McDonald's hires 7,000 touch-screen cashiers

[sayso]

lol wheres your $15 an hour wages now *******s?

http://news.cnet.com/mcdonalds-hires...0063732-1.html

Would you like some microchips with that burger? McDonald's Europe strikes another blow against human interaction by installing 7,000 touch-screen computers to take your order and money.

"Welcome to McDonald's. My name is HAL 9000. May I take your order?"

McDonalds recently went on a hiring binge in the U.S., adding 62,000 employees to its roster. The hiring picture doesn't look quite so rosy for Europe, where the fast food chain is drafting 7,000 touch-screen kiosks to handle cashiering duties.

The move is designed to boost efficiency and make ordering more convenient for customers. In an interview with the Financial Times, McDonald's Europe President Steve Easterbrook notes that the new system will also open up a goldmine of data. McDonald's could potentially track every Big Mac, McNugget, and large shake you order. A calorie account tally at the end of the year could be a real shocker.

The touch screens will only accept debit or credit cards, adding to the slow death knell of cash and coins. This all goes along with an overall revamp of McDonald's restaurants worldwide aimed at projecting a modern image as opposed to the old-fashioned golden arches with a slightly creepy (to my taste anyway) clown guy hanging around the french fries.

This puts McDonald's one step closer to opening up its first Alphaville location. At least our new computer overlords will be nice enough to serve us a Filet-o-Fish. Maybe they'll even throw in an iPad with the Happy Meal one of these days.

[SirFapsAIot]

I go to McDonald's less than 5 times a year, but I'm going to boycott them to do my part in fighting against this injustice.

[HoLeeFuk]

ITT : 'The Future'.

[A5A]

I go to McDonald's less than 5 times a year, but I'm going to boycott them to do my part in fighting against this injustice.

are you now going to believe im JT?

[sups31]

I remember when they had that sh!t at taco bell like 10+ years ago, it was awful.

[Paper1pr]

more money less problems...

[Driftslut]

Knew this was going to happen eventually......Lololololo

[GutCrusher]

el oh el

[BunkMoreland]

this was inevitable, just a matter of time. Thats where the technology is going. these dumbass burger-flippers just fast forwarded the progress, as a result of their lil short-lived wage protest

[viewtifulBrah]

U mad libertards?

[SirFapsAIot]

are you now going to believe im JT?

I'm going back to the thread about your neighbor stealing your corn and might reconsider my stance after careful analysis.

[Phrankoff]

This puts McDonald's one step closer to opening up its first Alphaville location.

opening up its first Alphaville location.

Alphaville location.

Alphaville

gooby pls

[Jeremy-Vincent]

well someone still has to make the burgers and fries... either way now people cant blame the employee when their order is wrong. loool

[SirFapsAIot]

are you now going to believe im JT?

Just did some research and found out your true identity. You were always jealous of JT, reveal yourself Joey Fatone.

[HoustonMiscer]

Will Smith where you at brah we need you to take down the robots

[allawi]

if students are actually bitching about low wages and such, shouldnt that be greater motivation to do well and succeed at school?

[juicybacon]

Pretty soon they won't even need people lol

[NextBestThing]

well someone still has to make the burgers and fries... either way now people cant blame the employee when their order is wrong. loool

Not if the guy flipping the burgers can't read so they still get the order wrong

[Reveen]

LOL.

If it works well, I'm on board 100%. Half the time I order fast food they ring it up incorrectly anyway, I'd rather be the one to do it so if its messed up it is nobody's fault but my own.

[CapnSumTingWong]

The future is all about this concept, pretty soon things like bank tellers, cashiers, and waiters will be a thing of the past. Give it 15 years and this will pop up way more. Maybe less.

[TwinIsland]

Seen these in France a few months back. I was like wut?

[cooler604]

the future is all about this concept, pretty soon things like bank tellers, cashiers, and waiters will be a thing of the past. Give it 15 years and this will pop up way more. Maybe less.

good cause those are all jobs for ppl in highschool or fresh out of highschool.

Get a real job people

[bigdogfarmhand]

I said it they other day. These companies will not loose money.

[ChikN10der]

If nobody ate this trash it wouldn't matter.

[J1n]

lol @ those fast food workers that want 15$ an hour.

just got replaced by a machine. LOL

[AfflictionShirt]

Awesome, I fcking hate talking to people

[getbig_ttt]

U mad libertards?

The future is all about this concept, pretty soon things like bank tellers, cashiers, and waiters will be a thing of the past. Give it 15 years and this will pop up way more. Maybe less.

There are a lot less manufacturing jobs in North America and now we are replacing fast food jobs with robots?

Look I hate to be a liberal ******* here but there are less and less jobs around... isn't this a problem for the economy?

if students are actually bitching about low wages and such, shouldnt that be greater motivation to do well and succeed at school?

Yes they should, however there are only so many ''good'' jobs available now days. If you end up with a 85% average and $200k of dept, but can't get a job because X amount of other student got better grades and therefor were prioritize before you... What do you do?

[GabrielNovar]

brilliant, I would like to interact with a machine vs a human. 99% of the time they are pissed off and look angry

[amerikansjc]

Awesome, I fcking hate talking to people

Me too! I might actually start going to McD's now... They just won a new customer

[Vexidi]

First they fail to give you real food, then they fail to have a real human at the counter. Sounds about right.