"Pete C." wrote:

Ignoramus19407 wrote:

My prediction: in 15 years, the average number of employees at a
McDonalds fast food restaurant will be between 1 and 2. Everything
else will be automated. There is no reason to have so many people
there working.

Absolutely true. They already automate much of the drink dispensing,
much like starsucks uses super auto espresso machines that require no
skill to operate. All of these fast food / fast beverage places can
readily be automated to a much higher degree.

Beyond that, the minimum wage is nothing but a vote buying scam. Raising
the minimum wage simply triggers a cascade effect of economic
rebalancing such that the minimum wage worker is back to exactly the
same hours worked to buying power ratio as where they started after six
months to a year. The numbers on the pay check are larger, but it still
takes the same number of work hours to buy the same products as before.


A lot of long time restaurants and fast food places have closed around
here. Some were due to the downturn in new home construction, but some
just could no longer stay competitive and closed down. I saw another
one a few days ago. The property owner locked them out because they were
$26,000 behind on their lease payments. The prior tenant was a
Blockbuster store that went out of business.

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