I guess the situation is different in various places. Around here cashiers are disappearing.
Self scanning at supermarkets are replacing people. Ordering and paying at fast food done in machines. People are buying all kinds of stuff over the internet and that includes food On 9 Oct 2019 17:09, "Raul Miller" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 12:57 PM Björn Helgason <[email protected]> wrote: > > We do not need many outlets with cashiers anymore. > > And, yet, the cashiers at local franchises I visit frequently are so > often having to work around failures in their register system... > > (These are the sort who tend to deal in fresh food - products where > I'm not seeing serious competition from online systems.) > > So... is this "We do not need" statement a copy of some lame excuse > for shoddy register systems? Or are shoddy register systems instead a > consequence of people investing based on that idea? Or, are both > happening and this is a self-reinforcing idea? > > My training suggests that stuff like this doesn't happen unless > someone sets out to make it happen. But that doesn't mean I understand > the goals of the people who would be responsible... > > Mind you - the registers *usually* work. So we can presumably mostly > rely on them. But they also exhibit characteristics which suggest that > there's people responsible for building them out who -- at best -- are > sloppy and/or clueless. > > Anyways.. I should probably appreciate the optimism, but I am > disturbed that we do not seem to be able to grapple with the > difficulties. > > Thanks, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
