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user-inactivated  ·  2890 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Dumbest User Interface of 2016

The two local mega marts have different ways of working the chip reader. One store, the chip reader reads the cards, needs one press of the OK button and is done in 25 seconds (I timed it). The other store, the better store IMO, has the absolute worst way to do the chip reader. Insert the card, wait 20 seconds. Hit a button. Something happens. Hit a button again, then wait. The whole process takes 70 seconds if you are on top of the button pushes. I don't go to Store 2 unless I need to get something at that store that is not at Store 1.

As an aside, the last time I went to Store 2, more people were using checks. And the parking lot was empty at a time it was normally full.