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Taylor isn’t selling lemons. Their machines are among the best. They simply (like any soft serve machine) can’t withstand improper use and they’re being run mai

Taylor isn’t selling lemons. Their machines are among the best. They simply (like any soft serve machine) can’t withstand improper use and they’re being run mainly by teenagers who don’t give a shit. The lack of serviceability is the problem here. McDonald’s has for a few years been allowing franchisees to use Carpigiani (the other big brand in commercial ice cream machines) but they’re not better machines and while they are much more open in regards to servicing, parts must come from Italy and wait times are longer. Most of the franchisees are still opting for Taylor even though they have a choice.

ToucanLoucan 3y ago
The average age of a McDonalds employee is 23. https://www.zippia.com/mcdonalds-crew-member-jobs/demographics/ https://www.zippia.com/mcdonalds-crew-member-jobs/demographi... I'd also like to add my own experience with jobs that tell me constantly to go faster and faster: that you have to do everything so fast requires a certain level of durability in your equipment and tools. If you are moving fast, you have less leeway to be careful with things.
- mattmaroon 3y ago
  Ok 23 isn’t that far from teenager and I agree employers are at least partially (maybe largely) at fault, but that just backs up that Taylor is not selling lemons.
- Kerrick 3y ago
  The average age of a workplace being run by one 60-year-old manager employing five 16-year-olds is also 23.
  - ToucanLoucan 3y ago
    Then maybe they should hire fewer 16 year olds.
    - nickff 3y ago
      Having a job while in one's teenage years can be a huge benefit to many people, in many ways. Learning the basics of how to participate in a workplace, experiencing self-worth as a result of providing others with things they want, and the opportunity to build a resume which will come in useful. It can be hard to understand these things if one is from a wealthy background where teenage years are filled with extra-curricular activities in anticipation of 'higher education'.
      - ToucanLoucan 3y ago
        I grew up the son of a single mother who has been working more or less constantly in some capacity since the age of 15, so kindly take your presumptive comment and stick it somewhere anatomically inappropriate. I'm not commenting on whether or not 16 year olds should have jobs: I'm saying it's pretty rich to (according to the comments I replied to anyway, the actual demographics are much more varied) hire a bunch of children to work at your restaurant, and then complain that they break things. Like, I dunno man, maybe if your business needs to hire so much labor that is JUST over the line of legally allowed to work (or as recent news shows, isn't) and pay them as little as you can legally do so in order to function, maybe your business sucks or, more likely, you suck at running your business and you should close it.
- margalabargala 3y ago
  If the mean age is 23, then the median age is likely much lower.

ToucanLoucan 3y ago

The average age of a McDonalds employee is 23. https://www.zippia.com/mcdonalds-crew-member-jobs/demographics/ https://www.zippia.com/mcdonalds-crew-member-jobs/demographi... I'd also like to add my own experience with jobs that tell me constantly to go faster and faster: that you have to do everything so fast requires a certain level of durability in your equipment and tools. If you are moving fast, you have less leeway to be careful with things.

mattmaroon 3y ago
Ok 23 isn’t that far from teenager and I agree employers are at least partially (maybe largely) at fault, but that just backs up that Taylor is not selling lemons.
Kerrick 3y ago
The average age of a workplace being run by one 60-year-old manager employing five 16-year-olds is also 23.
- ToucanLoucan 3y ago
  Then maybe they should hire fewer 16 year olds.
  - nickff 3y ago
    Having a job while in one's teenage years can be a huge benefit to many people, in many ways. Learning the basics of how to participate in a workplace, experiencing self-worth as a result of providing others with things they want, and the opportunity to build a resume which will come in useful. It can be hard to understand these things if one is from a wealthy background where teenage years are filled with extra-curricular activities in anticipation of 'higher education'.
    - ToucanLoucan 3y ago
      I grew up the son of a single mother who has been working more or less constantly in some capacity since the age of 15, so kindly take your presumptive comment and stick it somewhere anatomically inappropriate. I'm not commenting on whether or not 16 year olds should have jobs: I'm saying it's pretty rich to (according to the comments I replied to anyway, the actual demographics are much more varied) hire a bunch of children to work at your restaurant, and then complain that they break things. Like, I dunno man, maybe if your business needs to hire so much labor that is JUST over the line of legally allowed to work (or as recent news shows, isn't) and pay them as little as you can legally do so in order to function, maybe your business sucks or, more likely, you suck at running your business and you should close it.
margalabargala 3y ago
If the mean age is 23, then the median age is likely much lower.