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A different kind of sign spinner

Sign spinners at the local bagel shop make minimum wage. That is, if they have a beating heart. Are we about to lose even these low-skilled service jobs — jumping-around-holding-a-sign-dressed-in-a-silly-costume-while-rapidly-moving-vehicles-speed-by — to robots? Marketplace’s intrepid labor-trends reporter Mitchell Hartman investigates.

Sign spinners at the local bagel shop make minimum wage. That is, if they have a beating heart. Are we about to lose even these low-skilled service jobs — jumping-around-holding-a-sign-dressed-in-a-silly-costume-while-rapidly-moving-vehicles-speed-by — to robots? Marketplace’s intrepid labor-trends reporter Mitchell Hartman investigates. Watch his video on the scene. 

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