(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 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....

That don't show up late, that don't have to speak English, that don't need health benefits, that can't get hurt on the job, etc., etc., etc.

Brilliant move IMO.

Notice a correlation here libs?

http://connectedwindow.com/digital-kiosk...nd-future/

Quote:Self- checkouts are not a new thing. They were first trialed by Walmart way back in 1996.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self_checkout

Quote:As of the end of 2008, there were 92,600 self-checkout units worldwide. The number is estimated to reach 430,000 units by 2014

I'll give you a hint, mid-90's, mid-00's to late-00's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wag...ted_States

(08-07-2014 07:07 PM)mathenis89 Wrote:  Unemployment is what Conservatives want right now.

Why the outrage?

Under reporting unemployment by not counting adults 18 - 65 not participating in the labor force is what democrats are doing right now to hide the fact they have done NOTHING to get people back to work.