My .02c?
These 'clear speakers' that they say we'll have? That is their opinion. As long as they are speaking English and it is somewhat clear, they are in.
How else can you explain the people we get on the phone these days when calling almost any customer service line? I try and be patient but damnit, it gives me a headache to talk to them because I am having to listen extra extra carefully and figure out what they are saying. They are speaking English, their accents just make it difficult to understand.
True about the insurance, clothes, and, these are the jobs that we need in our communities. These are not only the jobs where teens begin, but, they are the jobs where people who need second {third?} jobs go.
Another thing that I don't appreciate? The threat of being replaced by outsourcing/machines. I am a cashier and they've threatened to put in self service registers. It is insulting {compare it to saying a monkey could do your job}.
Ya know, once these people are gone, who will be next? The managers income will come down because they aren't handling as many employees. The business itself won't have as many employees, how safe does that make the business? Will they only accept debit/credit so they don't have cash?
{sorry...just had a really good cup of coffee....
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But yeah, a sore spot. I love the technology but then I don't, too.
Hey, a thought, if they are cutting their costs, do they intend upon passing that to the customers? I highly doubt it. These companies only see their profit, not what is good for their employees...the very people who are their customers.
Oh, and, that reminds me, employee hours being cut by stores concerned by their profit will see themselves kicked in the butt because those very people whose hours they are cutting are their very own customers. Who will then NOT be their customers.
{sorry Morri, it is not my intention to jump down your throat...}