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Family Ties Forever! · 02-23-2014, 01:20 AM

Have you ever been in a grocery store where the entire computer system went down?

I was in the grocery store this afternoon and suddenly the computer system went down. None of the cashiers could ring stuff up. We had to stand there in lines and wait for the computer system to come back up. Luckily it was only for a few minutes. The manager made an announcement over the intercom system. Somehow that was still working.

That's one bad thing about technology. Nothing works when it fails.

janet42 · 02-23-2014, 03:22 AM

At least you didn't have to wait long. Once while I was at work our whole computer system went down. We couldn't do any work for 6 hours.

Regulus · 02-23-2014, 08:18 AM

I read once the computers went down at a "Big Box" Store and a riot broke out, people grabbed a cart and proceeded to grab anything they could get their hands on, then ran out to thjir cars. Security was overwhelmed, and when Nearly $3,000,000.00 in Merchandise was stolen. The following week the store offered amnesty to anyone returning stolen merchandise,and the store recovered about $500,000.00. A worker at the store noticed that those who returned merchandise all sad "My Brother, Neighbor, Cousin ... told me to give this stuff back. Nobody admitted they took the merchandise.

Janice · 02-23-2014, 02:08 PM

I've been at a store when just the register I need goes down. It's usually in the middle of a transaction so I'd have to wait it out, instead of going to another register.

Zoneboy · 02-23-2014, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Janice

I've been at a store when just the register I need goes down. It's usually in the middle of a transaction so I'd have to wait it out, instead of going to another register.

Likewise, happened to me twice at Family Dollar.

OH Nuts! · 02-23-2014, 04:58 PM

This happened to me a few years back at D'Agostinos. But the system was down only a few minutes though.

Coffeecup · 03-02-2014, 10:47 PM

I alway thought in bigger stores, the generators kick in. Probably the little stores don't bother for the cost and the rareity the power conks out.

veggie-tari-jenn · 03-07-2014, 02:02 AM

Totally....at Walgreens and they were ringing people out with calculators....it took forever and people were going crazy screaming and yelling pushing and shoving....just crazy...

and normally the computers go down during my transactions due to many many coupons used....lol....

Dude111 · 05-20-2023, 04:40 PM

Yesterday at the store right after my friend scanned my items,her computer locked up so she had to reboot..... Took about 5 mins.......

TheLittleFaerie · 05-21-2023, 04:33 AM

I remember the days when the debit card machine would always mess up and they'd have to call someone up to fix it and everything is just "STUCK" as they can't ring anyone else up or do any other transactions until it gets fixed.. I remember thinking I will NEVER use a debit card because this new technology is more trouble than it's worth lol of course I use it all the time now

Yong Fang · 05-22-2023, 02:07 AM

Computers failing really isn’t that new of a thing. I worked at a (crappy) casino/hotel as a front desk agent thirty years ago (next month is the 30th anniversary of losing that job and me leaving Las Vegas), which linked two properties (across the street from each other) and for whatever reason the computer was down which just made us woefully underpaid employees work even harder, running around doing whatever. I forgot why we did, but it was a miserable day because the job was so dependent on computers.

My stepmother who is in her 70’s has complained that there are no more phone books and that the newspaper has dwindled to nothing because of computers and the internet. Doesn’t bother me, not making phone books saves trees and is good for the environment.

TheLittleFaerie · 05-22-2023, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Yong Fang

Computers failing really isn’t that new of a thing. I worked at a (crappy) casino/hotel as a front desk agent thirty years ago (next month is the 30th anniversary of losing that job and me leaving Las Vegas), which linked two properties (across the street from each other) and for whatever reason the computer was down which just made us woefully underpaid employees work even harder, running around doing whatever. I forgot why we did, but it was a miserable day because the job was so dependent on computers.

My stepmother who is in her 70’s has complained that there are no more phone books and that the newspaper has dwindled to nothing because of computers and the internet. Doesn’t bother me, not making phone books saves trees and is good for the environment.

I find there are still PLENTY of phonebooks, they send me 2 or3 a year lol I have 2 landline phones and keep one at both. My apartment is very 70ish/80ish with of course some technology, It makes me feel more at peace to be surrounded by things of my childhood which was the 1980s. I'm like your stepmom, I still find myself picking up the phone book to search a number instead of the computer, sometimes it just seems easier, I guess more FAMILIAR lol Just as I've always preferred to go into the bank to do my business than drive through same with restaurants

And I too prefer a newspaper, just something about holding something REAL in my hands I like than reading online... I guess, as I said it's just familiar

TheLittleFaerie · 05-22-2023, 05:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Family Ties Forever!

Have you ever been in a grocery store where the entire computer system went down?

I was in the grocery store this afternoon and suddenly the computer system went down. None of the cashiers could ring stuff up. We had to stand there in lines and wait for the computer system to come back up. Luckily it was only for a few minutes. The manager made an announcement over the intercom system. Somehow that was still working.

That's one bad thing about technology. Nothing works when it fails.

Oh yes! Like when the TV goes off and it takes 30 minutes to reboot

back in the day it would come right back on, and I'd much rather deal with a little fuzz or "snow" than the pic freezing up

stevea · 05-22-2023, 06:27 AM

In those self-checkout express lanes that get more registers all time, there's always at least two registers that are out of order.

ThisLittlePiggy · 05-22-2023, 10:47 AM

I have been ready to check out in stores that go down and I had to leave all my stuff behind. It's aggravating. It's happened maybe three times so not often. Once I had a nice lady save all my stuff under the counter and she called me when they were back up so I could go back and buy my stuff. But the other two times, they just didn't do anything. I had to leave full carts of stuff.

02-23-2014, 01:20 AM	#1
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02-23-2014, 03:22 AM	#2
janet42 Three's Company Fan! Senior Member Join Date: Feb 22, 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,757	At least you didn't have to wait long. Once while I was at work our whole computer system went down. We couldn't do any work for 6 hours.

02-23-2014, 02:08 PM	#4
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	I've been at a store when just the register I need goes down. It's usually in the middle of a transaction so I'd have to wait it out, instead of going to another register.

02-23-2014, 04:58 PM	#6
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	This happened to me a few years back at D'Agostinos. But the system was down only a few minutes though.

03-02-2014, 10:47 PM	#7
Coffeecup coffeecup. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2003 Location: snoozeville Posts: 3,181	I alway thought in bigger stores, the generators kick in. Probably the little stores don't bother for the cost and the rareity the power conks out.

03-07-2014, 02:02 AM	#8
veggie-tari-jenn SARCASTIC COUPON PRINCESS!! Eternal Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 13, 2008 Posts: 1,882	Totally....at Walgreens and they were ringing people out with calculators....it took forever and people were going crazy screaming and yelling pushing and shoving....just crazy... and normally the computers go down during my transactions due to many many coupons used....lol....

05-20-2023, 04:40 PM	#9
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 35,894	Yesterday at the store right after my friend scanned my items,her computer locked up so she had to reboot..... Took about 5 mins.......

05-21-2023, 04:33 AM	#10
TheLittleFaerie Member Senior Member Join Date: Oct 15, 2017 Posts: 1,947	I remember the days when the debit card machine would always mess up and they'd have to call someone up to fix it and everything is just "STUCK" as they can't ring anyone else up or do any other transactions until it gets fixed.. I remember thinking I will NEVER use a debit card because this new technology is more trouble than it's worth lol of course I use it all the time now

05-22-2023, 02:07 AM	#11
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	Computers failing really isn’t that new of a thing. I worked at a (crappy) casino/hotel as a front desk agent thirty years ago (next month is the 30th anniversary of losing that job and me leaving Las Vegas), which linked two properties (across the street from each other) and for whatever reason the computer was down which just made us woefully underpaid employees work even harder, running around doing whatever. I forgot why we did, but it was a miserable day because the job was so dependent on computers. My stepmother who is in her 70’s has complained that there are no more phone books and that the newspaper has dwindled to nothing because of computers and the internet. Doesn’t bother me, not making phone books saves trees and is good for the environment.

05-22-2023, 06:27 AM	#14
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,480	In those self-checkout express lanes that get more registers all time, there's always at least two registers that are out of order.

05-22-2023, 10:47 AM	#15
ThisLittlePiggy Member Forum Junkie Join Date: Nov 02, 2013 Posts: 83,817	I have been ready to check out in stores that go down and I had to leave all my stuff behind. It's aggravating. It's happened maybe three times so not often. Once I had a nice lady save all my stuff under the counter and she called me when they were back up so I could go back and buy my stuff. But the other two times, they just didn't do anything. I had to leave full carts of stuff.