Outsourcing at the drive-thru

innerSpaceman · 03-19-2009, 07:15 PM

I like using the self-checkout when it's available, but only because most people don't --- and so the lines are so much shorter.

Don't get me wrong. I was a cashier at a few of my early jobs. But the truth is, "civilians" can do it. I can't see employers footing the bill for expensive labor when a machine will do the trick. I don't like that, but it's an economic fact.

The companies will only notice the problem caused by eliminating so many jobs when there aren't enough employed people left to be their customers.

But that's going to take a while. Till then, more misery everywhere.

03-19-2009, 07:15 PM	#11
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I like using the self-checkout when it's available, but only because most people don't --- and so the lines are so much shorter. Don't get me wrong. I was a cashier at a few of my early jobs. But the truth is, "civilians" can do it. I can't see employers footing the bill for expensive labor when a machine will do the trick. I don't like that, but it's an economic fact. The companies will only notice the problem caused by eliminating so many jobs when there aren't enough employed people left to be their customers. But that's going to take a while. Till then, more misery everywhere.
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