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SheilaT

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7. I'm old enough to remember the 1950's

Reply to liberalnarb (Original post)

Sat May 21, 2016, 02:11 PM

May 2016

when lots of manufacturing jobs were being automated. Some people saw this as opening up a reduced work-week for all, which never happened, others foresaw millions of men out of work -- men specifically because jobs were far more gender-based back then. No one foresaw the sending of jobs overseas.

Already there are restaurants that encourage you to order on a computer pad of some kind at your table.

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Greedy Wendy's President Sites Wage Increase as Excuse for Replacing Workers With Kiosks. [View all] liberalnarb May 2016 OP

If it can be automated, it will be automated. Research on 3-d printers that will print food Agnosticsherbet May 2016 #1

A relative who was autistic used to work for Wendy's. They worked him 1monster May 2016 #2

I'll have my secretary type up a comment. mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #3

It would have happened any way, that's the future. procon May 2016 #4

They tell you education is the answer Urchin May 2016 #9

I hope you didn't use a computer to send that. NT mahatmakanejeeves May 2016 #11

Your tirade got so far off into the weeds, I need a GPS to get back to reality. nt procon May 2016 #12

Exceeded your attention span, did it? Urchin May 2016 #14

Sorry; just a lack of interest. procon May 2016 #15

It's not dystopian Urchin May 2016 #16

Wendy's CEO: $3,444.23 per hour (40-hour work week): 2014 Bodych May 2016 #5

We did this yesturday. Wendy's CEO makes 2.5 million yeoman6987 May 2016 #10

No. In 2014, the compensation was $7,164,198 Bodych May 2016 #13

I'm waiting to see the bottom line. jomin41 May 2016 #6

I'm old enough to remember the 1950's SheilaT May 2016 #7

Tip your robot. Gomez163 May 2016 #8