I assume you do not take part in the automated checkout because it reduces labor? I do not go that far. I think we are using too much technology and that is why I avoid the automated checkout. I'm a programmer and I do not like the tech shift we making. I do not like chips in cars. As the automakers increasingly put chips in cars I see that automation becoming obsolete far sooner that the car does. Case in point, my wife drives a 2004 Toyota that only has 110,000 miles on it. This car will last for 10 or 20 more years. Think if that car had technology from 2004 - Yikes!! I drive a 2009 that only has 65,000 miles on it. It has a "brain" and I can make the car accelerate better than the drive by wire. Both cars were purchased new. I expect to drive my car until I die. What happens 10 years from now if my car needs a new brain? Will that OLD technology be available. They are making cars that will last 300k miles and putting technology in them that will be obsolete in 5 years. On 2022-12-29 22:54, Jason Spatafore via PLUG-discuss wrote: > I'm kinda with George here. I went to a Circle K today that had a self > checkout. It took 3x as long to checkout. I let the attendant there > know that I did not enjoy the experience and won't return. > > But, I will use Amazon and delivery services. > > So I think the labor market will move away from going out to collect > your food to just having food delivered. The self checkouts will > accelerate that movement toward retail closures and warehouse > openings. So, the "unskilled" labor market will just shift from > assembling a burger to boxing product. > > McDonald's has to be careful here. To quote an old McDonald's CFO... > > "We are not technically in the food business. We are in the real > estate business. The only reason we sell 15-cent hamburgers is because > they are the greatest producer of revenue, from which our tenants can > pay us our rent." > > On 12/29/22 19:43, George Toft via PLUG-discuss wrote: > >> I'll pass on this for the same reason I don't go to Sonic and I >> won't use self-checkout at Albertson's/Walmart/Home Depot. >> >> Regards, >> >> George Toft >> >> On 12/28/2022 7:22 AM, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: >> >>> Thought you might find this interesting. >>> >>> >> > https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/mcdonalds-unveils-first-automated-location-social-media-worried-will-cut-millions-jobs >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss