the cause of such technological advancements...

Even China employs such kiosks...

KFC China has another weird tech idea to get you to eat fast food

 

[TomParks]

People will get pissed off at the machines and go somewhere else no big deal..... For what Wendy's charges for a combo I can go to a diner and eat a good meal.

Why on Earth would anyone get pissed off at a machine taking your order?

Our local gas station has touch machines and everything is always screwed up....machines cant replace a kid who doesn't give a shit if your order is right or not....I will stick with Chic-fil-a

 

[Papageorgio]

Technology takes jobs, and creates new ones.

What new job will order takers and burger flippers going to do then?

 

[DrainBamage]

What new job will order takers and burger flippers going to do then?

I don't know, anymore than I could have predicted what a few hundred thousand telephone operators would do before they got automated away.

 

[danielpalos]

in other words, the dollar menu may expand?

 

[Faun]

People will get pissed off at the machines and go somewhere else no big deal..... For what Wendy's charges for a combo I can go to a diner and eat a good meal.

Why on Earth would anyone get pissed off at a machine taking your order?

Our local gas station has touch machines and everything is always screwed up....machines cant replace a kid who doesn't give a shit if your order is right or not....I will stick with Chic-fil-a

That's a non-starter... employees often screw up orders. And typically, when a machine screws up, it's the operator's fault.

 

[DrainBamage]

machines cant replace a kid who doesn't give a shit if your order is right or not....I will stick with Chic-fil-a

I'd prefer myself over said kid, every time. The advantage is familiarity with the order.

Most people are creatures of habit regarding fast food, we've only got a few things we order at a given fast food restaurant and one of those is probably 80% of it. After a few tries at it I'll know how to make my exact order on that machine without even thinking about it.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

People will get pissed off at the machines and go somewhere else no big deal..... For what Wendy's charges for a combo I can go to a diner and eat a good meal.

Why on Earth would anyone get pissed off at a machine taking your order?

Our local gas station has touch machines and everything is always screwed up....machines cant replace a kid who doesn't give a shit if your order is right or not....I will stick with Chic-fil-a

That's a non-starter... employees often screw up orders. And typically, when a machine screws up, it's the operator's fault.

Lese Majesty Against Laissez-Faire

That's the fault of incompetent management for not watching them, disciplining them, or firing them. Also, if I can commit the heresy of claiming for the employees what the bosses and owners preach only applies to themselves, if the fast-food joints pay more, that incentive will get them better employees.

 

[MindWars]

In the past few days I have seen more than applebees closing down but here goes another business going ....

Applebee’s Restaurants Disappearing Across the US, Closing 40-60 Locations
Applebee’s Restaurants Disappearing Across the US, Closing 40-60 Locations

 

[TomParks]

In the past few days I have seen more than applebees closing down but here goes another business going ....

Applebee’s Restaurants Disappearing Across the US, Closing 40-60 Locations
Applebee’s Restaurants Disappearing Across the US, Closing 40-60 Locations

They serve overpriced junk....our local Texas Roadhouse has much better prices and food.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

In the past few days I have seen more than applebees closing down but here goes another business going ....

Applebee’s Restaurants Disappearing Across the US, Closing 40-60 Locations
Applebee’s Restaurants Disappearing Across the US, Closing 40-60 Locations

They serve overpriced junk....our local Texas Roadhouse has much better prices and food.

Saying That the Rich Create Jobs Is Like Saying That Vampires Create Blood. That sucks!

Heresy, I say, that's heresy! Our divinely inspired businessmen never fail, so it must be stupid, lazy, and greedy workers who are responsible!