https://www.businessinsider.com/labor-shortage-restaurant-staff-workers-wages-minimum-automation-menu-prices-2021-7

  • Wmill [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Hypothetically if this does happen expect a lot of the voice comms to be smashed maybe by workers but more by customers because the machine can't understand them and keeps messing up their order.

    • Three_Magpies [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Americans are always much braver in their imaginations than in real life. I'd expect a lot of people to grumble and whine, but very few of them would smash anything about it. They would quickly just get used to talking to a robot to get their slop imo.

      • Wmill [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        I don't know they do have anger and I think part of working in fast food is appeasing that anger through verbal or nonverbal means. With a machine though the machine can't do the nonverbal signs needed so no appeasement. Wanna say it the same as road rage where people feel like this car transgressed against them and not caring but idk just speculating :shrug-outta-hecks:

      • KurtAnglo_AEW [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I could buy some chud running a truck into one and driving off angrily when he couldn't get his treats. Actually, it could even be a pig, pigs spend much of their time driving around going from drive-thru to drive-thru.