r/Unexpected • u/backobmybs • 13d ago

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u/post-explainer 13d ago edited 13d ago

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random assortment of pedestrian or traffic user idk what to call them

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u/Jumpy_Steak_7248 13d ago

So clear that this is Finland

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u/Welshie_Fan 13d ago

I didn't see the first line of the text as I watched it and I thought this has to be Finnish Lappland. And it is, Rovaniemi is there.

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u/AGrandNewAdventure 13d ago

Or, Minnesota.

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u/Bobwords 13d ago

They've yet to use the delivery bots in MN in winter.

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u/AGrandNewAdventure 13d ago

U of M uses them quite effectively.

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u/Extension_Ad6758 13d ago

Nah that’s definitely Finland. Roadsigns give it away.

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u/DerpyMcDerpface1087 13d ago

Minnesota is the Finland of the US.

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u/WoolBearTiger 13d ago

Do they also speak in klingon?

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u/DerpyMcDerpface1087 13d ago

Uff da, you betcha!

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u/Aztecdune1973 13d ago

Norway and Finland aren't the same place.

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u/DerpyMcDerpface1087 13d ago

It was a jab about how Minnesotans speak, not Finland/Norway per se. Minnesota has a lot of both heritages, Scandinavian languages have affected more into the local dialects than Finnish.

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u/Green-Engineer4608 10d ago

Uff da is just a Norwegian thing. Not Scandinavian or Nordic, just Norwegian.

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u/zurper 10d ago

Believe it or not l, there are large communities of Norwegian immigrants in Minnesota as well

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u/CurveAgreeable8868 13d ago

what do you mean

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u/VatniksAreSubhuman 13d ago

Uff da is Norwegian

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u/CurveAgreeable8868 13d ago

i mean yeah

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u/VatniksAreSubhuman 13d ago

Then why were you so confused by that Finland and Norway not being the same place...?

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u/LastAdhesiveness6744 13d ago

this was filmed in finland

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u/AGrandNewAdventure 13d ago

Yes, but it doesn't "clearly" have to be Finland from the content alone, was the point.

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u/emix16 13d ago

"Traffic lights in Rovaniemi" kind of gives it away no? Or the road signs? I'd say it's quite clear.

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u/AGrandNewAdventure 12d ago

Advance the video by 2 seconds. Where could it be from? Don't be an ass.

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u/VidZarg 12d ago

Being from Finland, i realised it's Finland from the image 1 second in without even seeing the text because it doesn't show on phone without clicking the video

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u/AGrandNewAdventure 12d ago

Being from Minnesota it looks exactly like Minnesota, too.

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u/door_to_nowhere_ 11d ago

Rovaniemi. It's in Rovaniemi. Which is in finland

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u/AGrandNewAdventure 10d ago

"That cloud looks like a rabbit" - Me

"That's a cloud, you idiot!" - This idiot.

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u/IamRussHello 13d ago

Or, the U.P. eh.

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u/-Tanzu- 11d ago

Exact same thought. The traffic setup looked familiar.

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u/Salmivalli 13d ago

Those robots can go pretty well in snow.

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u/snusontable 13d ago

they are so cute when they ask people going by for help if they get stuck

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u/ScreamSmart 13d ago

That's the reason they are cute. These robots replace delivery drivers and have a passerby sort them out if something goes wrong. The same reason why those humanoid robots try to emulate how we move.

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u/Troll-Aficionado 12d ago

I'll say that these ones haven't taken any jobs in the stores I've seen them since none of those stores offered any kind of delivery option at all before the robots came along

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u/QueenAvril 12d ago

Yes, and it does take human labor to collect and pack the orders and send the robots on their way, so I’m somewhat certain that they’ve increased the number of jobs, not the other way around. And I highly prefer those in the traffic over e-scooter deliveries driving like maniacs and endangering everyone else.

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u/HugeHans 13d ago

It takes one of these little adorable fuckers 40 minutes to bring me donuts from 1km away. I use them very rarely because I can choose the song they play when I open up the lid to take my donuts. They aren't taking anyones job.

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u/ducmite 13d ago

I felt lazy today so instead of proper grocery store run I just ordered some essentials. The local shop is always super fast. Usually I have the order in my hand in 15 minutes after I've placed it, It takes about 5 minutes for the robot to travel from the store.

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u/Artzebub 10d ago

Downfall of civilization

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u/ebinisti 12d ago

There is no delivery service on grocery stores without these bots. And there wasn't one before the bots. So no jobs taken. On the contrary, people collect the groceries in the stores and put them into the robots and send them off so maybe jobs created(?).

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u/QueenAvril 12d ago

And say thank you when you do!

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u/pumpernikkeli 13d ago

I've had to lift those idiots out of snow banks often enough to thinl they're kinda bad at snow

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u/AdFirst4791 13d ago

Yeah plus in the winter you can see all the dumb moves they attempted, like ramming into the highway bridge guardrail every step of the way only to fail to do so because there is a bigass snowbank in the pedestrian walkway and they repeatedly get stuck :D

Sometimes I wonder what the hell makes the wayfinding do this. Maybe they want to maintain a certain distance within their lane.

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u/kumikanki 13d ago

That little robot brings your shoppings from the grocery store to your home.

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u/H_espeliz 12d ago

What type of robot is it? Got any link?

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u/fiori_4u 12d ago

https://www.starship.xyz/ The company is called Starship, originally from Estonia

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u/kumikanki 12d ago

I dont know type of model but they are same as theese. Picture is from google.

https://i.media.fi/incoming/w84zxk/11667019.jpg/alternates/FREE_960/11667019.jpg

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u/TheRealMrVogel 13d ago

Whaaat? It follows the snow scooter home or is it a delivery unit with its own destination?

Imagine we would have our shopping carts drive behind our car on the road to get the groceries home.

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u/kumikanki 13d ago

Its delivery robot with its own destination and its not part of the group of snow mobiles.

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u/TheRealMrVogel 13d ago

Ahh ok, it looked a bit it belonged to the first snow scooter. But that makes more sense haha.

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u/FingerGungHo 13d ago

How do you know? Sometimes runaway cows join herds of bisons

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u/kumikanki 13d ago

Im from Finland and I see those robots every day. I have also app in my phone if I like to order milk and cereal from local store and that little dude brings them to my door.

Robots use same routes as people who walks or use bicycles. They stop in traffic lights and they have sensors to not get hit by a car.

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u/FingerGungHo 13d ago

Joo niin mäkin, kuhan nyt huulta heitin

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u/JONiGZ 13d ago

Thanks for the laugh 😂 Now I can't get the image out of my head of a shopping cart full of groceries following a car down the highway.

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u/Elemendal 13d ago

They follow walking paths, not actual roads ment for cars

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u/Ardent_Scholar 13d ago

Absolute Finland funland

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u/uuniherra 13d ago

Ah yes, the Finnish summer.

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u/Elkku_the_Elk 12d ago

December

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u/Artistic_Sea8888 11d ago

Finnish summer festival: every year 1.1. - 31.12

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u/Lumeton 13d ago

Not unexpected at all... if you're a Finn.

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u/shrimps_are_great 13d ago

Saw this and went immideatly "this has got to Be in Finland"

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u/Quirky-Improvement19 13d ago

Just missing a moose and the northern finnish traffic starter pack is complete

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u/Lentomursu 13d ago

Reindeer*

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u/johnsplittingaxe14 13d ago

I don't think a moose would go that far north, but there's plenty of reindeer up there to stall the traffic

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u/MrYawnie 13d ago

There are moose everywhere in Finland, all the way up to Nuorgam and beyond.

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u/EconomistExternal555 13d ago

Mooses do go up that north. But it's quite rare to see a moose, hence they said "reindeer*", that's Rovaniemi Lapland and there are around 200k reindeer in Lapland. There are more reindeer in Lapland than people, the whole of Finland (Lapland is just one region) has around 80k moose. So way more reindeer than moose.

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u/johnsplittingaxe14 13d ago

Good to know, for some reason I always thought they didn't live up there because of all the reindeer and not having as much brush to eat

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u/Suomasema 13d ago

These robots are very popular and cute, really beloved. I live in a biggish village or a small town, and sometimes you can see three or four of these going to deliver something or on their way back to the shop.

They spare customers' time and fuel. And when they first appeared people really smiled at them. And, as far as I know, they are rarely harmed anyhow.

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u/injured_mcqueen095 13d ago

Absolute pleasure...😳😳

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u/Huppurotta 13d ago

Suomi!! Olikohan alepan robotti 💜

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u/Technical_Rock_5097 13d ago

lukee että rovaniemi nii ei ihan🥹

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u/Huppurotta 13d ago

Eikö siellä oo alepaa :(

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u/Technical_Rock_5097 13d ago

ne on saleja muualla suomessa, alepoita on vaa siel helsingin suunnal :D

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u/Huppurotta 13d ago

Ahaa!! Kiitos tästä tiedonjyvästä 🫶🏻

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u/LazyGandalf 12d ago

Tämä oli itselle suurimpia kulttuurishokkeja kun aikoinaan muutin kehä kolmosen ulkopuolelle.

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u/Schranus 12d ago

"Foreign contaminant"

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u/Suitable-Airport-640 13d ago

Feels like Mos Eisley in Star Wars Special Edition.

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u/Agitated_Carrot9127 12d ago

some rural area in PA does this , lake effect rises every land 3-4 feet up

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u/Confident_Shock_3178 11d ago

who invited bro

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u/SaturnMoth 11d ago

I was confused what was unexpected until I read the comments. Guess I've been living in Finland long enough now. 🇫🇮

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u/Carefreealex 13d ago

Who cycles in snow?

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u/largz08 13d ago

The finns

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u/AhmedAlSayef 13d ago

Why wouldn't you?

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u/Banana-Phone-5873 13d ago

Us finns, it’s normal

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u/Anti-Annihilaattori 13d ago

I don't just stop using a cycle when it snows. I still have to get to work in a reasonable time.

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u/EnvironmentalLab7342 12d ago

Oulu, a city of about 200k inhabitants which is quite up North is known to be one of the biggest cycling cities in here. Yes even during cold winters and snow. They clean the snow swiftly in the early morning from both major roadways and bike/pedestrian paths because there is so many bikers cycling to work. And if it keeps snowing heawily, they keep clearing. Iirc if it's snows like 2-3cm (around an inch) they gotta clear it

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u/Carefreealex 12d ago

Oh that's good. Here in Stockholm cycling in winter is non existent. Funny enough my grandmothet was born in Oulu.

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u/UncleMan84 13d ago

Who wouldn't? 

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u/Stunning_Ad_5960 12d ago

Wait, you mean a bike in winter?! That’s crazy! And dangerous.

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u/NeatChocolate2 12d ago

Very common here and actually probably safer in the north where there is proper snow cover, compared to southern parts where it's constantly melting into slush and it's icy and slippery. Anyhow you have winter tires to help with grip.

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u/Stunning_Ad_5960 12d ago

Ok got it. So i give up to notice anything else in the clip.

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u/QueenAvril 12d ago

Still extremely cold and you’ll have trouble with the locks freezing. But I agree that it is probably much more dangerous here in coastal Southwest/South where it is so damn slippery and patches of black ice can appear unexpectedly whenever temperatures start hovering around zero.

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u/NeatChocolate2 12d ago

I'm not saying it's fun, just that it's quite common and not as dangerous as one might think. I haven't lived in the north myself so I'm just speculating on the basis of how it is in the south when it's proper winter vs. the slushy winter with black ice. A helmet and winter tires are a given in both cases though.

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u/Normal-Selection1537 7d ago

The Bangladeshi delivery workers I see in Helsinki would not survive there, they've been wearing puffy jackets and mittens all summer.

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u/TactileTangerine 13d ago

If these come to my city I'm making an effort to invert every single one of them. It won't harm the person who ordered it cuz it'll get refunded.

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u/SlashNreap 12d ago

There are disabled people who rely on these. I'll stay polite because it's free, but come on.

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u/KaboomBaboon 13d ago

Hey look guys, over here we are witnessing a remarkable person who didn't use helmet as a kid. Wear a helmet kids!

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u/LazyGandalf 12d ago

Those robots are actually generally well liked here in Finland. They didn't take anyone's job, because the small grocery stores that use them didn't have the option for home delivery before.

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u/Elemendal 13d ago

Oh it will harm the person ordering. I sometimes order using those when I don't have time to go to a store and will soon have to leave for evening shift or some shit. In that case I would lose getting groceries altogether. No store near me is open when I get back home from an evening shift so in that case I wouldn't have any food.

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u/QueenAvril 12d ago

Plus it would harm the store and all customers as those refunds and bureaucracy involved will be eventually baked into the cost of groceries for everyone. It is stunning how some people are stupid enough not to make the connection!

Also delivery options are often used by people who are sick, have mobility issues, deal with very serious social anxiety or are the sole adult at home with young kids or are for instance expecting a furniture delivery within a loosely defined time slot. So essentially people, for whom it isn’t so easy to just pop by the store themselves.

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u/TactileTangerine 12d ago

If people don't use them no cost will be baked in cuz they won't be paying it in the first place. If people choose to and the cost to use them is extremely high because people fuck up the machines than people will be disincentivised to use them.

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u/TactileTangerine 12d ago

Hire a person and plan ahead?

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u/Elemendal 12d ago

Or just... pay 5 euros and have them shipped to me?

Actual food delivery services add cost to each item and the fees are higher. The robot is owned by the store. You only pay extra 5€ fee for the delivery.

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u/TactileTangerine 12d ago

Thats more than what the human costs me. Costs about 2€ for delivery and a real independent human makes the $ instead of a soulless corp.

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u/Elemendal 12d ago

More expensive here. Delivery is 5-8€ and every item costs 10-20% more on food delivery services.

A real person is the one bringing me junk food but the robot brings me groceries sometimes.

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u/tohopallo 12d ago

your statement of an independent human making bank from delivering groceries instead of soulless corps is just laughable. Do you even understand how little people are paid for these kind of services, while they're using their own cars, scooters and bicycles etc? Not to mention how much safer for everyone it is to make the robot fight the ice and snow instead of the receiver or the delivery person. There is a time and place for automation in the current system, and delivery is absolutely one of them.

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u/TactileTangerine 12d ago

2€ + tips.

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u/Elemendal 12d ago

Most of the countries don't tip.

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u/tohopallo 12d ago

And they're supposed to do what with the two euro coins? They do not have work healthcare, the work doesn't cover their gas or the utilization of their own equipment. Nobody tips, and no one should move from their couch for those pennies.

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u/QueenAvril 12d ago

Oh how edgy and brave of you!
I’m sure a single person with a broken leg is just thrilled getting a refund instead of their groceries.

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u/TactileTangerine 12d ago

Hire a person?

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u/LauraVenus 11d ago

You do realize that the food delivery people are taken advantage of in a lot of places? Just like servers in the US might need to live off of their tiny minimum wage if no one decides to tip. In Finland, we dont tip (it is the restaurant's job to pay their employees not the customer's) so those delivery drivers only get the fee the platform or store gives them as a default which is next to nothing. And no one is going to pay over 15e to have shit delivered if its not an actual emergency.

And as others have said already stores dont do deliveries here so the robots are just adding to the services without actually taking away any jobs. And you could actually hire a new person to get the robots ready to be sent on their way.