McD's in Quartzsite
The McD's in Quartzsite was sold and remodeled some months ago. Looks nice, but 2 of 3 registers still aren't working. At 10:30 this morning there was a single cashier (far right), and the line was ...
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2oldman wrote:You're missing the point, the point being that I'm doing someelse's job when I do my own ordering, paying, serving, and busing my table. Not what I want to do when I'm paying for food in a food serving business. No, McDonald's isn't a restaurant, it's basically a refueling station for humans.
How is pushing a few buttons on a screen more work than standing in line, making sure the clerk gets the order right, digging for money, making sure you get the right change, then waiting for your order?? You have to go get your order anyway, if you're eating inside.
It's easy to assume people who bad-mouth technology they've never used as just being stubborn. I really doubt you'd enjoy being in a long line of grocery-store customers with carts full of goods when you have 10 things, because CEO's have bulging pockets.
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Well, you know what they say about ASSUME.
No, I don't enjoy standing in line. Who does? The alternative is to quietly give in to the elimination of jobs by doing the work that used to be done by those employees who have been given the boot. I like that scenario less than I like standing in line.
