Mark Walker <furface(at)omnicode(dot)com> writes:
> Maybe that's just my experience with my customers. I have seen signs of
> dysfunctional computer systems lately. I was in a fast food restaurant
> in San Francisco a few months back and they were manually taking
> orders. I think the only reason they stayed open was because the owner
> was there.
The local McD's seemed completely unable to cope the other day when
their computer was down. If they had any manual procedures in place,
the cashier my wife was dealing with was unaware of them ... she ended
up going somewhere else.
regards, tom lane