This thread reminds of a discussion with another student back in college. He was telling me about the germs involved in oral sex. I told him then that I’ll take my chances. I’m kinda still feeling the same about the ordering kiosk. I’m still going to use it.

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Originally posted by Steve Collins:
What I don't get is what this discussion has to do with whether or not employees are paid $15 an hour.

Perhaps it's worth paying those wages to avoid fingering a shitter to order your food...

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Originally posted by jhe888:
Don't fool yourself. The human beings cooking your burger and taking your order will also test positive for fecal bacteria.

You're going to be exposed to that stuff no matter what you do, unless you turn into Howard Hughes.

Get over it.

Given the reality that similar stuff abounds, perhaps that's even more incentive to avoid it wherever possible... ? I don't eat McDonald's anyway, but that's the basic idea, and it's about a million miles from anything approaching a germophobe - which I'm not. There are limits after all, no one here would choose to handle more gross junk than necessary... We don't have dinner in the bathroom, most wouldn't let a dog share their ice cream cone, etc.

I just found this story particularly gross sounding.

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Originally posted by 46and2:

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Originally posted by Steve Collins:
What I don't get is what this discussion has to do with whether or not employees are paid $15 an hour.

Perhaps it's worth paying those wages to avoid fingering a shitter to order your food...

Or you could hire one person at ten bucks an hour who's only job is to continually wipe down the kiosks.

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Germaphobes crack me up.

Yea - I hear that Cancer can sometimes do that to folks - make them Germaphobes

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Perhaps $15/hr burger flippers aren't such a bad idea after all.

I'll let you know, right after they test the griddle handles for fecal bacteria.....

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Or you could hire one person at ten bucks an hour who's only job is to continually wipe down the kiosks.

They have disinfection robots.

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I don't mind the act of placing my own order, but I don't want to have to finger a veritable toilet in the lobby in order to do so. And since it's nothing but a steady stream of random people who use the kiosks, you'd have to clean it after every use to be sure it was ever safe.

Then how do you open the door to the place? Or push the button at the soda dispenser?

Or get change is paying cash? you seriously think that a self service kiosk is the only source?

What makes you think those humans who take the orders and cook them are any better?