next to be out-sourced: fast food jobs

At the drive-through, you may be ordering long-distance

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/10730617.htm

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As part of a test begun in December, Hardee's is using high-speed communications equipment and employees in Anaheim, Calif., to instantly process drive-through orders two time zones away.

Remote order-taking at drive-throughs -- the latest trend in restaurant technology -- is part of a broader effort by the industry to migrate some communication duties from in-store workers to off-site proxies. With the new division of labor, restaurateurs hope to process orders or customer requests more quickly and accurately, and ultimately boost sales.

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The industry has been buzzing about remote order taking in drive-through lanes since word spread last year about a McDonald's franchisee that is taking orders that way

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wonderful....now it will only be a matter of time before the order is being processed not from only two-time zone aways, but from around the world. guess that means even the fast food workers are in jeopardy of having their jobs outsourced.....wouldn't want minimum wage laws in the US to stand in the way of corporate profits when orders can be taken from anywhere on the globe for a fraction of the cost.....