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In reply to the discussion: Stopped in a local McDonalds today for coffee, an employee was miffed I didn't use their new kiosk [View all]GulfCoast66
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Stopped in a local McDonalds today for coffee, an employee was miffed I didn't use their new kiosk [View all]
Vinnie From Indy
Sep 2018
OP
Like bank tellers pushing online banking, workers are required to promote corporate initiatives.
Trust Buster
Sep 2018
#1
I went to LabCorp, and they were doing the same thing. While faster, it will eliminate a job or two.
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2018
#111
I take my grandson to a McDonald's with automated system and always order at the counter.
dem4decades
Sep 2018
#2
As much as I am not a fan of McDonald's, I still love a large coffee for a buck.
dem4decades
Sep 2018
#187
My usual grocery store went completely to self checkout. cashiers were there to help you figure out
wasupaloopa
Sep 2018
#3
Yup. The problem that Bi-Lo as well as Food Lion and a number of other grocery store
cstanleytech
Sep 2018
#101
my problem with check out at grocery stores is that they want you to use plastic bags
scarytomcat
Sep 2018
#122
I think Kroger is phasing out plastic bags, too. Hoorah for them. Something that made me
japple
Sep 2018
#178
If we all started stealing as much as possible with this, maybe they'd change their ways
gilpo
Sep 2018
#48
My eldest son recently moved to Florida and he opened up his bank account, all online. He never had
monmouth4
Sep 2018
#4
A couple of years ago someone drove from NY to LA and never talked to a single person as a trial
grantcart
Sep 2018
#57
There's a manager/supervisor type that tries to get me to use the self checkout and each time I say
TeamPooka
Sep 2018
#85
Right? I don't get why people want to do all of that stuff for themselves,
ProfessorPlum
Sep 2018
#102
Lowes did that to me. I had a mixed bunch of crap, was tired, asked for a register, they refused.
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2018
#112
I always skip past The automation to talk to flesh and blood people when I can
MrScorpio
Sep 2018
#7
IT officer here. They still have to pay programmers whether cashiers or bank tellers are used.
TheBlackAdder
Sep 2018
#114
I worked for a company that was briefly responsible for installing the kiosks. From what initially
seaglass
Sep 2018
#129
Automation owners won't share the financial gain, they will get people to vote for a Trump.
Blue_true
Sep 2018
#66
Many years ago one of the tellers at my bank instructed me to use the machine for my transaction
Hekate
Sep 2018
#21
The automation was supposed to be good. There used to be articles in Popular Science and
brewens
Sep 2018
#33
I'd love to hear everyone's thoughts on William Morris and cottage industry
DemocracyMouse
Sep 2018
#70
We've been automating and improving productivity for ages yet there are still jobs
unblock
Sep 2018
#68
There's a popular graphic knocking the $15 minimum showing those kiosks
Algernon Moncrieff
Sep 2018
#76
My neice is a shift manager at McDonalds. She says they are always short on staff
doc03
Sep 2018
#83
Maybe she wasn't planning to spend the rest of her life working at McDonalds
meadowlander
Sep 2018
#88
I worked at a place where the employees were required to train some folks from India
workinclasszero
Sep 2018
#91
"Anyone who pays for more than half of their stuff in self checkout is a total moron"
dalton99a
Sep 2018
#126
I don't understand how people can live their lives with their heads in the sand (Trump voter).
Vinca
Sep 2018
#98
I mean, it's unfortunate for the people losing jobs, but automation isn't going to stop.
bearsfootball516
Sep 2018
#103
Like the Borg..... Self-respecting towns BLOCK chain stores from their downtowns.
DemocracyMouse
Sep 2018
#161
Interesting. Well, technology will always change the workforce. No stopping it. Nt
USALiberal
Sep 2018
#109
I do, but I haven't noticed any decrease in the number of tellers working in the bank.
Vinca
Sep 2018
#142
I don't work there, so I'm not going to process their order for them.nt
eppur_se_muova
Sep 2018
#148
I refuse to use those kiosks, or self-checkout at stores, or anything that replaces a human
Rabrrrrrr
Sep 2018
#158
Yes, and I only wear clothes made from hand-picked, hand-spun cotton knitted by an actual person
meadowlander
Sep 2018
#177
Progress is inevitable. Remember all those buggy makers that are out of work?
Honeycombe8
Sep 2018
#183
To be honest, my response was more of a reflex rather than an agenda.
Vinnie From Indy
Sep 2018
#189