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Burger King will use AI to check if employees say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’
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Chris Remington beehaw.org remington@beehaw.org
Joined: 2022-01-28
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Scrubbles poptalk.scrubbles.tech scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech
Joined: 2023-06-02
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Ah so they found a way to treat their employees even worse! Great

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kbal fedia.io kbal@fedia.io
Joined: 2023-11-03
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Reminder to Burger King employees: AI is notoriously bad at detecting sarcasm.

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Powderhorn beehaw.org Powderhorn@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-06
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Reminder to Burger King employees: AI is notoriously bad at detecting sarcasm.

In high school, we had a script to answer the phone: "It's another great day at Boston Market, how can I help you?"

This was my first experience with malicious compliance. We weren't told the intonation we should use, so "great day" dripping with sarcasm at the end of a double-shift technically passed.

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Brad beehaw.org Brad@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-03
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What a boring dystopia we live in.

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melroy kbin.melroy.org melroy@kbin.melroy.org
Joined: 2023-06-20
#6 · Quote Reply

I'm craving a hamburger now dammit.

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StinkyFingerItchyBum lemmy.ca Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-02-26
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What a boring dystopia we live in.

Malicious compliance time! At least have some fun with it.

"Fuck you, please."

"Thank you for eating my ass"

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Vitaly feddit.uk Vitaly@feddit.uk
Joined: 2023-06-12
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Omg that's millions spent on this bullshit instead of actually paying your workers...

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Toneswirly beehaw.org Toneswirly@beehaw.org
Joined: 2025-11-19
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Lol and do what with the info? Fast food service has insane turnover already due to employees making shit wages and being treated horribly by managers and customers alike. So you've already preselected for employees that dont give a FUCK about anything.

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deliriousdreams fedia.io deliriousdreams@fedia.io
Joined: 2025-11-01
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You know, even if there's backlash, all that will happen is they'll backtrack temporarily until the heat dies down. Then they'll go ahead and implement this anyway.

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somewa suppo.fi somewa@suppo.fi
Joined: 2023-06-21
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For some reason I can't get past captcha and original source has a paywall. I wonder if this is US only thing?

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zebidiah lemmy.ca zebidiah@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-04-01
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How many trillions invested and this is the best they can come up with?

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SharkAttak kbin.melroy.org SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
Joined: 2024-09-23
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For some reason I can't get past captcha and original source has a paywall. I wonder if this is US only thing?

I wonder if this is a human only thing.... 😒

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an3223 sopuli.xyz an3223@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-01
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All the rude Burger King workers are about to be saying the most aggressive pleases and thank yous. Also welcome to Costco, I love you

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ɔiƚoxɘup beehaw.org Quexotic@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-16
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A little MC is in order:

Please may please I please take please your please order?

Thank you your Thank you total Thank you will Thank you is Thank you $69.69 Thank you please Thank you pull Thank you to Thank you the Thank you second Thank you window.

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elfpie beehaw.org elfpie@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-06-29
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Lol and do what with the info? Fast food service has insane turnover already due to employees making shit wages and being treated horribly by managers and customers alike. So you've already preselected for employees that dont give a FUCK about anything.

The secret is going beyond making logical sense to regular people. How does an executive can make it look like their job matters? By offering solutions to problems that don't exist. They can just pay someone to manipulate numbers and have accomplishments on their résumé.

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Sidhean piefed.social Sidhean@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-08-20
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A little MC is in order: Please may please I please take please your please order? Thank you your Thank you total Thank you will Thank you is Thank you $69.69 Thank you please Thank you pull Thank you to Thank you the Thank you second Thank you window.

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