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There are no nice computers.
The Sunday before Thanksgiving. At a store that sells, among other things, a wonderful selection of wines and gourmet foods from around the globe.
Busy, right? You bet! But what made it worse was that our credit and check verification program had crashed. We had to call in every single credit card and check transaction. On an already busy day. Some people got the clue, and paid cash, but I had people pull out the plutonium Amex for a $3.99 purchase.
Luckily, things fell off the map around 1900.. system came back up, and I don't think we had ten customers between then and closing.
Busy, right? You bet! But what made it worse was that our credit and check verification program had crashed. We had to call in every single credit card and check transaction. On an already busy day. Some people got the clue, and paid cash, but I had people pull out the plutonium Amex for a $3.99 purchase.
Luckily, things fell off the map around 1900.. system came back up, and I don't think we had ten customers between then and closing.
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"Nice computers don't go down."
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