Yeah, the order taking will be automated.
That or your order will be taken by some 29 year old named Tiffany who's desperate to start paying off her graduate degree in fashion design, but still doesn't know how to make change without a calculator.Yeah, the order taking will be automated.
Good, as soon as that $15 / hr. is perpetuated through the States, we'll FINALLY be caught up to equivalent 1974 wage levels!
Let me go ahead and suggest some light reading for you:
http://www.mises.org/Books/humanaction.pdf
http://library.mises.org/books/Murray N Rothbard/What Has Government Done to Our Money.pdf
“It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.” - Murray Rothbard
They can expect the unemployment rate among young people to go way up when they have to compete with older, overqualified workers who will now be willing to take on those kinds of jobs.
They can expect the unemployment rate among young people to go way up when they have to compete with older, overqualified workers who will now be willing to take on those kinds of jobs.
Allo, my name is Kevin how may I be helping you! Outsourcing the order taker, BRILLIANT!Further, it will become more cost effective for companies like fast food operations to automate more of their processes. There is no sense in paying some unskilled worker to punch buttons on a "cash register" when a customer can enter his order on a kiosk and swipe a credit card himself. Plus, the kiosk doesn't miss days of work, show up with an attitude, or bring with it a host of HR issues and the related costs.
In some markets, Mickey D is testing a centralized drive through order system. The customer pulls up and places his order through a speaker to a live person. That live person is not in that store however. That person is taking and entering the order via a web connection for several stores.
Labor or is like any other commodity...when the price gets beyond what the market is willing to pay, a substitute will be provided in the market.
Further, it will become more cost effective for companies like fast food operations to automate more of their processes. There is no sense in paying some unskilled worker to punch buttons on a "cash register" when a customer can enter his order on a kiosk and swipe a credit card himself. Plus, the kiosk doesn't miss days of work, show up with an attitude, or bring with it a host of HR issues and the related costs.
In some markets, Mickey D is testing a centralized drive through order system. The customer pulls up and places his order through a speaker to a live person. That live person is not in that store however. That person is taking and entering the order via a web connection for several stores.
Labor or is like any other commodity...when the price gets beyond what the market is willing to pay, a substitute will be provided in the market.
I am curious to know how you can justify paying someone $15 per hour to slap beans into a tortilla, fold it, and wrap it up to shove it down the line into a bag?Good, as soon as that $15 / hr. is perpetuated through the States, we'll FINALLY be caught up to equivalent 1974 wage levels!
I am curious to know how you can justify paying someone $15 per hour to slap beans into a tortilla, fold it, and wrap it up to shove it down the line into a bag?