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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: A wierd thought... ( really pen and paper )
Message-ID: <2496@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Jun-86 23:33:58 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun  6 23:33:58 1986
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Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica, CA
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In article <672@osu-cgrg.UUCP> marc@osu-cgrg.UUCP (Marc Howard) writes:
>...
>If Tandy is soooo good at making computers then why is it when I go into
>ANY Radial Slack store and buy something the clerk writes up my receipt
>using a "BICwriter" and a pad w/carbon paper copies????  Don't they trust
>their own machines and/or personnel????

I prefer places that use paper and pen.  When I buy something from a place
that uses paper and pen, the salesperson writes down the part numbers of
the things I want, the prices, and I give them the money and leave.
Obnoxious places ( e.g., Radio Shack ) want my name and address.

The places I have seen that use computers take much longer.  I 
walk up to the cashier, who keys in the part number ( if they can 
get the computer to work ), and if they make a mistake, they 
usually have to start over.  They usually want my name, address, 
and phone number.  They take my money.  They then have to go and 
fiddle with the form in the printer so that it comes out right.  
Pause ten or fifteen seconds while their computer figures out
what is going on.  Then the form is printed, and I can leave.
At least, this is how it works at the two computer stores and
one stereo store that I no longer shop at!
-- 
Tim Smith               sdcrdcf!ism780c!tim || ima!ism780!tim