I used to let my wife sleep in on Sundays. I would take both boys to McDonalds for their pancake breakfasts. We had a lot of fun ordering and eating there. So much so that fifty years later they still talk about it as one of the family traditions they liked. Cannot do that anymore. I haven’t found an open McDonalds since they closed for the plandemic.
The problem is the amount of loiterers inside some McD seating areas. They wait for a likely victim to show up, then harass them and run off with their loot.
@renardfranse I grew up in the 90s, and I still have both of my first two cars. (I'm sentimental AF) They aren't that great of cars, but they cost what a new car would have cost in the 60s 70s.... my point is if I grew up in the 60s 70s I'd 1000% have some bada$$ cars. :-/
I've seen too many U-Tube vids of unhinged customers at restaurants attacking, threatening, or throwing stuff at employees. To me this is great. It is needed in some parts of America. And for the young bald kid posting this vid, I'm 80. I was 9 when the first McDonald's opened 2K miles away from me. I was 17 before any McDonald's opened near me.
@@FreedomAndLiberty2024 or walk out in the middle of a shift because the manager is a toxic lazy POS who refuses to treat the employees as human beings.
Wild stuff gets views. YTers know this. Wild stuff has always happened, but now everyone has a camera in their pocket to record & upload it. YT isn’t reality.
@@HalfWarrior Before they bulldozed / rebuilt my neighborhood location, they would tell me that the machine was "being cleaned" at any hour of the day. Maybe they replaced the Taylor C602 machine - I get a milkshake whenever I want one - 4 years running now...
Something you said struck a note with me. The get you in and out as fast as they can. Lately, a few places that have table service inside have changed to uncomfortable chairs, to the point just last night I just sat in the parking lot in my car to eat as it was so much more desirable.I guess I am seeing the pattern unfold, they don't want you to hang around, refill the soda cups, or need people to clean up after your visit. reminds me a bit of the soup nazi episode from Seinfeld, replace soup with "NO SERVICE FOR YOU'.
Sorry this is not capitalism.This is central banking and planning destroying our currency and wages trying to keep up. As more employees demand higher wages, companies will seek to automate to stay competitive.
dude i thought food prep will be done by machines HAHAHA then i saw workers in the kitchen and thought....... "so basically its just a giant foodtruck without wheels"
They are trying to hide the kitchen so that when they put in the robot arms to flip burgers and make fries (already available) customers won’t notice. When they get enough people to use the app, they will switch to a software voice box (like Alexa, Siri). If the voice box doesn’t understand you, it will tell you to use the app. There’s a new McDonald’s near me (Northern CA) which is similar to this, but has a few tables.
At least back then they had a distinct look. You knew you were going into a McDonald's with the red roof, Playplace or even lots of yellow inside along with the big clown and all of his friends. Now, it's just a box and you wouldn't know what it was if it didn't have a name on it.
A lot of society is broken. Have you seen California, Oregon, Washington, New York, Chicago, Detroit? $20/hr isn’t worth a life. The less interaction with the public the better at this point.
Professor Retro here. Loved your video. My thoughts are... It was coming to this in the world. Less turnover in jobs, those who do work there are probably stress free. Less crazy customers throwing food at them. I get it. We're headed to a cashless, less interaction, anti social world. We have to adapt or just stay home and eat which we do anyway. Thanks for the information. Best wishes! Professor Retro
People don't have to accept anything of they remember they're the one's with power in numbers. If people just stopped going to McDonald's in protest, I guarantee you that thing's would chan. Just like anything, if the people accept it, then those pushing it will continue to push.
So cold and uninviting. If there's a problem with your order, good luck, everyone is in the back behind a wall. Many remodeled McDonald's are already almost like this and it has kept me away.
This is what I was thinking. When I saw that conveyor belt thing for the drive-thru I thought, that thing is going to get jammed up and probably fling a mix of soft drinks and sauces and greasy food right into your car and on you. And then you would have to go inside to resolve the issue which is exactly what you don't want to do when you've decided to use the drive-thru. Also, when he was using the touch screen inside all I could think was how disgustingly dirty that thing would be. They should provide some hand sanitizer. Imagine the people who will touch that thing who never wash their hands. Gross. I barely go to McD's anymore because it's so expensive and this will be a no for me.
20 dollar an hour is driving this but actually bigger issue is employee turnover and training costs are huge . And many fail to show up to work . Fully automated is on the way with 2 or 3 people per shift .
I can't fathom why someone would treat another person as anything less than anyone else. It should be common sense. That said, I believe a prerequisite to having any job should be a customer service role. Having done that myself I am so, so courteous and respectful to those people now.
I was thinking the same thing.The employees seemed much happier only having to deal with other co-workers and not the public. The way people treat service workers anymore, I don't blame them at all for switching to this model. Until people treat each other with the respect they deserve, more and more things will become automated. And each generation seems to have less respect than the last.
It’s about saving money machines don’t have sick days or call in, you don’t have to pay them a wage so the fewer you have to employ the more money you reap
Nice editing and commentary, thanks for showing us the automated facility 3:41 Wait, they just threw those french fries loose into the pickup bag ? No red envelope to hold them ?
It's what happens when you raise the min wage to $20. hr. Eliminate entry level employees for robot workers to help no one except corporations that can afford the upgrade to automation. Put the small mom & pops out of business.
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This is pretty cool. I worked at mcd's and I made the fries and sandwiches. Having something like this i might not have quit after a week. I wanted to be a cashier though and kiosk takes that job away. Though it takes away the joy of sitting inside and getting refills and the playplace for kids. It just doesn't respond and a lot of preferences are not available on the kiosk or app. Like light ice. Its either no ice or extra ice. I wonder how popular this is and how many will be changed into these.
I don't think they're going back to their roots. It's more just a testing phase to eventually go fully robotic (or have as few employees as possible in case of malfunction), particularly in places where real estate might be more limited...like food courts, city cbd locations. The only reason I'd ever go to one is if the food was cheaper as a result of going full robotic.
You're a very smart man friend!! Every time I think of McDonald's food, I think of one of those obesity shows, "My 600 lb life" and some person inhaling 4 Big Mac's like someone had a gun pointed at their head. Addiction is no joke!
@@scotabot7826 McDonald's "food" is nothing but crap. It's high in salt, fats, and loaded with chemical preservatives and flavorings. When I was a long haul trucker, I used to haul some of their "food". I remember the first time I picked up a load from Tyson's. They make all of the chicken McNuggets for McDonald's. I actually got to see how those are made. I never ate another McNugget again. That was more than 20 years ago. I also stopped eating at McDonald's around the same time because I saw the news story about the McDonald's hamburger that had been sitting in a closet for more than a year but still looked like it was fresh. No thanks!
Socializing is overrated. I don’t want to talk to the majority of brainless zombies that populate this planet anyway. I am still respectful though. But just stay away from me
@@eddie_alabama7997 The problem is not isolation smh. The problem is there not being enough good people worth socializing with. Most folks are narcissists. Introverts love spending most of their time alone; we don't need constant interaction with other people to be happy like extroverts do, and there is nothing wrong with that. What is also the problem is folks saying something is wrong with being introverted
@@Yasmine91646 Apparently you grew up in a time people only know the glow of a screen in their face and are missing the world around them….Iwill pray for you!
@SetsStreetsEats That McD's robot was not slow at all. People just need to be patient. Also, you should change your YT channel name to "Streets and Eats." It has a better ring to it.
If this was California, Newsome would be introducing legislation to tax the franchise owner for the money being saved on not paying cashiers. Typical crime boss behavior, "we want our cut!".
I live 2 minutes away from this McD....it is always busy....i have never been inside it.....fun fact....this location was previously a chevron gas station qikee mart with a small McD inside...it closed down and was empty for yrs before this store was opened
Jmo: my heart sank when you walked inside. It has a cold, industrial, empty, disconnected, echo like don’t let the door smack you on the way out setting. I actually said : ahhhhh that’s just sad…I want to walk in and hear the buzz in McDonalds, I want to see people happy and hungry with anticipation. I don’t want to eat at a sterile counter. I want to eat somewhere where people want to go and congregate. No ugly grey paint facade no boxy shoebox building.
Wonder what you need to do if you want salt, pepper, ketchup, napkins, if there's a problem with your order... Workers were there, but you can't express any of that to the conveyor belt window, and if you have to go inside to ask for help, how much attention will they be offering to you? Hopefully they put options for all the extras in the app, as there's been plenty of times I've gotten home and found no napkins, no straw, no spoon...
People not eating in the restaurant means less waste they have to deal with and pay for to dispose of, the trash gets taken home with the customers. Also the store makes more money on drinks with people not getting refills. And the more automated the store becomes, the less people it needs and cuts down on all the expenses that go with employees, like here in California where minimum wage for fast food is $20 hr.
The future of fast food will be all robotic food prep - there are numerous restaurants already using food prep robots mixed with a few humans. Whan customers get used to it, the humans will go away.
Fast food will be a thing of the pass n just a few years do to the price. Why pay the price for food that isn't good when you can get good food for the same price?
Mc Donald’s last year’s profit was over 14 billion which was over a 10% increase from the year before. McDonald’s is not hurting, it’s all about wanting more.
@@patrickodonnell9388 It's like the saying, stop thinking with your dick and think with your brain, the businesses love thinking with their giant greedy hard on for money.
I can't wait to see one of these in my town, I don't dine in so no eating area doesn't bother me a bit. I support this change in their store layout !!! 👊👊👍👍😁❤
In California @ $20 an hour for the cashier we have to find a way to cut costs and this makes sense. Less $20 an hour workers means prices can be kept from the sharp increase.
if they make a business pay $20 per hour then the employee needs to do more work for that money. More pay more work. So because of that just cut the employees in half, then they will be doing twice the amount of work. It makes it more efficient for the company and makes the cost stay the same for the owner. Also another thing to do is cut the menu down to the best selling 10-12 items. I did this at my restaurant chain and my profit went 6 times higher. Yes my sales went down a little but my profit went up 6 times. So in the end all that matters is the profit amount.
“I’m ok with it” no disrespect but I feel that’s halg the problem with America these days no push back (unless you count generation Z) that’s why they get everything because they complain about everything….how long before someone says “you know what!? Half the fries end up in the bag anyways, why don’t we save money putting the fries in the bottom of the bag instead of a box” similar to Apple charging 1600 for the same phone and eliminating chargers (sold separately) under the guise of being eco friendly, they all do it because we allow it.
@@MichaelRei99don't be afraid of human interaction. And there's plenty of nice, friendly people. Also, i prefer cash over card. No cash? They can shove it.
In the 90s early 2000 the McDonald’s is Cheyenne Wyoming. We had a double drive-through and we also had robotic armed that delivered food on the other side just like the bank tellers.
@@thebigleone1066 I stopped buying anything from that lousy restaurant. I think people who still buy from McDonald's are complete morons. There seems to be a lot of them out there.
@cristobalurbina5983 the only 2 pickup options it would allow me to click on were inside or curbside pickup. And it gave a "customer is to close" or some other worded equivalent under the greyed out drive thru option.
I had to pause and rewind because of the talking tree. So needed to see thus father's day weekend since my dad drove me to the one with the talking tree as a kid. Thanks for a great re membry as I call them. My dad was the best.
I’ve been there. Ordered a regular order through the DT, using a discount code from the mobile app. It took a tad bit longer than average, but was good, for what it is. I’ve become accustomed to using the mobile app for every restaurant, and typically order ahead of time. Especially Popeyes and Whataburger, as they take forever.
It used to annoy me to have to sign in and download an app. But now every freebie is digital so it forced me to adjust. So I have adapted and will admit it’s easier, and faster, to order ahead through the app. Jack in the box, too, they’re so short handed at all times.
If they would return to a more nostalgic building design and the old logo/arches, and package it in some "roots advertising" I think it would be awesome for Micky D's.
Just want to point out that this is also not in the best part of town. I’m Sure that among financial reasons for making the restaurant this way, safety of employees was also considered. I went inside myself and decided this place was built for Uber Eats and the like.
@@snookerl very true! Definitely was in the works after Covid. If they stop accepting cash than we’re gonna have a real issue on our hands. The dollar won’t have any value (even though it barely does now)
Me And My Friend Love "Jack In The Box". Always Good Food, Good Customer Service And They Play Alot Of Good Old 60's Music! Love That! ❤ This McDonald's Justs Looks Sad Inside And Out!
I like Jack in the Box but the one near me is awful. Horrible customer service and everything is completely full of grease.....way more than any normal fast food.... Soaking through the bag grease.
I usually use the ordering kiosks at McDonald's, mainly because i like to add and remove sauces, etc. But i do worry for some people when it comes to using more technology to order. I went to the local post office, and there was a 50-something man just staring at the self-service kiosk. I asked if he needed help, but he just needed to buy some stamps. I showed him how to use it to purchase what he wanted. But no matter how easy it is to use, there is going to be some people going to struggle.
My friend is elderly & vision impaired so I tend do anything that requires being put into a computer for him. I even use my Walmart+ so he can get grocery delivery. That thing has been a god send to both of us & well worth the half cost of it because I get the discounted rate. No more hurting like heck after taking the bus to grocery shop.
Based on a different video i saw regarding this specific McDonalds, the location is geofenced. When you get further away from the location you can get the third option that is called Order Ahead. Assuming it's working this will be the robot lane.
I absolutely love this. Everything from increased speed and accuracy to the ability to avoid people, just screams the very essence of 'fast food'. If it were any faster, it would come out of your phone. The vast majority of orders I have ever had have been incorrect. This will resolve the issue. Eventually, all of it will be modular and machines will be able to service the machines. It will just be a box that hands out food on a belt. No people means the cost should drop significantly over time as efficiency increases too. While it probably won't reduce prices, it may help to combat inflation.
"If it were any faster, it would come out of your phone" - Joke warning: The french did that - USB wine. ruclips.net/video/mNL4dnfxHIc/видео.html - did not work out. I think they had illegal downloads taking all the wine without paying.
@@sharp14x If it's fully robotic, there won't be any mistakes. That is one of the biggest benefits of robots - they do exactly what they're told to do. If you order XYZ, you get XYZ.
The initial cost of buying/leasing/installing the robots is very expensive, but the operating costs are a lot lower than employees and they are much more reliable than employees. If you had fully robotic food prep, you could operate a busy location with one or two humans per shift.
@@FreedomAndLiberty2024 Not really. Look up 1X, the NEO - it is supposed t obe available in 205/2026. Price? Target is 8000 USD. 400 hours of 20 USD minimum wage for a robot that works 24/7 is... lets say you do not run 24/7, still what, ONE MONTH? Running costs close to zero - definitely tip level. The Tesla Optimus targets 20.000 USD. Even that would be 2.5 months. So no - "very expensive" is very relative, especially in the light of high minimum wage.
This is the wave of the future for sure. At least in my neck of the woods people drive in, you have mobile orders and a few walk in order and take out. Very few people stay to eat. The dining room is empty most of the time.
I'm not favorable towards people losing jobs, but I do have to say an advantage to an automated McD's would be each order is prepared fresh. They have the ability to cook fresh burgers, fresh fries, fresh nuggets, for each and every order. They wouldn't be cooking in bulk. Hot, fresh food, everytime.
I've always wondered why they didn't wall off kitchens at fast food restaurants. When in the dining room all you hear is noisy machines and people yelling. I've always thought there should be a wall blocking off the kitchen.
I'm in the minority. I like it. Quick, easy. Let them focus on making food. Safer to not have clerks handling cash having to deal with a more and more unhinged public
A few years ago there were videos on YT of a 'robot' who did just about everything in the kitchen. Grilled, assembled, wrapped, and bagged the meal you ordered. I expect eventually we will go that far. Of course the 'robot' needs someone to fill the hoppers, clean and fix it as needed. I expect right now it almost works, and most of the fast food places are looking at something like it. But I'm not looking forward to it, other than the novelty of it. I guess it would be behind a viewing glass and you could watch it work or something.
I wish they would replace all the McDonald's in commiefornia with all these automated stores. That would teach them a lesson!! It's going to happen anyway as soon as they figure out the correct setup and system!!
I think it really comes down to the location. Some locations still have dine in customers, but there are other locations where it is almost entirely takeout, delivery, and drive thru.
Now that California is forced to pay fast food workers $20 per hour, I bet these automated restaurants will crop up all over the state. Less employees will reap more profits as they don't have to staff one of these with as many employees as a regular fast food restaurant. Believe me, if they can find a way to replace the remaining skin bags with a machine, they'll do it in a heartbeat.
I like it. The food is the product. All that other extra stuff is just part of what they use to manipulate you into developing a "brand relationship" where you feel like that friendly clown can't possibly be poisoning you.
Hardware breaks, and software has bugs, especially if it's Windows or Android based. The ice cream mixer may be the lesser of the franchise owner's worries. I hope the majority of them won't fall for the corporate spin.
@@MisterMikeTexas Robots are way more reliable than human employees and the software is thoroughly tested before it's put into service. The cost of buying/leasing/installing the robots is expensive, but the operating costs are much lower, so they pay for themselves fairly quickly.
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McDonald’s was a fun lively place as a kid. Now it’s just cold, dark and soulless
Omg so true
Personally I'd prefer that rather than the kids running all over screaming.
I used to let my wife sleep in on Sundays. I would take both boys to McDonalds for their pancake breakfasts. We had a lot of fun ordering and eating there. So much so that fifty years later they still talk about it as one of the family traditions they liked. Cannot do that anymore. I haven’t found an open McDonalds since they closed for the plandemic.
And absolutely insanely expensive 😕💯
The problem is the amount of loiterers inside some McD seating areas. They wait for a likely victim to show up, then harass them and run off with their loot.
My first job was at McDonald’s for $1.35 an hour in 1971. I actually saved up enough money to buy a ‘66 Mustang.
betcha wish ya still had it LOL
Yup Burger King
$2.35 per hr. 1977
Got myself 67 VW dropped SoCal style then got 80 Toy 4x4
@renardfranse I grew up in the 90s, and I still have both of my first two cars. (I'm sentimental AF) They aren't that great of cars, but they cost what a new car would have cost in the 60s 70s.... my point is if I grew up in the 60s 70s I'd 1000% have some bada$$ cars. :-/
Now its $20 your life is robbed by McDonald's
I worked at Sonic and drove a 79 mustang
I've seen too many U-Tube vids of unhinged customers at restaurants attacking, threatening, or throwing stuff at employees. To me this is great. It is needed in some parts of America.
And for the young bald kid posting this vid, I'm 80. I was 9 when the first McDonald's opened 2K miles away from me. I was 17 before any McDonald's opened near me.
Why our country needs discipline. TBF. 😂
You can't rob a robot, plus robots don't steal from the till, or walk out in the middle of a shift because they weren't coddled by the manager.
@@FreedomAndLiberty2024 or walk out in the middle of a shift because the manager is a toxic lazy POS who refuses to treat the employees as human beings.
Wild stuff gets views. YTers know this. Wild stuff has always happened, but now everyone has a camera in their pocket to record & upload it. YT isn’t reality.
I'm sure in this one the ice cream machine is always working.
Something good has happened because our ice cream machines at our standard McDonald's work all the time now. 🍦🍦🍦
@@Austin8thGenTexanBut are they clean?
@@HalfWarrior Before they bulldozed / rebuilt my neighborhood location, they would tell me that the machine was "being cleaned" at any hour of the day.
Maybe they replaced the Taylor C602 machine - I get a milkshake whenever I want one - 4 years running now...
😆😅😂🤣I seen a great documentary on why the ice cream machine is broken.
its contractually obligated to break down when theres enough workers on shift and its not busy
the lobby looks like a restroom
Something you said struck a note with me. The get you in and out as fast as they can. Lately, a few places that have table service inside have changed to uncomfortable chairs, to the point just last night I just sat in the parking lot in my car to eat as it was so much more desirable.I guess I am seeing the pattern unfold, they don't want you to hang around, refill the soda cups, or need people to clean up after your visit. reminds me a bit of the soup nazi episode from Seinfeld, replace soup with "NO SERVICE FOR YOU'.
Mcdonald's color scheme is designed so you don't stay long. Look it up
It’s the same at Taco Bell in Minnesota
Sorry this is not capitalism.This is central banking and planning destroying our currency and wages trying to keep up. As more employees demand higher wages, companies will seek to automate to stay competitive.
They’ve removed the soda fountains
Our Hungry Jack's (Burger King) dining areas have the air-conditioning cranked up even in winter so you don't stay too long
dude i thought food prep will be done by machines HAHAHA
then i saw workers in the kitchen and thought.......
"so basically its just a giant foodtruck without wheels"
Yep, just removed the cashiers
they act like the cook it , everything just sits in a warmer , and assembled ,,, blah
They are trying to hide the kitchen so that when they put in the robot arms to flip burgers and make fries (already available) customers won’t notice. When they get enough people to use the app, they will switch to a software voice box (like Alexa, Siri). If the voice box doesn’t understand you, it will tell you to use the app. There’s a new McDonald’s near me (Northern CA) which is similar to this, but has a few tables.
However, food trucks serve actual food; Not chemicals fortified with a few proteins and carbs.
The cooks will be replaced eventually too. There are a number of kitchen automation companies working on automatic fry machines, etc.
It’s easier to turn the restaurant into a 24-7 serving facility now.
The homeless will sneak in and sleep on the counter. lol
YEP 24/7
Most depressing McDonald’s lobby Ever.
I can see McD's closing a lot of sites if they go through with this plan nationwide.
Looks sort of like a typical run-down post-office lobby, without all the angry, rude employees.
looks like the one right off I-80 just north of Park City UT. I was NOT impressed.
Surpassed only by the drab exterior
Best McDonald’s ever
Idiocracy is coming true😂 it's the real life Carl's Jr vending machine.
Lmao 😅 😅😅😅😅
"Go away I'm bate'n..."
I'm saving up to get my Costco law degree.
I'm waiting for the menus changes at Starbucks
@@cannonfodder4812 "Extra Big Ass Coffee"!
I'm beginning to think the last remaining job for a human will be a robot repair person. Oh wait, maybe that could also be done by a robot.
Computer components couldn't be made by humans anymore. It's all done by robots.
Exactly. That's why UBI is coming whether we like it or not. You gotta love Communism. 😐
The last human job will be Bureaucrat.
Last human job will be a prostitute. Oh wait, they're developing those type of robots as well.
Humans are already outmoded
Take me back to the 80s and if shit ain't broken Don't try and fix it!
At least back then they had a distinct look. You knew you were going into a McDonald's with the red roof, Playplace or even lots of yellow inside along with the big clown and all of his friends. Now, it's just a box and you wouldn't know what it was if it didn't have a name on it.
Crime broke it, too may robberies
A lot of society is broken. Have you seen California, Oregon, Washington, New York, Chicago, Detroit? $20/hr isn’t worth a life. The less interaction with the public the better at this point.
70s for me! ❤
@@iloveschicken6527 Woodgrain Mickey D's. Nice!
Professor Retro here. Loved your video. My thoughts are... It was coming to this in the world. Less turnover in jobs, those who do work there are probably stress free. Less crazy customers throwing food at them. I get it. We're headed to a cashless, less interaction, anti social world. We have to adapt or just stay home and eat which we do anyway. Thanks for the information. Best wishes!
Professor Retro
The McDonald’s restaurant in the video looks like Taco Bell in Minnesota
People don't have to accept anything of they remember they're the one's with power in numbers. If people just stopped going to McDonald's in protest, I guarantee you that thing's would chan. Just like anything, if the people accept it, then those pushing it will continue to push.
sonics is laughing all the way to the bank
Happiness fits in the bag is such a creepy fucking phrase.
Especially when there's a hole in the bottom of it.
NOW THATS COOL
So cold and uninviting. If there's a problem with your order, good luck, everyone is in the back behind a wall. Many remodeled McDonald's are already almost like this and it has kept me away.
did you not watch the video? there is literally an area to talk to employees in the event they mess up
No workers want to listen to whiny customers no matter how much they get paid
When they go fully robotic, there won't be any problems with your order. You will get exactly what you ordered.
@@FreedomAndLiberty2024😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
This is what I was thinking. When I saw that conveyor belt thing for the drive-thru I thought, that thing is going to get jammed up and probably fling a mix of soft drinks and sauces and greasy food right into your car and on you. And then you would have to go inside to resolve the issue which is exactly what you don't want to do when you've decided to use the drive-thru.
Also, when he was using the touch screen inside all I could think was how disgustingly dirty that thing would be. They should provide some hand sanitizer. Imagine the people who will touch that thing who never wash their hands. Gross.
I barely go to McD's anymore because it's so expensive and this will be a no for me.
happiness fits in a bag? no loneliness fits in a bag
It happened, I'm feelin glad, I got sunshine, in a bag. I'm useless, but not for long, my future, is comin on.
20 dollar an hour is driving this but actually bigger issue is employee turnover and training costs are huge . And many fail to show up to work . Fully automated is on the way with 2 or 3 people per shift .
$20/hr. for a skilled employee keeping a store full of robots running makes sense, a kitchen full of $20/hr. burger flippers doesn't.
Minimum wage in Texas is $7.25 / hour.
@@raynethackery1 yea keep voting red
They were wanting this long before $20 was spoken about.. that's just an excuse
I think it would be nice for employees so that they're not constantly berated by insane customers with too much time on their hands
I can't fathom why someone would treat another person as anything less than anyone else. It should be common sense. That said, I believe a prerequisite to having any job should be a customer service role. Having done that myself I am so, so courteous and respectful to those people now.
I was thinking the same thing.The employees seemed much happier only having to deal with other co-workers and not the public. The way people treat service workers anymore, I don't blame them at all for switching to this model. Until people treat each other with the respect they deserve, more and more things will become automated. And each generation seems to have less respect than the last.
I wish they would bring back the cheesy tin ashtrays everyone swiped and the 99 cent large shake
It’s about saving money machines don’t have sick days or call in, you don’t have to pay them a wage so the fewer you have to employ the more money you reap
Nice editing and commentary, thanks for showing us the automated facility
3:41 Wait, they just threw those french fries loose into the pickup bag ? No red envelope to hold them ?
No, he dumped them in bag.
It's a safety factor, fewer ways to harm employees, fewer ways to steal anything, less expensive to clean up inside...
It's what happens when you raise the min wage to $20. hr. Eliminate entry level employees for robot workers to help no one except corporations that can afford the upgrade to automation. Put the small mom & pops out of business.
@@jedi_drifter2988 'Restaurants CUT Jobs Over Minimum Wage Boost As Owner EXPOSES Bidenflation Causing $16 Sandwiches!'
Another beacon of community and hard work has dimmed under the shadow of California’s new $20 minimum wage law. Fosters Freeze in Lemoore, a staple for its local patrons and a source of livelihood for its employees, was compelled to close its doors on Monday, casting its dedicated workers into the uncertainty of unemployment.
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@@jedi_drifter2988 That was gonna happen regardless.
When robots bring the food out to the curbside pickup, we’ll know skynet is alive.
skynet working fast food job is what made it go live and set out to kill all of human kind, kind of makes sense now
Here's your order Mr. Connor #6759 enjoy 😎
Some Japanese restaurants in my area already do this
Robots do bring your food to your table in ft worth tx too at Mc Donald's on Felix Ave and 35w
When robots bring the food out to curbside pick up. I'm Soooo going there.
But where's the Golden Arches? The restaurant looks like a plain box and even the sign outside looks dark and dull. *UGH.*
This is pretty cool. I worked at mcd's and I made the fries and sandwiches. Having something like this i might not have quit after a week. I wanted to be a cashier though and kiosk takes that job away. Though it takes away the joy of sitting inside and getting refills and the playplace for kids. It just doesn't respond and a lot of preferences are not available on the kiosk or app. Like light ice. Its either no ice or extra ice. I wonder how popular this is and how many will be changed into these.
I don't think they're going back to their roots. It's more just a testing phase to eventually go fully robotic (or have as few employees as possible in case of malfunction), particularly in places where real estate might be more limited...like food courts, city cbd locations. The only reason I'd ever go to one is if the food was cheaper as a result of going full robotic.
More like for the dummies out there that think you can demand 20 bucks an hour to flip a stupid burger.
It’s safer for the workers but it means fewer workers who are now making more money to live on.
Which means more homeless will be created, which we all know we do not need.
@@loisaustin6200 And still be paying Filet mingon prices for a hamburger.
Thanks for giving us a look at this location.
Haven't been to a McDonald's in almost a year. I'm 61 and never again
The food is bad for you anyway
I saw a sign in there that said happiness fits in a bag. Obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes fit in that bag too...
I haven't been to a McDonald's in more than 20 years.
You're a very smart man friend!! Every time I think of McDonald's food, I think of one of those obesity shows, "My 600 lb life" and some person inhaling 4 Big Mac's like someone had a gun pointed at their head. Addiction is no joke!
@@scotabot7826 McDonald's "food" is nothing but crap. It's high in salt, fats, and loaded with chemical preservatives and flavorings. When I was a long haul trucker, I used to haul some of their "food". I remember the first time I picked up a load from Tyson's. They make all of the chicken McNuggets for McDonald's. I actually got to see how those are made. I never ate another McNugget again. That was more than 20 years ago. I also stopped eating at McDonald's around the same time because I saw the news story about the McDonald's hamburger that had been sitting in a closet for more than a year but still looked like it was fresh. No thanks!
Best McDonald’s for people who don’t want people to socialize
Yeah..lol the McDonald's for Introverts..lol
Socializing is overrated. I don’t want to talk to the majority of brainless zombies that populate this planet anyway. I am still respectful though. But just stay away from me
That’s the problem with people today….too much isolation from other human beings! So glad I grew up in the 70’s & 80’s…..those WERE the good old days!
@@eddie_alabama7997 The problem is not isolation smh. The problem is there not being enough good people worth socializing with. Most folks are narcissists. Introverts love spending most of their time alone; we don't need constant interaction with other people to be happy like extroverts do, and there is nothing wrong with that. What is also the problem is folks saying something is wrong with being introverted
@@Yasmine91646 Apparently you grew up in a time people only know the glow of a screen in their face and are missing the world around them….Iwill pray for you!
Discovered this channel at the beginning of December and been watching a lot of the videos. Love to sit down and watch these! Keep up the great work!
Thank you, I appreciate that!
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That McD's robot was not slow at all. People just need to be patient. Also, you should change your YT channel name to "Streets and Eats." It has a better ring to it.
If this was California, Newsome would be introducing legislation to tax the franchise owner for the money being saved on not paying cashiers. Typical crime boss behavior, "we want our cut!".
His name is Newsom.
SATAN is happy with Gavin Newsom
And it would be totally right.
I live 2 minutes away from this McD....it is always busy....i have never been inside it.....fun fact....this location was previously a chevron gas station qikee mart with a small McD inside...it closed down and was empty for yrs before this store was opened
Jmo: my heart sank when you walked inside. It has a cold, industrial, empty, disconnected, echo like don’t let the door smack you on the way out setting. I actually said : ahhhhh that’s just sad…I want to walk in and hear the buzz in McDonalds, I want to see people happy and hungry with anticipation. I don’t want to eat at a sterile counter. I want to eat somewhere where people want to go and congregate. No ugly grey paint facade no boxy shoebox building.
Even worse to have to eat in your car when the weather is either freezing or off the charts scorching hot.
Stores with no cash to steal. No employees to attack or pay hour wages to. Pros & cons😎
They have people in the back getting the food together.
The auto part is taking our order and ur money
Uh... you missed listing any cons? :)
I think that's one of the biggest reasons they did this, now all the rest will follow suit, especially waffle houses at 2am
Any time you eliminate more Jobs then it's a Bad Thing.
@@jebbthetrainkid1281Have less kids. Problem solved.
Wonder what you need to do if you want salt, pepper, ketchup, napkins, if there's a problem with your order... Workers were there, but you can't express any of that to the conveyor belt window, and if you have to go inside to ask for help, how much attention will they be offering to you? Hopefully they put options for all the extras in the app, as there's been plenty of times I've gotten home and found no napkins, no straw, no spoon...
The app and touchscreens allow you to order extra condiments. You could always just orders condiments if you forget.
People not eating in the restaurant means less waste they have to deal with and pay for to dispose of, the trash gets taken home with the customers. Also the store makes more money on drinks with people not getting refills. And the more automated the store becomes, the less people it needs and cuts down on all the expenses that go with employees, like here in California where minimum wage for fast food is $20 hr.
And the more homeless communities you get because there are no more jobs for people.
No. It ends up on the street😜
This is the future of fast food.
The future of fast food will be all robotic food prep - there are numerous restaurants already using food prep robots mixed with a few humans. Whan customers get used to it, the humans will go away.
@@FreedomAndLiberty2024the video reminds me of Taco Bell in Minnesota
then the future is very bleak.
Fast food will be a thing of the pass n just a few years do to the price. Why pay the price for food that isn't good when you can get good food for the same price?
Great reminder to support your local restaurants and not corporate slop food like this.
Replace the kitchen crew with machines/ robots & this McD would rock. How's that for your "living wage"??🤣
You're absolutely right. Eventually all minimum wage jobs will require a college degree or specialized training. Be careful what you wish for.
Mc Donald’s last year’s profit was over 14 billion which was over a 10% increase from the year before. McDonald’s is not hurting, it’s all about wanting more.
Adjusted for actual inflation, a 10% increase in profits is essentially no increase at all.
My guess is we are about 10 years away from a fully automated McDonalds with like one person on the inside the way things are going.
No we are about ten years before most are out of business because people cant afford it anymore.
I think we're about ten years away from McDonald's going out of business.
😂 I love the replies
@@patrickodonnell9388 It's like the saying, stop thinking with your dick and think with your brain, the businesses love thinking with their giant greedy hard on for money.
I can't wait to see one of these in my town, I don't dine in so no eating area doesn't bother me a bit.
I support this change in their store layout !!!
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In California @ $20 an hour for the cashier we have to find a way to cut costs and this makes sense. Less $20 an hour workers means prices can be kept from the sharp increase.
if they make a business pay $20 per hour then the employee needs to do more work for that money. More pay more work. So because of that just cut the employees in half, then they will be doing twice the amount of work. It makes it more efficient for the company and makes the cost stay the same for the owner. Also another thing to do is cut the menu down to the best selling 10-12 items. I did this at my restaurant chain and my profit went 6 times higher. Yes my sales went down a little but my profit went up 6 times. So in the end all that matters is the profit amount.
If McDonalds were paying their help $6.00 an hour , it will not stop AI and automation !
“I’m ok with it” no disrespect but I feel that’s halg the problem with America these days no push back (unless you count generation Z) that’s why they get everything because they complain about everything….how long before someone says “you know what!? Half the fries end up in the bag anyways, why don’t we save money putting the fries in the bottom of the bag instead of a box” similar to Apple charging 1600 for the same phone and eliminating chargers (sold separately) under the guise of being eco friendly, they all do it because we allow it.
Absolutely hate the new McDonalds . If I go in one with just a kiosque , I turn around and walk out.
The kiosk is great! You can customize your food the way you want it and no attitude!
@@MichaelRei99don't be afraid of human interaction. And there's plenty of nice, friendly people. Also, i prefer cash over card. No cash? They can shove it.
Why ?
Well with increasing labor rates and staffing shortages worldwide,it's inevitable.
@@derek-64Cash? Alr gramps take your afternoon pudding and settle down
0:09 this person didn't play that one parking flash game...
Will be moving forward at lightning speed in California, guarantee it! $20 an hour are you kidding me!
In the 90s early 2000 the McDonald’s is Cheyenne Wyoming. We had a double drive-through and we also had robotic armed that delivered food on the other side just like the bank tellers.
I gave up on McDonald's once the ones near me refused to sell the McRib. Honestly Wendys is way better especially the Baconator.
They did you a favor. That McRib (spam with BBQ sauce) was awful.
@@thebigleone1066 I stopped buying anything from that lousy restaurant. I think people who still buy from McDonald's are complete morons. There seems to be a lot of them out there.
I’ve given up on both, as Wendy’s shrunk all my favorites. I’m all about Whataburger these days.
I hope you realize just how unhealthy the baconater is.
@@Spook1234-e8i I have it like once or maybe twice a month.
Great review!
When you say you were to close to order pickup lane to order, what do you mean and what’s the message it shows?
@cristobalurbina5983 the only 2 pickup options it would allow me to click on were inside or curbside pickup. And it gave a "customer is to close" or some other worded equivalent under the greyed out drive thru option.
I’m here for it. Go to a diner for character
I had to pause and rewind because of the talking tree. So needed to see thus father's day weekend since my dad drove me to the one with the talking tree as a kid. Thanks for a great re membry as I call them. My dad was the best.
The touchscreen needs to be scraped immediately. Thats germ central
I keep germicidal wipes and lotion in my car so I don't need to worry about kiosks, gas pumps, shopping carts, etc.
As an introvert & a misanthrope I see this as an absolute win no chitchat no small talk just straight to business no time wasted.
The government is playing us like a violin😂🎉!
I’ve been there. Ordered a regular order through the DT, using a discount code from the mobile app. It took a tad bit longer than average, but was good, for what it is.
I’ve become accustomed to using the mobile app for every restaurant, and typically order ahead of time. Especially Popeyes and Whataburger, as they take forever.
It used to annoy me to have to sign in and download an app. But now every freebie is digital so it forced me to adjust. So I have adapted and will admit it’s easier, and faster, to order ahead through the app. Jack in the box, too, they’re so short handed at all times.
If they would return to a more nostalgic building design and the old logo/arches, and package it in some "roots advertising" I think it would be awesome for Micky D's.
This was incitefull. Well done on expressing 2 different viewpoints and finding validation in both. Don't see that too often.
Just want to point out that this is also not in the best part of town. I’m Sure that among financial reasons for making the restaurant this way, safety of employees was also considered. I went inside myself and decided this place was built for Uber Eats and the like.
I hope they fully automate McD's eventually. Might actually get what I ordered for once.
Are we not gonna address the fact that there’s no cash acceptable? This is becoming common and we should be worried.
Cashless pretty much took over after covid. I haven't carried cash in 4 years.
@@snookerl very true! Definitely was in the works after Covid. If they stop accepting cash than we’re gonna have a real issue on our hands. The dollar won’t have any value (even though it barely does now)
Cash is king, Baby!!!
Me And My Friend Love "Jack In The Box". Always Good Food, Good Customer Service And They Play Alot Of Good Old 60's Music! Love That! ❤
This McDonald's Justs Looks Sad Inside And Out!
I like Jack in the Box but the one near me is awful. Horrible customer service and everything is completely full of grease.....way more than any normal fast food....
Soaking through the bag grease.
I usually use the ordering kiosks at McDonald's, mainly because i like to add and remove sauces, etc.
But i do worry for some people when it comes to using more technology to order. I went to the local post office, and there was a 50-something man just staring at the self-service kiosk.
I asked if he needed help, but he just needed to buy some stamps. I showed him how to use it to purchase what he wanted.
But no matter how easy it is to use, there is going to be some people going to struggle.
My friend is elderly & vision impaired so I tend do anything that requires being put into a computer for him.
I even use my Walmart+ so he can get grocery delivery. That thing has been a god send to both of us & well worth the half cost of it because I get the discounted rate.
No more hurting like heck after taking the bus to grocery shop.
" Hello, My name is C-3PO, human cyborg relations ... I am fluent in over six million forms of communication." I can still fuck up your order.
Based on a different video i saw regarding this specific McDonalds, the location is geofenced. When you get further away from the location you can get the third option that is called Order Ahead. Assuming it's working this will be the robot lane.
I would eat standing up inside if its hot outside and restroom availabe a must. Kudos
I'm all for it if it gets the prices back down to something reasonable again.
In most (if not all) Costcos in Northern California you can now only order at the food court via the kiosks.
That’s how the one by me in Arizona is. It’s pretty nice and gets me rewards with my Costco credit card.
I absolutely love this. Everything from increased speed and accuracy to the ability to avoid people, just screams the very essence of 'fast food'. If it were any faster, it would come out of your phone. The vast majority of orders I have ever had have been incorrect. This will resolve the issue. Eventually, all of it will be modular and machines will be able to service the machines. It will just be a box that hands out food on a belt. No people means the cost should drop significantly over time as efficiency increases too. While it probably won't reduce prices, it may help to combat inflation.
"If it were any faster, it would come out of your phone" - Joke warning: The french did that - USB wine. ruclips.net/video/mNL4dnfxHIc/видео.html - did not work out. I think they had illegal downloads taking all the wine without paying.
The mistakes that cause your order to be incorrect are still going to happen behind the scenes.
@@sharp14x If it's fully robotic, there won't be any mistakes. That is one of the biggest benefits of robots - they do exactly what they're told to do. If you order XYZ, you get XYZ.
The initial cost of buying/leasing/installing the robots is very expensive, but the operating costs are a lot lower than employees and they are much more reliable than employees. If you had fully robotic food prep, you could operate a busy location with one or two humans per shift.
@@FreedomAndLiberty2024 Not really. Look up 1X, the NEO - it is supposed t obe available in 205/2026. Price? Target is 8000 USD. 400 hours of 20 USD minimum wage for a robot that works 24/7 is... lets say you do not run 24/7, still what, ONE MONTH? Running costs close to zero - definitely tip level.
The Tesla Optimus targets 20.000 USD. Even that would be 2.5 months.
So no - "very expensive" is very relative, especially in the light of high minimum wage.
Great closing thought. Well said...
This is the wave of the future for sure. At least in my neck of the woods people drive in, you have mobile orders and a few walk in order and take out. Very few people stay to eat. The dining room is empty most of the time.
We are headed back to the Re-berth of The Automat of 1912 for Fast Food.
I'm not favorable towards people losing jobs, but I do have to say an advantage to an automated McD's would be each order is prepared fresh. They have the ability to cook fresh burgers, fresh fries, fresh nuggets, for each and every order. They wouldn't be cooking in bulk. Hot, fresh food, everytime.
I've always wondered why they didn't wall off kitchens at fast food restaurants. When in the dining room all you hear is noisy machines and people yelling. I've always thought there should be a wall blocking off the kitchen.
I'm in the minority. I like it. Quick, easy. Let them focus on making food. Safer to not have clerks handling cash having to deal with a more and more unhinged public
A few years ago there were videos on YT of a 'robot' who did just about everything in the kitchen. Grilled, assembled, wrapped, and bagged the meal you ordered. I expect eventually we will go that far. Of course the 'robot' needs someone to fill the hoppers, clean and fix it as needed. I expect right now it almost works, and most of the fast food places are looking at something like it. But I'm not looking forward to it, other than the novelty of it. I guess it would be behind a viewing glass and you could watch it work or something.
I would NEVER go there ....
I wish they would replace all the McDonald's in commiefornia with all these automated stores. That would teach them a lesson!! It's going to happen anyway as soon as they figure out the correct setup and system!!
hilarious inside reminds me of kiosk movie theater lol. but that drivethru wow. believe this is near the mall.
Best McDonald’s for people who want their order to be right.
5years wo mcds .. im loving it. 😂
All you probably needed to do was drive away and order something and come right back to pick food up from the automated lane
I think it really comes down to the location. Some locations still have dine in customers, but there are other locations where it is almost entirely takeout, delivery, and drive thru.
hopefully it is safer for the workers, as I guess they are less likely to be robbed at gun point for cash
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all heading to the cashless world
I haven't used cash for over a decade or more. There's no need for it.
Cash is king! Dont accept it no sale.
Mexico needs this🔥🔥🔥
Now that California is forced to pay fast food workers $20 per hour, I bet these automated restaurants will crop up all over the state. Less employees will reap more profits as they don't have to staff one of these with as many employees as a regular fast food restaurant. Believe me, if they can find a way to replace the remaining skin bags with a machine, they'll do it in a heartbeat.
As they should. I look forward to fully robotic fast food restaurants.
I thought it was rather hilarious that as he panned over a sign, it read, now hiring 😅
Love it want all McDonald's like this. No more employees getting yelled at by customers. No more fights in the lobby.
I like it. The food is the product. All that other extra stuff is just part of what they use to manipulate you into developing a "brand relationship" where you feel like that friendly clown can't possibly be poisoning you.
What blows me away is that people eat the stuff! 🤢
I personally don't eat fast food or processed food or even junk food I stick with natural foods and drink plenty of water.
Fast food will never be the same again. And that's a sad thing.
Given the cost of labor going up this will become the norm. People can be replaced with machines.
The minimum wage in Texas has been $7.25/hr for 15 years and they still did this. It's just uninhibited corporate greed.
Hardware breaks, and software has bugs, especially if it's Windows or Android based. The ice cream mixer may be the lesser of the franchise owner's worries. I hope the majority of them won't fall for the corporate spin.
@@MisterMikeTexas Robots are way more reliable than human employees and the software is thoroughly tested before it's put into service. The cost of buying/leasing/installing the robots is expensive, but the operating costs are much lower, so they pay for themselves fairly quickly.
It's so cool that the coach of the New York Giants does restaurant reviews during the offseason.
But, minimum wage in Texas is $7.25 an hour. Why would this be tested in a market where labor is cheap?
LOL.....
It's all about profits for the owners and for McDonalds. This will be rolled out in high-wage states. This owner spent his own money on the upgrades.
This just makes what used too be “warm and happy, comforting” into “cold, lonely, desolate” restaurant. So “‘dustopian’” in nature.
A great place for the introvert
I'm introverted but even this is depressing for me
More likely to get order correct ??
Will the robot spit on your burger?
This video is very interesting, i'm lovin it!