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DIY store IDJITS! steve 07-04-2006
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Posted by Al Bundy on July 6, 2006, 12:52 am

> I needed some sweat on copper fittings, so went to HD. I found them,
> and got a "contractor pack" of ten or so in a sealed plastic bag. But
> I needed 15, so I got five loose ones.
>
> I got up to the checkout lane, and there weren't any bar codes on the
> individuals. I said just to figure out how much they were by the
> price for the bag and dividing by ten. She looked as if I had asked
> her to perform oral sex or a complicated calculus operation.
>
> She called for the manager. The line piled up. She called for the
> manager. The line got longer. People were starting to talk. I said,
> for Chrissake, charge me for a bag. Said she couldn't scan an item
> twice. Against company policy and she would lose her job.
>
> We waited longer.
>
> After about ten minutes, I walked out, leaving about $250 in
> merchandise sitting there.
>
> Steve
>
>


I went to Lowes a few days back and returned something on the way in. It
was 9.64 total. She opens the drawer and says she got no change. She
calls someplace. Wait, wait, wait. Calls again, wait, someone shows. Says
to her what do you want. She says change. He tells her he will have to
get the safe opened to get it. Line grows....and grows.

So I says to her you got a 10 dollar bill. She says yes. I says gimme
that and I'll give you 36 cents. She says she can't do that because the
register won't come out right later. I'm like huh? WTF.

Posted by on July 7, 2006, 1:23 am
wrote:

>She called for the manager. The line piled up. She called for the manager.
>The line got longer. People were starting to talk. I said, for Chrissake,
>charge me for a bag. Said she couldn't scan an item twice. Against company
>policy and she would lose her job.
>
>We waited longer.
>
>After about ten minutes, I walked out, leaving about $250 in merchandise
>sitting there.
>
>Steve


In this time and day when small video cameras are so cheap and easy to
install it should be easy enough to install one or more (close up +
overview) at every checkout counter. The manager can then go to a
cash register terminal anywhere in the store, get the picture and make
a decision. He/she should be able to make an electronic approval too
from his remote terminal.

Posted by Eigenvector on July 7, 2006, 7:48 pm

> wrote:
>
>>She called for the manager. The line piled up. She called for the
>>manager.
>>The line got longer. People were starting to talk. I said, for
>>Chrissake,
>>charge me for a bag. Said she couldn't scan an item twice. Against
>>company
>>policy and she would lose her job.
>>
>>We waited longer.
>>
>>After about ten minutes, I walked out, leaving about $250 in merchandise
>>sitting there.
>>
>>Steve
>
>
> In this time and day when small video cameras are so cheap and easy to
> install it should be easy enough to install one or more (close up +
> overview) at every checkout counter. The manager can then go to a
> cash register terminal anywhere in the store, get the picture and make
> a decision. He/she should be able to make an electronic approval too
> from his remote terminal.

That's a really good idea.



Posted by HeatMan on July 8, 2006, 1:13 pm

>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>She called for the manager. The line piled up. She called for the
> >>manager.
> >>The line got longer. People were starting to talk. I said, for
> >>Chrissake,
> >>charge me for a bag. Said she couldn't scan an item twice. Against
> >>company
> >>policy and she would lose her job.
> >>
> >>We waited longer.
> >>
> >>After about ten minutes, I walked out, leaving about $250 in merchandise
> >>sitting there.
> >>
> >>Steve
> >
> >
> > In this time and day when small video cameras are so cheap and easy to
> > install it should be easy enough to install one or more (close up +
> > overview) at every checkout counter. The manager can then go to a
> > cash register terminal anywhere in the store, get the picture and make
> > a decision. He/she should be able to make an electronic approval too
> > from his remote terminal.
>
> That's a really good idea.
>
>

And it really is, mainly because there's usually never more than 2 or 3
registers open...



Posted by Gary H on July 8, 2006, 1:37 pm
>> > In this time and day when small video cameras are so cheap and easy to
>> > install it should be easy enough to install one or more (close up +
>> > overview) at every checkout counter. The manager can then go to a
>> > cash register terminal anywhere in the store, get the picture and make
>> > a decision. He/she should be able to make an electronic approval too
>> > from his remote terminal.
>>
>> That's a really good idea.
>>
>>
>
> And it really is, mainly because there's usually never more than 2 or 3
> registers open...
>

They replaced the cashiers at my home depot with automated checkout
machines. I bought a bunch of bolts the other day and had to enter each
bolt's code into the checkout machine. It took forever. And each bolt
didn't register on the scale so the attendant had to do something to let me
continue.



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