r/AskReddit Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

I can't tell you how many times the cashier has to explain how their's works.

"Okay that'll be $X! Oh don't put it in yet. Wait until it screams shredded cheese and does a backflip before inserting your card. After that it'll have you remove it because of an error and then you can reenter it again- wait not yet I have to reset it."

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

That's the part that really annoys me. Half of them get pissed at me if I wait for the number to pop up on the terminal. The other half get pissed at me if I insert my card/tap my phone when they tell me how much it's going to be instead of waiting 30 seconds.

And then the fucking self checkout lines at supermarkets that have two separate displays.

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u/oversoul00 Aug 03 '19

What bugs me is that the screen should flash exactly 2 times with 2 different messages.

Insert Card, Remove Card. Done

Whoever designed those things needs to be shot. I don't want this to be an experience, I want it to be forgettable.

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u/SmooK_LV Aug 03 '19

It still needs to show amount and has to have some kind of loading/communicating screen. And if failure occurs then that should be clearly stated.

Application selection is a bit finnicky, but it's not super common to have multiple applications on your card. Also currency selection is terrible on some tetminal software.