Comment on Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’

• Enk1@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  POS software is right up there with vehicle infotainment systems when it comes to reliability and usability. They get the dregs of the programming world because decent coders have a way better selection of companies to work for.

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  • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even when they get decent coders for the base code, feature creep eventually wrecks the system. I know someone who helped write the POS system used in Disney parks, and according to them the system they originally built didn’t suck nearly as much as the system I used as a cast member, and it’s the hastily tacked on bullshit (causing the initial competent team to quit) that ultimately broke it. That said, I do realize that most people will not admit to shipping shoddy code in the first place.

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  • Therefore@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • Enk1@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Unless you’re talking about Android Auto or CarPlay, I’d have to disagree. Even in high end luxury cars the OEM infotainment systems are a joke.

      And before someone chimes in and says “But Tesla,” please understand that a clean and stylish user interface does not make for a good user experience. Tesla put simple but important functions behind an interface that often requires multiple clicks to find what, in any other car, is a single button, knob, or stalk away. Buttons and knobs make for a better user experience and safer driving because they don’t require you to take your eyes off the road to navigate a menu.

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• Telodzrum@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  IDK, that seems like a really reasonable question tbh.

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• poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I imagine there’s code to do something like currency conversion or maybe rewards points calculation so the displayed amount is not actually the number used for the final total

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  • r00ty@kbin.life ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Deductions should also appear as a line item though.

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