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

(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.

(08-07-2014 12:35 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(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.

This is the difference between liberals and conservatives. Liberals understand thing for what they are, conservatives just repeat the talking points of corporate heads.

(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?

Because you don't get that 99% of the time.. You get this:

Wow glad the rest of conservatives are not as dumb as I originally thought.

(08-07-2014 12:42 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(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.

Quote:Liberal website ThinkProgress — whose parent organization, the Center for American Progress, is funded by labor unions — recently praised France for its high minimum wage of $12 an hour, and pointed out that McDonald’s still operated in the country with prices roughly comparable to those in the US. The organization also hailed WinCo — a small grocery store in the western United States — for its higher employee wages and cost-saving business model.

Ironically, all of Think Progress’ examples involve automation and other trade-offs that result in fewer jobs for entry-level employees.

The first example is McDonald’s’ “tidy profit” in France, which ostensibly results from happy humans making a higher minimum wage. The downside is European fast food workers are beginning to look more like R2D2 than entry-level employees. This process has been underway for several years: In 2011, when Micky D’s in the United States employed 64,000 humans, its European counterpart “hired” 7,000 touch screen computers.

http://www.minimumwage.com/2013/08/think...omation-2/

(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?

because in Florida it is 70 year old hags that want to talk about their grandkids.

(08-07-2014 12:45 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(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?

Because you don't get that 99% of the time.. You get this:

You must be shopping at the wrong stores. Try something other than Walmart.

(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.

I wonder ... if ... the bag boy and checkout clerk ... also ... got paid ... minimum wage. He says with intentionally extended pace and extremely sarcastic gesturing.

Businesses know people hate wait time to checkout. So U-Scan is two for one ... you drastically reduce wait times and instead of replacing 1 person like you are at McDonalds, you're replacing 4 in 1 or higher since it takes one person to watch 4 lanes.

Notice how this thread attracted all the board liberals?

This one hits home.

(08-07-2014 12:46 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:42 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

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

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

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

Quote:Liberal website ThinkProgress — whose parent organization, the Center for American Progress, is funded by labor unions — recently praised France for its high minimum wage of $12 an hour, and pointed out that McDonald’s still operated in the country with prices roughly comparable to those in the US. The organization also hailed WinCo — a small grocery store in the western United States — for its higher employee wages and cost-saving business model.

Ironically, all of Think Progress’ examples involve automation and other trade-offs that result in fewer jobs for entry-level employees.

The first example is McDonald’s’ “tidy profit” in France, which ostensibly results from happy humans making a higher minimum wage. The downside is European fast food workers are beginning to look more like R2D2 than entry-level employees. This process has been underway for several years: In 2011, when Micky D’s in the United States employed 64,000 humans, its European counterpart “hired” 7,000 touch screen computers.

http://www.minimumwage.com/2013/08/think...omation-2/

I'm not 'think progress'

Quote where I said that...

(08-07-2014 12:47 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:45 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(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?

Because you don't get that 99% of the time.. You get this:

You must be shopping at the wrong stores. Try something other than Walmart.

I shop at the local fresh market and Kroger a majority of the time. But both of those have self check outs as well and no hot young ladies, even though it's a college town.

(08-07-2014 12:47 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(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?

because in Florida it is 70 year old hags that want to talk about their grandkids.

F'n truth right here. Publix is notorious for have them.

(08-07-2014 12:48 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  Notice how this thread attracted all the board liberals?

This one hits home.

I had no idea you were liberal.

(08-07-2014 12:49 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:46 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:42 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

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

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

Quote:Liberal website ThinkProgress — whose parent organization, the Center for American Progress, is funded by labor unions — recently praised France for its high minimum wage of $12 an hour, and pointed out that McDonald’s still operated in the country with prices roughly comparable to those in the US. The organization also hailed WinCo — a small grocery store in the western United States — for its higher employee wages and cost-saving business model.

Ironically, all of Think Progress’ examples involve automation and other trade-offs that result in fewer jobs for entry-level employees.

The first example is McDonald’s’ “tidy profit” in France, which ostensibly results from happy humans making a higher minimum wage. The downside is European fast food workers are beginning to look more like R2D2 than entry-level employees. This process has been underway for several years: In 2011, when Micky D’s in the United States employed 64,000 humans, its European counterpart “hired” 7,000 touch screen computers.

http://www.minimumwage.com/2013/08/think...omation-2/

I'm not 'think progress'

Quote where I said that...

While we know this is not all because of minimum wage hikes, the sane person knows that it has a lot to do with it.

You, on the other hand want to pretend it has nothing to do with minimum wage hikes.

Continue, little one.

(08-07-2014 12:48 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  Notice how this thread attracted all the board liberals?

This one hits home.

Not really, I rarely, if ever, eat at McDonald's.

I prefer Tops BBQ, Back Yard Burgers, Jack Pirtle's, Danvers, Gus' Chicken, or maybe Popeye's

(08-07-2014 12:51 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:49 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:46 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:42 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:40 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  Actually you are not correct. Companies aren't going to lose money.

Quote where I said they would.

Quote:Liberal website ThinkProgress — whose parent organization, the Center for American Progress, is funded by labor unions — recently praised France for its high minimum wage of $12 an hour, and pointed out that McDonald’s still operated in the country with prices roughly comparable to those in the US. The organization also hailed WinCo — a small grocery store in the western United States — for its higher employee wages and cost-saving business model.

Ironically, all of Think Progress’ examples involve automation and other trade-offs that result in fewer jobs for entry-level employees.

The first example is McDonald’s’ “tidy profit” in France, which ostensibly results from happy humans making a higher minimum wage. The downside is European fast food workers are beginning to look more like R2D2 than entry-level employees. This process has been underway for several years: In 2011, when Micky D’s in the United States employed 64,000 humans, its European counterpart “hired” 7,000 touch screen computers.

http://www.minimumwage.com/2013/08/think...omation-2/

I'm not 'think progress'

Quote where I said that...

While we know this is not all because of minimum wage hikes, the sane person knows that it has a lot to do with it.

You, on the other hand want to pretend it has nothing to do with minimum wage hikes.

Continue, little one.

I'm glad you admit you're wrong, and I never said that. Carry on.

(08-07-2014 12:52 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:48 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  Notice how this thread attracted all the board liberals?

This one hits home.

Not really, I rarely, if ever, eat at McDonald's.

I prefer Tops BBQ, Back Yard Burgers, Jack Pirtle's, Danvers, Gus' Chicken, or maybe Popeye's

You just work there. Always will.

(08-07-2014 12:53 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:51 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:49 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:46 PM)oklalittledixie Wrote:  

(08-07-2014 12:42 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Quote where I said they would.

Quote:Liberal website ThinkProgress — whose parent organization, the Center for American Progress, is funded by labor unions — recently praised France for its high minimum wage of $12 an hour, and pointed out that McDonald’s still operated in the country with prices roughly comparable to those in the US. The organization also hailed WinCo — a small grocery store in the western United States — for its higher employee wages and cost-saving business model.

Ironically, all of Think Progress’ examples involve automation and other trade-offs that result in fewer jobs for entry-level employees.

The first example is McDonald’s’ “tidy profit” in France, which ostensibly results from happy humans making a higher minimum wage. The downside is European fast food workers are beginning to look more like R2D2 than entry-level employees. This process has been underway for several years: In 2011, when Micky D’s in the United States employed 64,000 humans, its European counterpart “hired” 7,000 touch screen computers.

http://www.minimumwage.com/2013/08/think...omation-2/

I'm not 'think progress'

Quote where I said that...

While we know this is not all because of minimum wage hikes, the sane person knows that it has a lot to do with it.

You, on the other hand want to pretend it has nothing to do with minimum wage hikes.

Continue, little one.

I'm glad you admit you're wrong, and I never said that. Carry on.

I am right. You are wrong and you indeed said that.

To claim that labor and it's associated costs are not driving the marketplace search for alternatives?...would be an outright untruth. It is the driving force. It is all because of competition.... Always has been and alway will be. NOTHING the government can do will stop those in the marketplace from seeking to maximize profits. NOTHING.

If the government does succeed in quashing competition?.....Atlas Shruggs.

(08-07-2014 12:55 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  To claim that labor and it's associated costs are not driving the marketplace search for alternatives?...would be an outright untruth. It is the driving force. It is all because of competition.... Always has been and alway will be. NOTHING the government can do will stop those in the marketplace from seeking to maximize profits. NOTHING.

If the government does succeed in quashing competition?.....Atlas Shruggs.

Who is claiming that?

(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.

Once their hand was pushed, well sure. It's either that or go out of business. Then we all lose, right?

So, minimum wage moonbats, automation will take some jobs, wage increases will claim others. Wage increases will accordingly require better skills, more training and probably higher educational levels. Who's going to be getting these jobs now? kids? nope. drop outs? nope. Unskilled, poorly educated folks? nope.

There's only one solution left, then isn't there? (aside from simply letting them rot on the leftist plantation)

Clearly it's time to either lower the minimum wage or do away with it altogether. Amiright?

We want these people to work, don't we? Learn a skill? Become productive, contributing members of society? We've got to get them into the workforce, and do it soon or they never will. So yep, there it is. Time to lower the barriers to entry, or do away with it altogether. Let's get this done!!!