America Launches First Fully Automated McDonald’s in Texas

America’s first fully-automated McDonald’s opened in Texas.

Although the food is still cooked by humans, the remainder of the restaurant is fully robotic.

That means fewer jobs for real people at the establishment.

“You asked for $25 minimum wage. You get: First fully automated McDonalds in Texas,” reporter Elijah Schaffer tweeted.

WATCH:

You asked for $25 minimum wage

You get: First fully automated McDonalds in Texas pic.twitter.com/hd5AsBTOwX

— E (@ElijahSchaffer) December 22, 2022

The Daily Mail reported:

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.

‘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.

‘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.

One critic of the fully-automated restaurant commented: “This will put so many people out of work.”

Others viewed the new concept as ‘scary.’

The Daily Dot noted:

Others wrote that they would much rather keep their McDonald’s locations the same, noting that they enjoy seeing people behind the counter and talking with them to place their orders.

“No thanks,” one commenter wrote. “I love the people that work there. I want to hear voices and see faces. I want to see smiles at both windows!”

“Nobody realizing what this will do to the job market once every company implements this?” another commenter wrote.

“McDonald’s is such a great first job for teens tho,” a commenter wrote. “I know y’all lying if you think they short-staffed.”