Self-serve fountain drink stations at McDonald’s locations nationwide will soon be a thing of the past. The fast-food chain is phasing out soda machines in dining rooms across the U.S., the company…
I unironically think events like this do scores more to radicalize folks than years of proselytizing
I went to a steak and shake that had absolutely no employees facing the lobby. You just tapped your order into a big iPad and then eventually someone would peek out from the kitchen and leave food for you. I was honestly surprised how soulless it felt, it blew me away. I always hated the fakeness demanded of fast food cashiers but this… the alienation was so depressing. Life is becoming a giant vending machine where all the efforts of labor are hidden behind a screen in an attempt to make everything feel futuristic
I went to a steak and shake that had absolutely no employees facing the lobby. You just tapped your order into a big iPad and then eventually someone would peek out from the kitchen and leave food for you. I was honestly surprised how soulless it felt, it blew me away. I always hated the fakeness demanded of fast food cashiers but this… the alienation was so depressing. Life is becoming a giant vending machine where all the efforts of labor are hidden behind a screen in an attempt to make everything feel futuristic