rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) (12/13/85)
The computerized cash register with UPC scanner is an interesting
animal--it has its advantages (like faster checking; probably more
accurate) and its disadvantages (no more price stickers so you can't tell
what you paid; price increases are retroactive to all stock). It obviously
has lots of processing power left over. One local grocery store chain has
been using a little bit of magic to conduct "customer opinion polls" (most
of which don't ask opinions but rather habits)--not a bad idea, I suppose,
but I haven't seen what they do with the results.
I noticed today a memo taped to the checkstands exhorting the checkers to
"please be careful to enter opinions exactly as indicated; otherwise the
customer will be charged $.01 for giving the opinion."
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Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086
...Are you making this up as you go along?