Look at how fucking good this burger looks. It was made by a robot who does so in a fraction of the time of a human, with none of the complaints, none of the health insurance, none of the worrying about firing or training, none of that bullshit. Of course it costs a bit more at the start, but after a year or two it pays for itself.
Why are burger flippers still a thing? Why aren't these machines used all across the country?
Isn't burger flipping like a small part of a fast food workers job? I assume they spend most of their time doing bitch shit like mopping floors and cleaning toilets.
It's still cheaper to hire workers than to payout several hundred thousand dollars to automate a business.
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the bun looks a little past toasted, but its probably good
and, well, good question. why dont we just replace every job with robots and live in a socialist utopia?
Fast food worker here, can confirm that this is absolutely not the case and the only reason that machines aren't making your food is because of unions and the government realising what putting all those employed in fast food out of jobs would do to the economy. We have special employees who take care of general maintenance and cleaning.
As from what I understand one of the reasons to keep humans is because humans are able to think in unusual situations amd find solutions where machije cannot.
I cant wait. I fucking hate ordering a burger when there is no else in the restaurant and getting patties that only half overlap.
This-ish.
Most fast food companies run through franchises, and so the guy who "owns" the McDonald's down the street had to pay McDonald's co. a down payment to start the business. The guy still has to take a barrier to entry hit. If automation were to start, it'd raise the barrier and less restaurants would spread. This wouldn't matter to McD's, you'd think, because they're already well established, so they'd switch to automation. However, the problem with that is they would have to be the one to lay down the industry "infrastructure" and take that investment hit. The only thing it would do for them is allow other, less-established fast food chains to flourish while inhibiting their ability to add locations as cities grow. As soon as the automation industry is established and profitable, McD's is out of business because you can't patent a burger and there's no reason a grocery store couldn't cut out the middle-man and start making their own gourmet burgers.
>because of unions and the government
That didn't seem to stop the automobile industry from automating (and outsourcing).
>only reason that machines aren't making your food is because of unions and the government
we don't actually have robots that could cook an entire menu, we don't even have robots that can clean better than a fucking roomba yet
reason is it's expensive as FUCK to make and maintain a robot that can do multiple tasks which is why mcdonalds only has automated cashiers (which people don't seem to like using).
How bad is it when one order has a bunch of burgers, but people all ask for real specific shit on each one?
In Canada a good percentage of the fast food workers are temporary foreigners. So eliminating those jobs would have little effect on the employment of actual citizens.
This is true, my old neighbor owned all the ones in our county. It's like a delicious pyramid scheme.
Sort of already happened in a way.
Publix makes better subs than Subway since they have fresher ingredients. Fuckin boars head deli bro.
Love TX better in many ways but wish we had Publix.
3 settings for each condiment; light, normal, heavy. It's not complex.
That was a long time ago and we're still dealing with it now. Plus fast food is the main way people getting tertiary education pay for their fuel and rent.
I'm sure that if they were allowed to, McDonalds would be able to pay a tech company to build one that's realistically priced.
Depends how busy we are. Most people have headsets so they can hear the orders from cars, and if you're ordering food that's shitty to make I'm not happy. I work mornings at a sleepy store so it's not so bad
>onions on bottom
>meat on top
>tomato in the fucking middle waiting to be destroyed when you eat it
Meat on bottom so juices soak into bun.
Onion directly above meat.
Tomato ALWAYS one layer from the top, separated from the top bun by a pad of lettuce, so it doesn't make the bun soggy.
Condiments go between top bun and lettuce.
This is how you burger.
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>Why hasn't automation taken over yet?
It requires a significant capitol investment, and not that many businesses have that kind of money sitting around to dump into such a risky investment.
>As soon as the automation industry is established and profitable, McD's is out of business because you can't patent a burger and there's no reason a grocery store couldn't cut out the middle-man and start making their own gourmet burgers.
You're assuming the investment would lead to openly available information.
That's a stupid assumption. Such a system is going to be a proprietary design owned by the company that invested in developing it. And widespread adoption would require parallel developments by multiple entities and that takes a lot of time.
It wasn't overnight that the concept of an assembly line caught on in industry. It took many decades for the idea to spread outward from Ford and into the rest of the Industrial Sector.
you sure do know your burgers friend.
>Mechanical engineering is hard.
Everyone is just trigger itchin' with the idea of the robotics revolution. There's no lack in technology holding back automatic burger making. Everyone is waiting for the fast food riots before they even pull the trigger because no one knows how it's going to change the business.
>doesn't mention the burned patty
It's normal for a murkians to eat burned shit? This would explain the shart in mart.
Nah, have you seen the size of the machine making this burger?
Its like the size of a kitchen in itself, and it makes 1 thing.
So if youre outlet sells 1 type of burger its great, but no fast food joint does that.
>in the fraction of the time
Cooking takes the exact same time. A machine cant beat the laws of physics.
But basicaly the machine is a prototype, and is very big, so it isnt commercially visble yet
>here's no lack in technology holding back automatic burger making
I mean sure we can make a robot that makes 1 specific burger well, making a robot that can cook an entire menu is impossible at the moment, so you would need multiple robots and some guy who can maintain these robots
if it was worth the risk mcdonalds in canada would have already done it, there's no fast food union here
>no cheese
>why even burger?
Because who will buy from McDonalds then faggot? The rich? Lmao kys
>Why are burger flippers still a thing?
Burger machine maintenance costs.
>Burger on top of tomato/lettuce/onion
that robot did a terrible job and should be fired instantly
Capitalism.
We need UBI, like it or not it is the future of the human civilisation.
Same reason people are losing their shit over the iPhone 7 not having a headphone jack despite BT headphones being on the market for almost 6+ years. America is a solid 5-15 years behind where it should be in general.
I would like to try a hamburger made by a machine.
Would be interesting.
That shit will be how we sniff out machines in the future, sort of like the dogs in Terminator.
>Before we allow you entrance to the compound please assemble this burger from the ingredients provided
>::Meep Morp:: Assembling burger in quickest, most logical fashion.
>Lettuce and tomato under patty? Its a droid, blast 'em!
Cheese goes on meat, does this need to be explained?