this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2024
192 points (92.5% liked)

Technology

60078 readers
4404 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s
[email protected]
[email protected]
L4s
enu
192
Fast food restaurant Wendy’s plans Uber-like surge pricing, with digital menu boards that change prices depending on demand (edition.cnn.com)
submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology
66 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Fast food restaurant Wendy’s plans Uber-like surge pricing, with digital menu boards that change prices depending on demand::The price of a Wendy’s Frosty could soon fluctuate throughout the day as the chain looks to introduce Uber-like surge pricing on its menu.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 76 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I might be ok with this if they also had "ebb" pricing. If I could walk in at 8pm and get a burger for a buck, it might be worth it never to go at lunchtime again.

This, of course, will never happen.

[–] ovalofsand 52 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Also, does that mean the worker's pay also scales along with the prices?

[–] muntedcrocodile 30 points 10 months ago

Hahahahahahahaha

No

[–] n0clue 13 points 10 months ago

An extra $0.25/hr during peak. Which of course is done by subtracting the $0.25/hr from the base and adding it back during peak.

[–] Rolando 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, but we'll be expected to leave larger tips.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

… tips? Yall tip at fast food places?

[–] Passerby6497 1 points 9 months ago

No, but that doesn't stop corpos from putting the tip prompt in every goddamned pos transaction they can.