Business No more 'attitude at the counter': McDonald's new fully-automated restaurant which is completely run by MACHINES leaves internet divided - McDonald's launches restaurant with no non-kitchen staff

but do YOU think it's a good idea?​

• Uses advanced technology so that customers don't have to interact with humans
• Footage shows no employees behind the counter
• Drive-thru is a conveyer belt
• Some viewers were excited about it while Others found the new concept 'scary'
• One pointed out: 'This will put so many people out of work'

By LILLIAN GISSEN FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 16:53 EST, 21 December 2022 | UPDATED: 23:53 EST, 21 December 2022

McDonald's has opened up a fully-automated restaurant in Texas, which is completely run by machines so you don't have to speak to anyone, and it has left people on the internet divided.

The brand-new eatery, located just outside Fort Worth, uses advanced technology so that customers can order their food and receive their meal without having to interact with any humans, and while some people are excited about the idea, others find it a little creepy.

A TikToker who goes by the username @foodiemunster online recently visited the restaurant and documented the entire thing on the video-sharing app, and it launched a major debate among viewers.

The video featured a McDonald's with no employees behind the counter. Near the entrance, stood large touch screens for people to place their orders on.


McDonald's has opened up a fully-automated restaurant in Texas - which is completely run by machines so you don't have to speak to anyone - and it has left people on the web divided

The new eatery - located just outside Fort Worth - uses advanced technology so customers can order their food and receive the meal without having to interact with any humans

A TikToker who goes by the username 'foodiemunster' online recently visited the restaurant and documented the entire thing on the video-sharing app

The video featured a McDonald's with no employees behind the counter


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'If you go inside, you’ll see that it’s like no other McDonald’s you’ve been to before. There’s one kiosk to order your food,' the TikToker explained.

How McDonald's new fully-automated restaurant works​

• Customers place their orders on touch-screen kiosks
• Humans prepare the food in the kitchen, but don't interact with customers
• You pick your food up at a counter near the front
• There is no seating inside the restaurant, since it's designed for people 'on the go'
• At the drive-thru, a mechanical conveyer belt delivers meals to customers

'You can go up front and pick up there. It’s designed for you to go in and out.'

Another part of the video showed him picking up his food at the drive-thru, but instead of a person handing him the meal, it was delivered on a mechanical conveyer belt.

'When you pull in [to the drive-thru] they will ask you for a code [you got when ordering]. And in no time your food arrives. Got to say, it worked really well,' foodiemunster said.

While your food will be cooked by real people, you won't have to interact with them at all because they'll be tucked away in the kitchen.

The TikTok creator's video quickly went viral - gaining more than a million views in a matter of days - and many people took to the comments section to share their thoughts.

Some were all for the idea, with one viewer writing: 'Finally, my order will be quick and accurate.'

Another agreed: 'Awesome. No more attitude at the counter.'

'Maybe my order will finally be right,' someone else said, while a fourth comment read: 'Love it. No attitudes, crankiness, or incompetence and as it moves to other parts of dining - no tips!'

But others weren't into the concept, with one person pointing out that there's no one there to help you if there's a problem with your order.


Near the entrance stood large touch screens for people to place their orders on

Another part of the video showed him picking up his food at the drive-thru, but instead of a person handing him the meal, it was delivered on a mechanical conveyer belt








The TikTok creator's video quickly went viral - gaining more than a million views in a matter of days - and many people took to the comment section to share their thoughts










While some were all for the idea, others weren't into the concept. Some people even called it 'scary,' while someone else added: 'This will put so many people out of work, I'm not for it'

'And if they forget an item, who you supposed to tell, the robot?' they asked.

'No thanks. I love the people that work there,' a different user wrote.

'I want to hear voices and see faces. I want to see smiles at both windows.'

Some people even called it 'scary,' while someone else added: 'This will put so many people out of work, I'm not for it.'

In a press release, the fast food chain explained that the restaurant, which is now open, is geared towards customers who are planning to 'dine at home or on the go,' so there is no seating inside the restaurant and it's 'considerably smaller than a traditional McDonalds.'

It described the new concept as a 'fast and seamless experience for both customers and crew.'

'There's never been a McDonald's restaurant quite like this before,' the press release stated.

'We're always innovating to improve our customer experience, no matter how they want to order or receive their food.'


In a press release , the fast food chain explained that the restaurant is geared towards customers who are planning to 'dine at home or on the go,' so there is no seating inside

It described the new concept as a 'fast and seamless experience for both customers and crew.' The press release said: 'We're always innovating to improve our customer experience'

McDonald's added that it's 'excited' to continue to test 'new ideas and innovations that can potentially benefit restaurant teams and customers around the world'

While the 'unique concept' can only be found in one location for now, it may be the future of all fast food chains around the globe.

McDonald's added that it's 'excited' to continue to test 'new ideas and innovations that can potentially benefit restaurant teams and customers around the world.'

'At McDonald’s, we’ve been setting the standard for Drive Thrus for more than 45 years,' Max Carmona, Senior Director of Global Design and Restaurant Development at the company, said in a statement.

'As our customers' needs continue to change, we are committed to finding new ways to serve them faster and easier than ever before.'

Manager Keith Vanecek added: 'The technology in this restaurant not only allows us to serve our customers in new, innovative ways, it gives our restaurant team the ability to concentrate more on order speed and accuracy, which makes the experience more enjoyable for everyone.'

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[JackoVerde]

How long will this pass the Nigger Test?

its like chris rock said
grand opening, grand closing

 

[Super-Chevy454]

How long will this pass the Nigger Test?

The same question could apply to crazy women who go on a rampage and said she's going to be Super Saiyan.

I still have a guilty pleasure to see that clip and besides, what could possibly go wrong?

 

[Jack Awful]

If this ran perfectly 100% of the time I'd be fine with it, but you know they're gonna constantly be fucking up or breaking down and there's no one you can easily complain to to get it fixed or a refund.

 

[Tism the Return II]

Teens blown the fuck out by our superior metal overlords.

 

[Blacklight]

You fuckers still eat at McDonald's? Shit's about as expensive as a sit down restaurant at this point, and I would rather just go to a local diner and talk to the friendly waitress instead of dealing with LaTawndra or Muhammad speaking to me with an accent thick enough to break concrete.

 

[Alligator Alcatraz]

From what I have learned through friends who worked at McDonald's the machine is never broken they just do not want to clean it.

I am assuming you mean the ice cream machines. From what i've heard, those machines are part of a partnership with the manufacturer and Mcdonalds. Employees are required to clean them within a time frame, and if they don't get there fast enough the machine breaks. Employees, even if they know how to fix the machine, cannot fix it themselves due to the partnership. A technician of the manufacturer must arrive and fix it as the machine is proprietary.

Another issue is that the things have to run self-maintenance cycles which can consume an entire 8hr shift, leaving the restaurant without the ability to sell ice cream products. Having a technician arrive can take hours to days. So whenever you see milkshakes, ice cream, mcflurry unavailable at Mcdonalds, that is what happened.

Tbh, Mcdonalds should just buy that company and have their own repair people on staff we all know they could.

You fuckers still eat at McDonald's? Shit's about as expensive as a sit down restaurant at this point, and I would rather just go to a local diner and talk to the friendly waitress instead of dealing with LaTawndra or Muhammad speaking to me with an accent thick enough to break concrete.

Use coupons, nigga. I've been getting free sandwiches with $1 purchases. A drink is always $1 no matter the size, so buy large.

Mcdonalds is also the only restaurant with a points redemption system where you arent required to make a purchase, so you can essentially get free food for being a repeat customer. If you arent using the mobile apps of these places for free food and coupons, you're nigger cattle.

 

[stupid frog]

Every single photo is too clean, this isn't a real McDonald's.

 

[Crex Crex]

How long until McTerminators?

 

[rel=alternate]

This keeps up and the only blue collar jobs left will be fixing the robots whenever they break down.

There is much more to blue collar jobs than being a customer facing employee in a fast food. If you work for years but don't evolve at McDo, it's not a career, something is wrong with you. Most are just teens, it's an easy job to get, flexible.

Maybe this will actually push young people to work in trades that actually need workforce, where they can learn more than how to handle a cash register. Maybe even develop actual skills.

Experience wise, being a shoe seller in a mall is miles ahead what being a fast food worker is. Especially when you stop to consider how much better it transfers to any other sales job, whereas company approved speech and pushing buttons on a screen is basically worthless.

 

[The Mass Shooter Ron Soye]

Damnit, abusing the robots just won't be as fun as staring down the clerk who fucked up several orders like they're retarded. Plus who will see that I'm baked off my ass when I go through the drive through and give me 60 ketchup packets while laughing their ass off?

AI-powered cameras will detect that you're high and send the footage to another company to save in your social credit report.

 

[Megaton Punch]

Are people really so desperate for human interaction that they put high value on conversing with the McDonald's drive-thru worker? Is that really the highlight of their day?

The only time someone would ever say "I'll miss seeing the smiles of the friendly Consumer Ambassadors at my local McDonald's restaurant" is when they're writing ad copy. These people aren't real. No actual person associates McDonald's with anything but obesity and misery.

 

[Ass Johnson]

I'm all for abolishing McDonalds employees if they make kitchen robots that can manage to get the "no onions" request correct on the first fucking try. The less god damn people I have to deal with, the better.

 

[Fascist Frederick]

I'd rather have human cashiers and robot cooks, the cashier isn't going to put cum in my burger, at least without me asking first.

 

[Dan Abrams]

I've said it before, but I would actually go eat some goyslop more often if it was all automated. The people who work at McDonald's are often literally retarded and cannot follow basic instructions.

Unfortunately, niggers will just break in and destroy this. You can only have nice things like this in Japan.

 

[Cuckoman]

The greatest tragedy is that this will lead to no more funny youtube videos where someone gets angry about their order and pulls a gun on the teenager working the drivethrough window :-(

Also no more jumping behind the counter and starting a fistfight with the cashier.

 

[Nopenopenope]

I've said it before, but I would actually go eat some goyslop more often if it was all automated. The people who work at McDonald's are often literally retarded and cannot follow basic instructions.

Unfortunately, niggers will just break in and destroy this. You can only have nice things like this in Japan.

This is the first thing I thought. A nigger will jump through that window immediately, hopefully get mushed between some gears but soon get the whole thing shut down.

Also, which lunatic put public bathrooms in an unattended place like this? They will be put out of commission within a day.

 

[Tasty Tatty]

These are never going to black neighborhoods. Managers aren't stupid, they know they'd have to replace them every other day due to the weekly chimp out whenever the robot takes wrong an order.

I don't dislike it, as long as it runs smoothly.

It won't. We have good technology in the world, but new one doesn't last unless you are very careful with it and places like these never do.

Honestly, I give it a couple of years before the novelty fades away and people realise it's cheaper to hire real people.

 

[ZazietheBeast]

How long will this pass the Nigger Test?

Not gonna last at all. Because an unmanned anything is basically a free target. Any nog worth their salt will want that all dem mickey d foods sitting inside that box with just electrics guarding it.

sentry guns will be hidden under the ceiling tiles

>inb4 that gets stolen too
>YO DEYSHAUN. CHECK OUT DIS HAPPY MEAL

 

[Moths]

Orders at mcdonalds now take 10 times longer as retards with fat greasy fingers try to figure out how to press buttons on a near-nonfunctional lowest bidder touch display

I am assuming you mean the ice cream machines. From what i've heard, those machines are part of a partnership with the manufacturer and Mcdonalds. Employees are required to clean them within a time frame, and if they don't get there fast enough the machine breaks. Employees, even if they know how to fix the machine, cannot fix it themselves due to the partnership. A technician of the manufacturer must arrive and fix it as the machine is proprietary.

Another issue is that the things have to run self-maintenance cycles which can consume an entire 8hr shift, leaving the restaurant without the ability to sell ice cream products. Having a technician arrive can take hours to days. So whenever you see milkshakes, ice cream, mcflurry unavailable at Mcdonalds, that is what happened.

Tbh, Mcdonalds should just buy that company and have their own repair people on staff we all know they could.


Use coupons, nigga. I've been getting free sandwiches with $1 purchases. A drink is always $1 no matter the size, so buy large.

Mcdonalds is also the only restaurant with a points redemption system where you arent required to make a purchase, so you can essentially get free food for being a repeat customer. If you arent using the mobile apps of these places for free food and coupons, you're nigger cattle.

Yeah thats what I heard the manufacturer basically has a monopoly on the maintenence and theres never enough technicians to go around to fix the machines which fuck up on the regular

 

[WENDY DENG 2020]

Lol, how many 911 calls from niggas about orders taking too long? They didn't give me this? Trying to fight the conveyor belt? I will be waiting for the World Star videos for this shit.