Post #779210 by tikiskip on Fri, Aug 25, 2017 3:40 PM

"it's only over for the day for the poor guys who don't anticipate that problem and who don't have an effective backup plan"

See computers are changing people though, people can't make change (as in from your food bill), people don't know how to add the tax to a bill without the computer.

Do you know any phone numbers by heart?

People are not as hands on, they don't know their stock.
Damn I used to go to an electric supply place and the guys behind the counter knew every part number by heart, and how many they had.

With computers it's never done, you need to update often.
And that register that cost like $40.00 bucks and it lasted me over 15 years and was only replaced because of a robbery where they stole it.

That $40.00 bucks register now starts at $5000 for a cheap system.
Then you call a guy in to repair and fix it.
But the $5000 system counts EVERY bean and helps the IRS bust you if they come knocking.

Small businesses can't afford that BS.
AND that is why big corporations love regulations many times as big corporations can afford the higher cost of doing business and they know it will kill smaller places.