On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:59:02 +0000, Cynic
wrote:
>On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:36:08 +0000, MM wrote:
>
>>>I disagree. It is possible to remain under the speed limit at all
>>>times by exercising reasonable care. It is not possible by merely
>>>exercising reasonable care to ensure that no shelf sticker is ever
>>>diplaying the incorrect price. That would be akin to never having any
>>>computer data entries - that could only be achieved by using an
>>>*extraordinary* amount of care.
>>
>>Well, sorry and all that, but it's MY money we're talking about and so
>>I think the store *should* use an extraordinary amount of care, not
>>sometimes, but always.
>
>OK, so the store spends an extra million pounds on safeguards akin to
>those used in the aerospace industry when life is at stake rather than
>a few pennies. This makes the probability of a data entry error
>extremely small (it can never be zero).
It needs spend not one penny more. The item has to have a price label,
so there can be NO difference between attaching the CORRECT label and
attaching the WRONG label. Exactly the same effort must be made. Fact
is, the staff are not making the effort! As I have pointed out
elsewhere today, the item about which I complained that led to this
topic still has NO price label. In additional, another item also rings
up a higher price at the till than is displayed on the shelf.
MM |