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First time I've seen this happen. I was in Wegmans Eastway store this morning, around 9:30, or so, to pick up a few things. I grab what I need, and head for the check-out lane. Get there, and all of a sudden, everything comes to a halt. The cash register system goes down...EVERY register in the store, KAPUT!!
It took them about 10 minutes to get the system back up. In the meantime, the lines were growing and growing. Was this isolated to the one store, or did anyone else see this happen?
And just think, if the US ever gets hit with an EMP burst, this is what will happen to EVERYTHING with a computer attached to it.....
Was it just the registers, or did the lights go out too? That's pretty creepy if it was just the computer system.
An EMP will fry everything beyond repair, from sea to shining sea. I hope our government is storing "spare parts" somewhere off shore. Way off shore! But who can we trust to bring them back to us?
But to do that would cost us billions of dollars. Maybe trillions.
Was this at the Empire Wegmans or were all the stores shutdown ?
THAT was my question...........
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Originally Posted by Javacoffee
Was it just the registers, or did the lights go out too? That's pretty creepy if it was just the computer system.
An EMP will fry everything beyond repair, from sea to shining sea. I hope our government is storing "spare parts" somewhere off shore. Way off shore! But who can we trust to bring them back to us?
But to do that would cost us billions of dollars. Maybe trillions.
First time I've seen this happen. I was in Wegmans Eastway store this morning, around 9:30, or so, to pick up a few things. I grab what I need, and head for the check-out lane. Get there, and all of a sudden, everything comes to a halt. The cash register system goes down...EVERY register in the store, KAPUT!!
It took them about 10 minutes to get the system back up. In the meantime, the lines were growing and growing. Was this isolated to the one store, or did anyone else see this happen?
And just think, if the US ever gets hit with an EMP burst, this is what will happen to EVERYTHING with a computer attached to it.....
I would wouldn't bet against there being back up power at every store. If the lights didn't flash, I would think being Sunday morning, they could be doing some software updates.
I wouldn't bet against there being back up power at every store. If the lights didn't flash, I would think being Sunday morning, they could be doing some software updates.
You're probably right, but if so, they didn't pick a good time to do it. 1-2AM would have been far less disruptive, especially in this day and age, where we're being encourages to remain "socially distant", and all of a sudden, you have around 100-125 people all milling around.
I'm still curious if it was just the one store.....
You're probably right, but if so, they didn't pick a good time to do it. 1-2AM would have been far less disruptive, especially in this day and age, where we're being encourages to remain "socially distant", and all of a sudden, you have around 100-125 people all milling around.
I'm still curious if it was just the one store.....
If Wegman's manager decided it was an appropriate time to update the software, he or she should be fired. LOL. Nope. I don't believe anyone would be stupid enough to do that with a store filled with customers.
People laugh at my plush food pantry, but hubby and I both feel it's needed these days. We could go 3/4 months without having to drive to the store if an long-term emergency stuck. We'd miss having fresh produce, but we wouldn't need to worry about anything else.
Both of us lived through the 1991 Ice Storm in Rochester NY. Downed trees ripped out electrical lines... fallen electric poles and trees blocked major roads.... the power was out for several days. Many went weeks before their power was restored. Everything was shut down -- stores, gas stations. If you didn't have it in the cupboard when the storm hit, you certainly wouldn't get it afterwards.
Prior to that storm, hubby and I had nothing extra on hand. No candles. No batteries. No snacks. Very little extra food. We shopped every other day for our needs. We stupidly assumed the stores would always be open for us 24/7.
Nope. We don't live like that anymore. We are prepared well in advance for just about anything! LOL.
You're probably right, but if so, they didn't pick a good time to do it. 1-2AM would have been far less disruptive, especially in this day and age, where we're being encourages to remain "socially distant", and all of a sudden, you have around 100-125 people all milling around.
I'm still curious if it was just the one store.....
I agree, that wouldn't be a good time. I was maybe thinking they were having troubles doing whatever they were doing and it ran late.
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