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Giving American fast food restaurants two paths: 1. automate 2. become a charity

• pessimizer 5y ago
  > 1. automate Won't work. Customers are generally not going to figure out your UI, and even when they do a special case is going to come up once every five or so checkouts that requires employee intervention. > 2. become a charity This is a better idea. They should include e.g. 50¢ in the price of every Big Mac that will be donated to the workers who cooked and served it.
  • johnnylambada 5y ago
    I like your answer to #2, but that’s not a charity, that’s aligned incentives.
  • astrange 5y ago
    McDonald’s doesn’t employ the burger makers. They work for franchisees, who don’t necessarily have “executives and shareholders”.
  • 6foot4_82iq 5y ago
    > Won't work. Customers are generally not going to figure out your UI, and even when they do a special case is going to come up once every five or so checkouts that requires employee intervention. It does work. Every new McDonalds in Australia (where wages start at $22/h) is designed around using these screens for ordering. American consumers will adapt, they aren't special. > This is a better idea. They should include e.g. 50¢ in the price of every Big Mac that will be donated to the workers who cooked and served it. Barely palatable burgers are elastic goods (unless one has been drinking).
• 8note 5y ago
  3. Be less profitable