Walked into a bakery in Brooklyn and watched the cashier run the whole show from a tablet

I was grabbing a coffee at this spot in Williamsburg last Tuesday and noticed the cashier was ringing people up, updating the online menu, and checking inventory all from one tablet. Dude was literally walking around the counter taking orders and swiping on the screen. Made me think about how many small shops are still using clunky POS systems from 2010. Has anyone else seen a crazy streamlined setup like that at a local business?

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morgan31627d ago

This is just how things are going now. Walked into a deli near me that still uses a paper notebook and a calculator, but then across the street there is a tiny bookstore running everything off a tablet propped up on a stack of old paperbacks. Seems like everything is either super scrappy or all in on the tech, no middle ground anymore. The old register with the physical buttons feels like a museum piece at this point.

wood.john27d ago

Ngl @morgan316, I gotta push back a little here. That old cash register with the physical buttons isn't a museum piece, it's reliable as hell. Half the time these tablets freeze up or the app crashes and you're just standing there awkwardly waiting. The paper notebook and calculator deli is probably running smoother than that bookstore on a busy Saturday. Honestly, I've seen places lose sales because their fancy setup glitched out on them. The middle ground isn't dead, it's just that the simple stuff still works fine for a lot of folks.

wood.john20d ago

Wait a sec, a bookstore running their whole operation off a tablet propped on old paperbacks? That's wild. I can't wrap my head around how that doesn't slide right off and crash to the floor during a rush.