Raise minimum wage they said. It'll be fun they said...

**Trogdor** · 04-30-2015

http://q13fox.com/2015/04/28/owner-o...-her-to-close/

**Kracka** · 05-01-2015

I'm glad reality is starting to hit these idiots. That'll be the next city/state to have a mass exodus of companies and jobs after CA.

**1ViciousGSX** · 05-01-2015

"I'm sorry, we can't pay $15 per hour for a non-skilled, no education required entry level job. Meet your replacement."

**Kracka** · 05-01-2015

^Chili's already has these here in Dallas, so does Olive Garden. Quicker, easier, and more accurate. Order, pay, etc. right at the table with a little touchscreen kiosk.

**Goat Blower** · 05-01-2015

The technology is already there to almost completely automate a McDonalds right now. A lot of the food plants I go to have automation for everything.

**Trogdor** · 05-01-2015

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Originally Posted by Kracka

^Chili's already has these here in Dallas, so does Olive Garden. Quicker, easier, and more accurate. Order, pay, etc. right at the table with a little touchscreen kiosk.

I'm not sure that I would want that at a full service restaurant. One of the reasons I go to my favorite local joints is because some of the staff knows me and I know them. Part of what I'm paying them for is their service, including their personality. I like that they have that thing to pay when I'm finished, rather than wait. But I still want someone to come to the table and tell me about specials, and recommend things.

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Originally Posted by 1ViciousGSX

"I'm sorry, we can't pay $15 per hour for a non-skilled, no education required entry level job. Meet your replacement."

I can't wait until they have these near me. I will go out of my way to eat there and use these!

**Kracka** · 05-01-2015

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Originally Posted by Trogdor

I'm not sure that I would want that at a full service restaurant. One of the reasons I go to my favorite local joints is because some of the staff knows me and I know them. Part of what I'm paying them for is their service, including their personality. I like that they have that thing to pay when I'm finished, rather than wait. But I still want someone to come to the table and tell me about specials, and recommend things.

I can understand that, and agree, for a local type place, but for a chain bar & grill type place with a set menu that doesn't vary much..meh...give me the kiosk. I like the personal attention and conversation with the bartender when sitting at the bar, but it's not like table waitresses at Applebee's are amazing intellectual conversationalists

**Kracka** · 05-01-2015

I actually have lunch plans at Olive Garden tomorrow so I'm going to do my best to use only the touchscreen and avoid any personal interaction with staff to see if it's 100% possible (besides the person who brings the food out)

*edit*
Crap, wait, those plans changed...nevermind.

**1ViciousGSX** · 05-01-2015

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Originally Posted by Goat Blower

The technology is already there to almost completely automate a McDonalds right now. A lot of the food plants I go to have automation for everything.

http://www.gizmag.com/hamburger-machine/25159/