Royal fun! (Not!)

I just spent 30 minutes browsing the Royal web site and speaking with sales and tech support. The only definitive information I obtained is that the bar code reader is on back order until the end of the month; that, from sales.

In response to my query about software for the register, tech support vectored me to a site I'd been to, but after scouring it I found no additional information of any use there. Tech support then gave me a number for... another tech support department, I think.

BTW, here's an example of the gyrations one must go through to make a department taxable:

Using the gray numeric keys press (00001), press [SUBTOTAL/W/TAX], enter the (PRICE)*, press a [DEPARTMENT] key, enter a Department Description using the alpha keyboard (Department Keys) or the Alpha Numeric Code Chart if needed, then press [CHECK]**. Repeat this step for each department you wish to tax. Then press the [AMT TEND/TOTAL] key.

In principle, the same kind of instructions accompany almost every department related operation. Think about doing that for up to 99 departments. Ugh!

Gotta get to the store.

Cheers...

Thoroughness...

I just got off the phone with a client for whom I'm translating transcripts. My work was reviewed in excruciating detail, and I am happy to report that my work passed muster at a high level, even though in a couple of instances, the client's suggested alternatives -- restatements of what I had written -- were incorporated.

I had intended to invoice my Houston work today, but never quite got to it. On the other hand, I did conduct some training at the store on the new cash register, and was buoyed by the fact that essentially, no major revolutionary changes had been introduced -- just some refinements -- although the proof of that pudding will come in a review of the day's "Z" summary tape.

Cheers...