McDonalds Responds To Minimum Wage Hikes, Launches McCafe Coffee Kiosk

[tinynascarfan]

I am all in for raising the minimum wage!

I've already figured out how much more money i'll make per day, when the 15 dollar minimum wage is enacted. Figuring for inflation, and the cost of living, instead of making 191.47 per day, I should end up making (aprox) 367.23 per day. Not bad for a 9 hour day 5 days a week. And an un-skilled laborer. I love my company, and I love my job.

It sucks that a can of soda will now cost 2 bucks, but, oh well, I can afford it.

 

[IsaacNewton]

the cost of many drugs is going up by 200% soon.

But those aren't human so it's just business. The human costs, at the lowest end of the wage scale, are the ones that ruin everything.

 

[EverCurious]

^ That has nothing to do with MW increase. That's cause of ACA subsidies sunsetting.

 

[Vigilante]

Pricing the LOW QUALIFIED out of existence!

 

[IsaacNewton]

'The machines are coming, the machines are coming"

It used to be "the Russians are coming, the Russians are coming. Then "Isis is coming, Isis is coming".

Sounds like a disgusting right-wing porno.

 

[Vigilante]

If anyone is into Porno, it's you Issac!

 

[EverCurious]

I don't think it's proper to pin this on "right wing" - especially if one means it as an insult. I'd be happy to take on the mantle for technological advances heh

Ya know back when we didn't have cars and everyone went places on horseback, eventually it became more cost effective to buy and maintain a car than a horse - same shit, different mammal.

 

[IsaacNewton]

If anyone is into Porno, it's you Issac!

Nah, the entire human race is into sex.

Right wing porno, that is something else. That's when you introduce someone to your sister and your wife and there is only one woman standing there.

 

[Moonglow]

McDonald's is already losing money, thus the kiosk, they are trying anything to make sales increase, except bringing back the McDLT..

 

[IsaacNewton]

Sales revenues of 25 billion dollars and a net profit of around 5 billion.

God they must be panicking.

 

[Moonglow]

Pricing the LOW QUALIFIED out of existence!

She's flipping you off...

 

[Skull Pilot]

So, McDonalds invented this thing in as soon as they heard about an increase in minimum wage?

Doubtful. More likely someone invented it, McDonalds then said they'd use it, bought a load, and then the minimum wage thing came out at a similar time too.

Life moves on.

We used to be serfs and slaves working in fields, then they invented things that made a lot of this work automatic. Does this mean we have a worse life?

No, we do better when we don't have shit minimum wage jobs and let technology do that.

They were probably looking at it anyway and when faced with a mandated increase in labor costs they decides to test it on an accelerated schedule

Any evidence for this?

It's common business sense

 

[frigidweirdo]

So, McDonalds invented this thing in as soon as they heard about an increase in minimum wage?

Doubtful. More likely someone invented it, McDonalds then said they'd use it, bought a load, and then the minimum wage thing came out at a similar time too.

Life moves on.

We used to be serfs and slaves working in fields, then they invented things that made a lot of this work automatic. Does this mean we have a worse life?

No, we do better when we don't have shit minimum wage jobs and let technology do that.

They were probably looking at it anyway and when faced with a mandated increase in labor costs they decides to test it on an accelerated schedule

Any evidence for this?

It's common business sense

Did you read what I wrote? I didn't ask for you opinion on whether you think it's common sense. I asked for EVIDENCE.

Should I assume that you have no evidence for this, therefore I'll just assume you're talking crap and reject what you've just said as baseless nonsense.

 

[Skull Pilot]

So, McDonalds invented this thing in as soon as they heard about an increase in minimum wage?

Doubtful. More likely someone invented it, McDonalds then said they'd use it, bought a load, and then the minimum wage thing came out at a similar time too.

Life moves on.

We used to be serfs and slaves working in fields, then they invented things that made a lot of this work automatic. Does this mean we have a worse life?

No, we do better when we don't have shit minimum wage jobs and let technology do that.

They were probably looking at it anyway and when faced with a mandated increase in labor costs they decides to test it on an accelerated schedule

Any evidence for this?

It's common business sense

Did you read what I wrote? I didn't ask for you opinion on whether you think it's common sense. I asked for EVIDENCE.

Should I assume that you have no evidence for this, therefore I'll just assume you're talking crap and reject what you've just said as baseless nonsense.

I don't give a FUCK what you asked for and I don't have to give you shit

I posted a reasonable scenario too fucking bad if you don't believe it

 

[frigidweirdo]

So, McDonalds invented this thing in as soon as they heard about an increase in minimum wage?

Doubtful. More likely someone invented it, McDonalds then said they'd use it, bought a load, and then the minimum wage thing came out at a similar time too.

Life moves on.

We used to be serfs and slaves working in fields, then they invented things that made a lot of this work automatic. Does this mean we have a worse life?

No, we do better when we don't have shit minimum wage jobs and let technology do that.

They were probably looking at it anyway and when faced with a mandated increase in labor costs they decides to test it on an accelerated schedule

Any evidence for this?

It's common business sense

Did you read what I wrote? I didn't ask for you opinion on whether you think it's common sense. I asked for EVIDENCE.

Should I assume that you have no evidence for this, therefore I'll just assume you're talking crap and reject what you've just said as baseless nonsense.

I don't give a FUCK what you asked for and I don't have to give you shit

I posted a reasonable scenario too fucking bad if you don't believe it

Then don't respond to my posts. It's not hard.

Either you act like a sensible human being, or you go play with those who are here just to play around. I'm not bothered, but just let me know whether you're a sensible human being or not, and then I'll take the relevant action.

 

[Skull Pilot]

They were probably looking at it anyway and when faced with a mandated increase in labor costs they decides to test it on an accelerated schedule

Any evidence for this?

It's common business sense

Did you read what I wrote? I didn't ask for you opinion on whether you think it's common sense. I asked for EVIDENCE.

Should I assume that you have no evidence for this, therefore I'll just assume you're talking crap and reject what you've just said as baseless nonsense.

I don't give a FUCK what you asked for and I don't have to give you shit

I posted a reasonable scenario too fucking bad if you don't believe it

Then don't respond to my posts. It's not hard.

Either you act like a sensible human being, or you go play with those who are here just to play around. I'm not bothered, but just let me know whether you're a sensible human being or not, and then I'll take the relevant action.

tell you what you post evidence for everything you say here like saying MCDs bought a bunch of those machines and that means real evidence like purchase orders until then shut the fuck up

 

[frigidweirdo]

Any evidence for this?

It's common business sense

Did you read what I wrote? I didn't ask for you opinion on whether you think it's common sense. I asked for EVIDENCE.

Should I assume that you have no evidence for this, therefore I'll just assume you're talking crap and reject what you've just said as baseless nonsense.

I don't give a FUCK what you asked for and I don't have to give you shit

I posted a reasonable scenario too fucking bad if you don't believe it

Then don't respond to my posts. It's not hard.

Either you act like a sensible human being, or you go play with those who are here just to play around. I'm not bothered, but just let me know whether you're a sensible human being or not, and then I'll take the relevant action.

tell you what you post evidence for everything you say here like saying MCDs bought a bunch of those machines and that means real evidence like purchase orders until then shut the fuck up

Fine, you don't want to be sensible. Bye!

 

[Skull Pilot]

It's common business sense

Did you read what I wrote? I didn't ask for you opinion on whether you think it's common sense. I asked for EVIDENCE.

Should I assume that you have no evidence for this, therefore I'll just assume you're talking crap and reject what you've just said as baseless nonsense.

I don't give a FUCK what you asked for and I don't have to give you shit

I posted a reasonable scenario too fucking bad if you don't believe it

Then don't respond to my posts. It's not hard.

Either you act like a sensible human being, or you go play with those who are here just to play around. I'm not bothered, but just let me know whether you're a sensible human being or not, and then I'll take the relevant action.

tell you what you post evidence for everything you say here like saying MCDs bought a bunch of those machines and that means real evidence like purchase orders until then shut the fuck up

Fine, you don't want to be sensible. Bye!

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out

 

[Wyatt earp]

Bill Gates: People Don't Realize How Many Jobs Will Soon Be Replaced By Software Bots


This is what he said:

"Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses … it's progressing. ... Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set. ... 20 years from now, labor demand for lots of skill sets will be substantially lower. I don’t think people have that in their mental model."

He's not the only one predicting this gloomy scenario for workers. In January, the Economist ran a big profile naming over a dozen jobs sure to be taken over by robots in the next 20 years, including telemarketers, accountants and retail workers.

Gates believes that the tax codes are going to need to change to encourage companies to hire employees, including, perhaps, eliminating income and payroll taxes altogether. He's also not a fan of raising the minimum wage, fearing that it will discourage employers from hiring workers in the very categories of jobs that are most threatened by automation.

He explained:

"
This is what he said:

"Software substitution, whether it's for drivers or waiters or nurses … it's progressing. ... Technology over time will reduce demand for jobs, particularly at the lower end of skill set. ... 20 years from now, labor demand for lots of skill sets will be substantially lower. I don’t think people have that in their mental model."

He's not the only one predicting this gloomy scenario for workers. In January, the Economist ran a big profile naming over a dozen jobs sure to be taken over by robots in the next 20 years, including telemarketers, accountants and retail workers.

Gates believes that the tax codes are going to need to change to encourage companies to hire employees, including, perhaps, eliminating income and payroll taxes altogether. He's also not a fan of raising the minimum wage, fearing that it will discourage employers from hiring workers in the very categories of jobs that are most threatened by automation.

He explained:

"When people say we should raise the minimum wage. I worry about what that does to job creation ... potentially damping demand in the part of the labor spectrum that I’m most worried about."



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[rightwinger]

the cost of many drugs is going up by 200% soon.

But those aren't human so it's just business. The human costs, at the lowest end of the wage scale, are the ones that ruin everything.

I never understood the contention that the financial well being of a corporation is dependent on the lowest paid worker