fast food industry warn demand 15/hr wage could easily replaced.in social sciences unintended consequences sometimes unanticipated consequences unforeseen consequences outcomes ones foresee intend purposeful action term popularise twentieth century american sociologist robert k. merton cheap buy 35,000 robotic arm hire employee inefficient make 15 hour bag french fry former mcdonald usa ceo ed rensi say interview tuesday fox business network mornings maria nonsense destructive inflationary go cause job loss across country like go believe accord rensi rise labor cost force chain cut entry-level job replace workers machine currently wendy mcdonald panera roll kiosks across us part rise cost labor business insideraccording statista.com 2016 3.7 million people us employ fast food industry job go away workers go employment force job illegal alien wendy announce plan install self-ordering kiosks 1,000 locations end year.a typical location would three kiosks columbus dispatch report higher-volume restaurants give priority kiosks.wendy chief information officer david trimm say kiosks intend appeal young customers reduce labor cost kiosks also allow customers fast food giant circumvent long line peak din hours increase kitchen production.trim estimate company see return investment less two years look improve automation labor cost good way say darren tristano vice president technomic food-service research consult firm also try enhance customer experience young customers prefer use kiosk customers still able order counter although tristan predict mobile order payment via smartphones one day overtake self-ordering kiosks cash register weasel zipper wmur law unintended consequences strong arm tactics anti-capitalist leave could destroy millions american job