Will they picket again?

Or, if they increased the minimum wage on my business and i had to hire people, I would fire everyone and look for better employees (people with degrees).

whether they went on strike or not, this was gonna happen anyway...

(08-07-2014 12:32 PM)pharaoh0 Wrote:  Or, if they increased the minimum wage on my business and i had to hire people, I would fire everyone and look for better employees (people with degrees).

We have to remember these fast food workers demanding higher wages are of the Obama supporter nature and cannot see the outcome of their wants.

(08-07-2014 12:32 PM)pharaoh0 Wrote:  Or, if they increased the minimum wage on my business and i had to hire people, I would fire everyone and look for better employees (people with degrees).

Do what the restauranteur did in Minnesota. He basically is tacking on a 35 cent "Minimum Wage" fee to all orders.

WaPO story

I love the idea that this idea just popped up due to minimum wage protests...

This has been "on it's way" since supermarkets introduced 'U Scan' systems a decade ago.

(08-07-2014 12:33 PM)john01992 Wrote:  whether they went on strike or not, this was gonna happen anyway...

Exactly what I was thinking.

Raise the minimum wage, and the jobs will disappear.

And I dont know why people think that by raising the minimum wage will help the poor. It wont. It will further remove them from the workforce. If a company has to pay $15 an hour, odds are they can find a college grad or especially a college student for that position. If they think a 45 year old high school dropout is suddenly going to be making a "living wage" by simply raising the minimum wage, they are sorely mistaken.

(08-07-2014 12:34 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  I love the idea that this idea just popped up due to minimum wage protests...

This has been "on it's way" since supermarkets introduced 'U Scan' systems a decade ago.

We are fully aware of that country boy. It's the irony that is amusing us.

(08-07-2014 12:34 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  I love the idea that this idea just popped up due to minimum wage protests...

This has been "on it's way" since supermarkets introduced 'U Scan' systems a decade ago.

Which was caused by what? THe hike in the minimum wage.

Wash rinse repeat..........


But hey, you liberals keep doing this. All you are doing is removing lower wage jobs and replacing them with highly automated low cost solutions, which means more money for the company.....and more money for the top.

Which is why the rich have been getting richer, and the poor poorer, under Obama....

(08-07-2014 12:37 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:34 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  I love the idea that this idea just popped up due to minimum wage protests...

This has been "on it's way" since supermarkets introduced 'U Scan' systems a decade ago.

We are fully aware of that country boy. It's the irony that is amusing us.

I'm glad you see that I'm correct...

If Walmart, Target, Kroger, Publix, etc are already doing it, and have been doing it for years now...you knew McDonalds wouldn't be far behind.

(08-07-2014 12:33 PM)john01992 Wrote:  whether they went on strike or not, this was gonna happen anyway...

I tend to agree. With the loss of entry level manufacturing jobs? Where are our lowest common denominators going to find work now?

The fools in Washington should ask themselves this question and do everything they can return America to its former manufacturing driven economy. You can't build an economy without making something.

(08-07-2014 12:39 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:37 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:34 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  I love the idea that this idea just popped up due to minimum wage protests...

This has been "on it's way" since supermarkets introduced 'U Scan' systems a decade ago.

We are fully aware of that country boy. It's the irony that is amusing us.

I'm glad you see that I'm correct...

If Walmart, Target, Kroger, Publix, etc are already doing it, and have been doing it for years now...you knew McDonalds wouldn't be far behind.

Actually you are not correct. Companies aren't going to lose money.

(08-07-2014 12:38 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:34 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  I love the idea that this idea just popped up due to minimum wage protests...

This has been "on it's way" since supermarkets introduced 'U Scan' systems a decade ago.

Which was caused by what?

The natural progression of technology.

Example: self driving cars are freaking awesome...unless you drive a cab.

(08-07-2014 12:40 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:39 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:37 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:34 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  I love the idea that this idea just popped up due to minimum wage protests...

This has been "on it's way" since supermarkets introduced 'U Scan' systems a decade ago.

We are fully aware of that country boy. It's the irony that is amusing us.

I'm glad you see that I'm correct...

If Walmart, Target, Kroger, Publix, etc are already doing it, and have been doing it for years now...you knew McDonalds wouldn't be far behind.

Actually you are not correct. Companies aren't going to lose money.

Quote where I said they would.

I've always been amused by people who use the "self checkout" stands. Why on earth would anyone want to checkout their own food when there is a perfectly capable young lady to do it for you?

(08-07-2014 12:41 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:38 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:34 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  I love the idea that this idea just popped up due to minimum wage protests...

This has been "on it's way" since supermarkets introduced 'U Scan' systems a decade ago.

Which was caused by what?

The natural progression of technology.

Example: self driving cars are freaking awesome...unless you drive a cab.

The cost of labor is spurring the technology. Let's keep that in mind.

(08-07-2014 12:42 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  I've always been amused by people who use the "self checkout" stands. Why on earth would anyone want to checkout their own food when there is a perfectly capable young lady to do it for you?

Some folks have @&)? to do that day...