Less Time at the Supermarket
Can anyone remember when a cashier would check a sticker price on a item you was buying and then ring it in to the cash register? I think most of the younger generation doesn’t remember these days. We now have barcodes on most products we see in a store. The codes get scanned by barcode scanners and this feeds a lot of useful information into the cash register. The most obvious piece of information we see from our side of the counter is the price for that product. The store can use this to determine their inventory levels and how many items are left in the store. The stores could also retrieve other valuable information that may come in handy. When new items get shipped into the store, they are scanned in. It first registers as a product in stock. Once a consumer buys the product, it is then scanned out and the item is no longer listed in stock. It’s the small things like this in technology, that has decreased the amount of time we spend in a supermarket. I just wish more stores would offer more scan checkers throughout the store, so customers could check the prices before they buy it, if they are not sure about the cost.
Tags: bar code scan, barcode scanners