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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]ThirdEye
(204 posts)163. People should not fight to keep jobs alive that are no longer relevant
Automation is the future and there's no stopping it. The answer is not to avoid it but instead enact policies to protect those impacted. Universal Basic Income would be a nice start.
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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