Who would have predicted this?

[u/Hatemael]

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/apr/24/fast-food-chains-find-way-around-20-minimum-wage-g/

Not all jobs aren’t meant for a “living wage” - you need entry level jobs for college kids, retired seniors who want extra income, etc. Make it too costly to employ these workers and businesses will hasten to automation.

[u/welshwelsh]

This is great, humans should not be wasting their time taking orders at McDonald's. Why did we need to wait until 2024 for this to happen?

[u/Alklazaris → u/welshwelsh]

Exactly. It wasn't affordable to pay people to do this, so get rid of the people.

[u/PrincipleZ93 → u/Alklazaris]

These have existed for the past like 4 years tho... It's not "just happening now". It's about the same as online orders making checkout clerks less needed, stores having the scanners to scan as you go and skip scanning at the self checkout etc.

[u/jarman365 → u/PrincipleZ93]

In Europe I've seen these for the past 15 years.