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Subject: Re: Re: UPC Scanners (and how to deal wi
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Date: Tue, 14-Jan-86 11:40:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 14 11:40:00 1986
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Nf-From: haddock!trb    Jan 14 11:40:00 1986


I love UPC scanners (for their speed and the accuracy of the receipt),
but here's something else to watch for (that happenned to me this
week).  I was buying three containers of orange juice; the cashier
dragged one container over the scanner three times.  Fine.  Then, as
she pulled the other two containers past the scanner, one of them
"mistakenly" registered.  I can't see how she missed it, as the printer
makes noise with each scanner hit.  I alerted her to the problem, and
she voided the errant transaction, but I wonder how many times this
happens.

	Andrew Tannenbaum   Interactive   Boston, MA   617-247-1155