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Dave Liquorice[_2_] Dave Liquorice[_2_] is offline
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Default B&Q self checkout machines

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:34:09 +0000, Andy Burns wrote:

... they have the droid voice that tells you do insert your debit card
AFTER you have already done so,


Probably borrowed the programming from those dreadful chip 'n pin
machines. You know the ones that say "Please insert card" you do so,
wait several seconds then it says "card inserted too early", you then
have to tell the checkout operator who has to reset the system.
Absolute crap, it shouldn't matter when in the process a card is
inserted, if it's to early just wait FFS, it should need the reset or
the card to be removed and reinserted. The prompts on some have been
changed but no all.

Where it is and is still telling you to take your receipt about 5
seconds after you've done so and set off on your way to the exits.


Yep, I some times feel they have less processing power than a ZX81,
they are so slow and labourious.

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