re: #180 lawhawk

Order kiosks are popping up all over, but let’s forget that the order kiosk needs regular servicing and cleaning. A worker at the same establishment can not only take orders, but do other work in the establishment (clean, restock, food prep, address customer issues, work as cashier, etc.). The kiosk just sits there and awaits orders.

So, instead of paying thousands for a kiosk, plus the ongoing service contracts, you can pay a living wage to a person that can multitask.

Oh, and the screed about how people complaining about living wages shouldn’t get them because military servicemembers are getting paid crap ignore the point - those service members should be getting paid a lot more too. It isn’t an either or. Both should have living wages, and the right wing ignores that all too salient point.

Great points. A person can do so much more than a machine. What wingnuts refuse to acknowledge is if you pay people decently and give them decent benefits, they’re going to be more productive. Wingnuts seem hellbent on creating a permanent underclass which shows their loyalty to a more feudal/oligarchical based society than capitalist one.