Yeah, I go through this all the time. What’s so friggin’ hard about ringing up a solo half-whip, double-blended, venti soy mocha frap with extra caramel? It’s not rocket science.

> any POS registers have buttons for each available item, each button labeled in regular language.

Doh!

Seems I shouldn’t be commenting on your coffee break posts before I have had my own coffee break :)

The 8 key is one off from the 5 key on just about any POS keypad. I’d wager that she fat-fingered the input, and just didn’t catch it.

Many POS registers have buttons for each available item, each button labeled in regular language. This is especially true when the number of items is limited, such as a coffee stop. Looking at the menu here, I count about 30 possible items. That’s what I was referring to.

> Apparently the machines have decided that English is no longer acceptable.

I don’t think I have ever seen a register where the clerk would type in the article’s name in English. Are you imagining an Amazon-style product search?

Free coffee is better, and computers cannot by definition make a mistake.