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by 6foot4_82iq 1843 days ago
Giving American fast food restaurants two paths:

1. automate

2. become a charity

2 comments

> 1. automate

Won't work. Customers are generally not going to figure out your UI, and even when they do a special case is going to come up once every five or so checkouts that requires employee intervention.

> 2. become a charity

This is a better idea. They should include e.g. 50¢ in the price of every Big Mac that will be donated to the workers who cooked and served it.

McDonald’s doesn’t employ the burger makers. They work for franchisees, who don’t necessarily have “executives and shareholders”.
I like your answer to #2, but that’s not a charity, that’s aligned incentives.
3. Be less profitable