"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Sun, 3 Jan 2016 18:50:29 -0500, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2016-01-03 2:51 PM, graham wrote:
>>
>> >> Just once in a while, you see that check come out. For some reason
>> >> it's
>> >> usually when there's been some other holdup that makes you even
>> >> take note how someone's paying.
>> >>
>> > I've noticed that a large % of the elderly now pay by card.
>>
>> A lot of people pay by debit card. The biggest slow down I see is when
>> the old ladies are standing there watching their groceries getting rung
>> up and they stand there until the cashier tells them the total. They
>> know they have to pay for the groceries. They know the total is about to
>> be rung up. Most checkouts have a running total displayed, so they know
>> approximately how much it is going to be. But do they get out their
>> wallet and their cash or card??? Nope. They wait until it is all done.
>> Then they open up the purse and start rifling through the big bag to
>> find the wallet that has the card in there..... somewhere.
>>
>>
>> We should be able to give them a whack in the back of the head to
>> smarten them up, or at least to express our displeasure at the stupidity
>> that wastes the time of the people behind them.
>>
> In the olden days, you could watch the cash register as entries were
> made and catch mistakes. Not so anymore, but you can't teach an old
> dog new tricks.

Our checkouts operators scan everything. There might be the odd thing that
needs to be entered but mostly stuff is scanned so if there are any
mistakes, it is in the system.

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