McDonald’s has been spotted testing a self-serve McCafe coffee station/kiosk out in downtown Chicago.

The station is located in the restaurant but apart from the counter and looks to be a theoretically more convenient way for those who just want a cup of coffee to skip the regular line (while also freeing employees from having to make each drink in the back).

The coffee station includes a touchpad for ordering and paying (it appears to take credit card only), a beverage spout, and a dispenser for cups.

This is a reaction to the Dumbocrats push for a $15.00/hour minimum wage for entry level employees. Restaurant owners and others are going to look at ways to automate as much of their company as possible. Instead of 20 people making $15.00/hour to put mediocre food in paper bags, an automated restaurant will need maybe a half dozen workers. They’ll make $15.00/hour, but the other 14 will be making $0.0/an hour.

As the saying goes, the real minimum wage is always zero.

I have little doubt that the Socialist Party will try to pass “anti automation” laws to make it harder for restaurant operators to cut back on the size of it’s employee base. Every time the socialists spend other people’s money, those other people figure out a way to cut the number of employees.

An automated machine might cost $20,000.00, but it doesn’t take bathroom breaks, call in sick to go to a cool party, need health insurance, or take a vacation. Nor does it pilfer a free meal now and then or undercharge it’s friends for food when they come in to the restaurant.

I’d also bet that no machine has ever spit into someone’s food, either.

What’s not to like?

This is another step towards automating fast food restaurants and cutting back on staff.

This is the future,