Yesterday, DR Jose posted:
DR SWW - As for the "Yogurt Rule" - which I've always interpreted as applying to any single item you happen to be buying in a multiple quantity...
-I guess it's the "fault" of the barcode scanner - and more intricate inventory control and tracking measures - but whatever happened to the days where you and/or the clerk would count up the quantity of a particular item, enter than quantity on the keypad and then the price?
Well, Jose, for one thing, most items do not have the price written on them any more. So, we cannot enter the quantity and then the price... how are we supposed to know the price?
Further complicating this, is that if we were to enter the quantity and then scan one of the item, that assumes that all the items being included are the same. Too often, it was found that the clerk was mistaken in assuming they were the same. Instead, when a more detailed inspection was made, it would turn out that the customer was purchasing six of one and a half dozen of something totally another.
Final problem: re inventory, each flavor of those yogurt cups has it's own bar code. This tells both the retailer and the manufacturer of the yogurt what types of yogurt are selling, and which lines should be ordered and which discontinued.
We gotta scan each and every, pain in the ass as it may be.
