Many moons ago when I worked as a video editor for Canada's largest porn distributor, we had guys that worked for min. wage in the warehouse that packed orders for shipping to their 70+ stores across Canada (videos/mags/adult toys, etc).
Much of that could've been easily automated, of course.
There was one job that should've been automated, though.
I happened to notice one day that one of the orders for the downtown Toronto Yonge St. store had an unusually large quantity of paper towel rolls in the boxes. For shits 'n giggles I asked one of the guys why so many rolls of paper towel.
The guy says, "Cleaning supplies for the guy who cleans the video viewing booths in the back of the store after the place closes."
Now there's a job I'm sure anyone would gladly relinquish to a robot.
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