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Interesting to read this thread. Retired and living in a small rural community where things are very different. Several restaurants don't take credit or debit cards, they take cash or your personal check. I've never paid by check but have seen others do so and they don't even ask for any ID because they know the customers.
And gee, you might be able to pay a bill, or perhaps in one of the stores there, pay for a purchase when the power goes out in the middle of a storm there. Not shut down entirely because they can't do anything because the electric is out......
But I just finished reading a book titled "One Second After" author WILLIAM R. FORSTCHEN, which was about life in a small community and surrounding areas after an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) destroys all technology in the US, essentially putting them back into the Stone Age.
Forstchen's attempt at end-of-the-world-type science fiction.
Eh. I've read better
And gee, you might be able to pay a bill, or perhaps in one of the stores there, pay for a purchase when the power goes out in the middle of a storm there. Not shut down entirely because they can't do anything because the electric is out......
There are advantages to both ;IMO. I think from major storms we see that smaller is quicker to service needed infrastructure repair .The storm that hit new York was pretty weak really and it took a long time because of the need to get businesses serving public up first. Many smaller areas hit by much worse storms did fine and more use to pitching in themselves which is a big advantage.Even trying to evacuate a major city has seen in Houston is like watching escaping New York movie I saw advertised;nearly impossible to any large extent.
And gee, you might be able to pay a bill, or perhaps in one of the stores there, pay for a purchase when the power goes out in the middle of a storm there. Not shut down entirely because they can't do anything because the electric is out......
I was in a big name big box store several years ago and there was a storm outside. It caused the lights to flicker for a few seconds and somehow caused the register in my lane to stop working. The item I wanted cost $4.00. I gave the cashier $10.00. She looked flustered for a few seconds, handed me the $10 AND the merchandise while saying "I don't know how to subtract." I tried to hand her the money and explained that she could also get the correct change by adding since she knows two of the numbers. She was totally lost. I left the merchandise there as I wasn't going to steal because the cashier couldn't count. It has boggled my mind all these years because I was REQUIRED to pass a written math test for my first cashiering position. How is it possible to even get a job involving money if one can't count?
I think it's great that technology has advanced to the point we can interact with people all over the world, but is it an advancement if our children are losing the ability (or never gaining it) to function when technology breaks down?
Basically you expected the cashier to hold your money and ring up sale later. Electric registers take electricity and register was closed by electric failure. If box stores are not mom and pop; they require ringing up all sales. I get your point but that was bad example.
No, of course not. I expected her to put the money in the drawer and count out my change. I used a cash register as a cashier and there was a plan in place for power outages. A piece of paper. The cashier couldn't count and there were no coins involved.
Just curious why you wanted a receipt. For tax purposes? Business expenses? Proof you paid the bill in case they took you to court? There seems to be a lot of people, who think like very old people on this section of C-D.
Just Google restaurant credit card fraud and read how it happens and how to help prevent.
As someone who works in the technology industry. I don't think technology has moved very much the last few years. There's a lot of tinkering or streamlining of the process but nothing mind blowing new tech out.
iPads and smartphones aren't new, they been around since the 90s except they are made to thinner, faster, and easier to operate.
What I like to see is the faster adoption of self-driving cars. People who are older won't trust computers driving a car but I believe the opposite. I trust a computer over humans, this is already proven in video games or simulations that computer driven cars do a better job than humans staying in lanes perfectly.
As someone who works in the technology industry. I don't think technology has moved very much the last few years. There's a lot of tinkering or streamlining of the process but nothing mind blowing new tech out.
iPads and smartphones aren't new, they been around since the 90s except they are made to thinner, faster, and easier to operate.
What I like to see is the faster adoption of self-driving cars. People who are older won't trust computers driving a car but I believe the opposite. I trust a computer over humans, this is already proven in video games or simulations that computer driven cars do a better job than humans staying in lanes perfectly.
My oldest son works in the staffing field in upper management. He has developed a niche/skill in the use of integrating technology to align recruitment/sales and customer service. He has been a member of related professional organizations dealing with social media in the business community and he is light years beyond what I can follow. He has and is doing real well and helping to grow business. I do know that the ability to communicate and the use of social media is changing how a lot of folks do business. Just how both of my sons and their wives are able to work at home and still be in full communication and do conferences etc amazes me in some ways. The oldest has shared with me that a lack of technology adaptation hampers many older job seekers. Even in how to look for a job.
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