I was wondering how long this would take.
My grocery store FINALLY moved into this century last month - we got card readers where you actually sign on the card reader, instead of on paper. Yes CS, up until a month ago we still printed a paper receipt for every credit card transaction and had the customer sign it, even though we're the busiest overall grocery store (out of all chains) in the metro area... and the 2nd busiest in the region in the company. We were the last to get modern credit card readers.
Except we still had pens at every register.
You can guess how long it took our brand new card readers to be scribbled on (hint: less than 12 hours, and one had a cracked screen within the week - these machines cost about $1,500 each from NCR).
It took almost 4 weeks for my boss to decide to ditch the pens - though some of our lazier cashiers used those pens to write ID info on checks. I say good riddance, make them *gasp* carry their own pen in their apron.
My grocery store FINALLY moved into this century last month - we got card readers where you actually sign on the card reader, instead of on paper. Yes CS, up until a month ago we still printed a paper receipt for every credit card transaction and had the customer sign it, even though we're the busiest overall grocery store (out of all chains) in the metro area... and the 2nd busiest in the region in the company. We were the last to get modern credit card readers.
Except we still had pens at every register.
You can guess how long it took our brand new card readers to be scribbled on (hint: less than 12 hours, and one had a cracked screen within the week - these machines cost about $1,500 each from NCR).
It took almost 4 weeks for my boss to decide to ditch the pens - though some of our lazier cashiers used those pens to write ID info on checks. I say good riddance, make them *gasp* carry their own pen in their apron.
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