On the devices we now use for the outlet sale (we switched from registers to handhelds that are kind of in between a phone and a tablet a couple years ago) the spot to tap IS on the screen. Which is also confusing since so often it isn't.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Nov 18, 2025 10:40:02 am PST #10237 of 10244
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Steph L. - Nov 18, 2025 10:40:32 am PST #10238 of 10244
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
the spot to tap IS on the screen. Which is also confusing since so often it isn't.
This is why I end up causing a backup in the checkout at Aldi, dang it!
Dana - Nov 18, 2025 10:51:08 am PST #10239 of 10244
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
The spot to tap should always be in the same place!
-t - Nov 18, 2025 10:53:14 am PST #10240 of 10244
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
At least anyone having trouble getting that to work in my line doesn't have to feel bad about keeping people waiting as the wait for the receipt to print will always be longer and there's nothing any of us can do about it
Jessica - Nov 18, 2025 11:34:15 am PST #10241 of 10244
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(That was weird, I hit Read New and it came up as a blank post)
(There's a nonzero chance I actually hit Post by accident. See above re: I am also very old and sometimes click wrong things)
JenP - Nov 18, 2025 11:44:11 am PST #10242 of 10244
Co-signed on all of that up there.
In dentist chair waiting for a couple of small fillings. I'm holding off on the crown replacement for now. My wallet hurts too much, even with dental "insurance." Just need to breathe for a couple of months.
Also just got an estimate for cosmetic work on my pre-molar to pre-molar up-top teeth, and it was way more reasonable than I was expecting. Still need to budget it out, but... I think it'll be doable.
meara - Nov 18, 2025 12:17:10 pm PST #10243 of 10244
Good luck with dentistry!
Agree they need to standardize where to tap for tap to pay.
erikaj - Nov 18, 2025 12:22:15 pm PST #10244 of 10244
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
Going to have computer maintence done today--that ought to turn my frown upside down. As if. Count me in on the whole tapping thing, even if I'm not usually the one that does it.(Also, touchscreens really aren't easier for EVERYONE--ask me how. Sometimes I could kill Steve Jobs again for sticking me with that without an alternate. Even if he is the only tech overlord I'd have a smoothie with. Kind of ripped some guy for being all "Well, actually, there is a lot of healthcare fraud," but, since he was a stranger, I held off on the "Regulating The Poor" monologue. This time.(it won't be fully sad if I lose track of Facebook, which was, like almost everything in my adult life, supposed to be fun and ended up "demented and sad, but social."