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Burger King is not in the "too big to fail" category. Writing letters to people in the company would probably be pretty effective here. Even if you don't eat at Burger King, when AI takes over all software jobs, you might end up making more money by working there someday. Protecting your interests is important.

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mothballed|3 days ago

I know things are bad in tech, but it's still about 50% people stoned out their gourd everytime I go to a chain drive through. These chains are not in a position to meaningfully enforce how the interaction happens, they are barely in a position to meaningfully enforce that the worker is sober enough to form a sentence.

butterbomb|3 days ago

> Burger King is not in the "too big to fail" category.

How the hell have they survived this long. It’s consistently been the worst fast food burger restaurant I’ve been across the various states I’ve lived.

andrewmutz|3 days ago

Is it okay for human managers to make sure the employees are being polite? But not AI? Why?

RiverCrochet|3 days ago

What's wrong is the micromanaging, and also the "operationalization" of politeness into the metric of "these specific words and these specific times." Both are dehumanizing with or without AI - both on the employee side and my side - what is the point of politeness if it's basically at gunpoint?

I would equally have a problem with a manager who is threatening to write people up if they don't meet some count of saying the words "please" and "thank you."

I don't want AI to enable micromanagement of stuff that doesn't really need to be micromanaged. How it should be done is this: Print a QR code on the receipt. If I feel the drivethru conversation was bad, let me scan it and notify you. Then you can have AI review that conversation, and we'll also find out who the people are that just like to complain too much and ban them from the establishments.

_DeadFred_|3 days ago

https://marshallbrain.com/manna1

(probably killing a dead horse posting this again in this thread but it's the best response)

Henchman21|3 days ago

When a human makes sure employees are being polite, they're reinforcing the social contract that comes with employment. When you remove the human from the equation it's literally dehumanizing. That's it. Thats the why.