On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:32:32 +0000, Cynic
wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:21:02 +0000, MM wrote:
>
>>>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.
>
>The extra effort is in checking that a mistake has not been made.
No extra effort should be needed. When you replace your brake shoes,
do you then remove them again a few minutes later to check whether
they are seated correctly? You make it all sound so complicated, yet
it is simplicity itself. A price label, a price, a staff member,
bingo! If the staff member deliberately writes a wrong price on the
label, that's fraud; if the price is wrong because the staff member
could not be bothered to check, that's carelessness. Probably having
to correct mistakes and deal with bolshie buggers like myself costs
the store MORE in the long run than doing it right first time.
>Assume that you are employed as the oik who puts the shelf tickets on
>the shelves. How will you ensure that the till price is the same as
>the price shown on the label you have printed out unless you put in
>considerable additional effort? How will you ensure that the label is
>changed without fail if the till price changes without making a lot of
>extra effort?
"considerable additional effort" - you have to obtain the price from
SOMEwhere! Whether it is the WRONG price or the CORRECT price, it's a
price you got from SOMEwhere. The challenge is in getting the CORRECT
price, which is no challenge at all.
MM |