I don't know Andy, people aren't as dumb as people think. They do their homework. The thing is that we are seeing very bad labor practices that doesn't warrant raises and perks, but rather should be drawing seperation papers instead. So when labor and the Democrat unionize against businesses it creates huge problems, and it forces buisneses to declare war if they can't off-load the bad employee's before giving raises and perks in the process. You know good and well that if a company has great employee's, service, quality, standards, and etc, then you like me are going to frequent the place, and the company is going to reep the benefits of it all.Greed is a terrible thing, but we see it coming on stronger and stronger. Then we see people complaining about not having laborers to come help them in their yards and homes after they get off work from McDonald's ext. RotflmboGood. That will teach those uppity humans to demand more than the 25 cents an hour Wall Street pays it's Red Chinese slave labor.
Any news on how much this bot spends on goods from other businesses? I bet it's a lot!!!
Again... it's not a matter of "greed". Would you work a job that sent you into bankruptcy? No you would not. Even if doing that job, created jobs for other people. So you must be greedy for not destroying yourself and your family for the good of other people?
Of course not. Well, companies are no different. If you are faced with closing stores, or having robots, they'll have robots. That's not greed. That is economic reality.
And honestly, if they refused to use robots, and those stores all closed... all those people would still lose their jobs either way, and now you won't have any stores to go to.
Which is worse? Stores with robots, or no stores? Greed has nothing to do with it. That's an excuse by people who have never run a business.
All true... but there's a limit. Namely price. The Chipotle here is fantastic. But I won't go there anymore, because the price is too high for some rice, and a few chicken chunks. It's just too high. Doesn't matter how polite they are, if the cost of the service is too much. I'm not paying $7 for a cheap rice and chicken burrito.
Back when it was $4.25 for a burrito, it made sense, and I went there constantly. But now the exact same burrito, is over $7? No. Too much.
Now if they replace people with a burrito robot, and it works as effectively for $5 a burrito... I'll go back.
In the end, everything has a price point, and that price point to the consumer, doesn't change because the government says that the "do you white or brown rice?" guy needs a middle class income.
If the guy who changes the oil in your car, said he deserves more money, and now wants $100 an oil change, are you going to pay it? No, you'll change the oil yourself, or find some back-yard mechanic to change your oil.
This is how the world works.