Pet peeve: when they "counted up" your change from amount due to amount tendered, they used to give you the coins first. They worked up to the next dollar, then counted out the bills.
now, the stupid machine says "give them $3.45" so they give you the bills, then dump the coins on top of the bills. Of course a lot of the time coins slide off. I try to say "please give me the coins *first*, then the bills" and get blank, uncomprehending stares, as if that won't work for some reason. Puny cpu's in robots with limited programming, <sigh>. And the U.S. is somehow supposed to compete in the world economy?? -Ben > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 7:11 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Math+FastFood > > > I worked at a large Burger King in the mid-80s that used > completely computerized cash registers, and the durn thing > had crashed. > > I had to run up and down 8 registers, calculating totals (and > change) because no one else behind the registers could. > > After about two hours, I went into the office, did a hard > reset on the computer, read the screen errors, PLUGGED IN THE > KEYBOARD, and went back to handling the fries and specialty board. > > Of course I was severly reprimanded for "messing with" the computer. > > (sniff. I miss the simplicity. And my father's mocking voice > at dinner "d'ya want fries with that burger?") > Jerry Johnson > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/25/02 09:53AM >>> > There was a time, not too long ago, when the people at > McDonald's took your > order with a pencil and paper and hand-calculated the price. They did > estimated gross sales by the number of buns and burgers used, and > hand-counted the waste from a bucket behind the front line. > > We have come so far... > > M > > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 9:46 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Math+FastFood > > > So - the wife, rugrat and I go to Sonic yesterday at high noon and get > turned away because... the computers are down and it's going > to take 15+ > minutes to get them back. This makes me wonder... > > 1) Why these people can't use a calculator, or lord forbid, simple > freaking preschool mathematics to figure out our total? I > understand if > they need to track the orders, but it's noon - the busiest time of the > year. Deal with it. > > 2) What kind of computers are they using that would take that long to > reboot and start up? Heck, even Win95 on a slow system would be up and > running in 4 minutes at most. > > Am I crazy... or was I just being cranky because I was hungry?? > > -rc > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
