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> For example, as the article mentioned, the former toll booth operator could now repair the automated toll booth system. If the toll collector had the skills,
by rsheridan6 15y ago
> For example, as the article mentioned, the former toll booth operator could now repair the automated toll booth system.
If the toll collector had the skills, or the ability or inclination to acquire the skills to do something like fixing automated toll booth systems, they probably wouldn't have taken a job as a toll collector.
- andyking 15y agoAnd perhaps this is stating the obvious - but one ex-toll collector could efficiently repair and maintain 10, 50 or 100 toll machines. Just like those self-scanner checkouts at the supermarket, where you've got one guy supervising five or ten checkouts, where previously he would have had five or ten colleagues working.
- Drbble 15y agoOr you can open 50 checkout lanes and generate the same profit on the same staff a manual checkout, and have happier customers who have more time to exercise and increase caloric needs and thus buy more food, or have more time to earn money to spend on fancier food...