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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Does this mean I can give the cashier a 50 cent tip and I can get her number for laters?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Jetsons predicted this

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

If a remote worker can actually do the job at a high enough level, then the writing is on the wall.

Globalization will eventually take over those roles and laws that try to prop up a local worker will end up like Oregon's old law that says you can't pump your own gas.

The only way to 'win' is to equip the local guy with skills that absolutely cannot be done remotely, or educate him to do things at a level unmatched by the remote worker coming from another culture.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m honestly surprised the corps haven’t done this to all of their drive-thrus.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mean every time I go through a drive through I'm asked if I'm going to use the app to order by one person (or ai but I know about 20 years ago Wendy's tried to put all drive through orders through a remote facility too) and when I say Nope another person actually gets on and takes the order...so they are in many aspects. Hell you can't order in person from some of the rest stop fast food spots in Florida.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

No, that is just a pre-recorded message. I once went through a mcdonald's drive thru that had just closed. They asked me for my order and after I gave it, I realized no one was in the restaurant. I pulled around and they asked me again every time I stopped at the order point, but there was no cars in the lot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

You're assuming McDonald's employees are rich enough to afford cars.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I hope it's just supplemental. Like have one cashier and when it's busy have one remote in to help for a period of time (card only payments) then log out. Could have a 3rd party company manage a group of online employees to rotate between places worldwide.

Still don't think I'm cool with it but seems inevitable unless AI just replaces all of them quicker than expected

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

They call it free market

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