Job: cashier

Item doesn’t scan

Customer: “That means it’s free, right?”

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Only about 4 weeks in as a cashier and I’ve heard this enough to last me a lifetime.

  • over_clox@lemmy.world
    33·
    5 months ago

    Have you ever rebuilt and repaired old electrical appliances? An old microwave with a turn dial timer is most certainly not electronic. Electrical sure, but not electronic.

    Those only basically have a mechanical timer dial, high voltage transformer, high voltage diode, magnetron, light, fan, turntable motor, fuse, and some safety switches for the door.

    Absolutely nothing electronic about them, they’re as dumb as an old-school toaster, they just happen to use high voltage to generate microwaves instead.

      • over_clox@lemmy.world
        23·
        5 months ago

        Well, generally speaking, most people discussing the benefits of appliances and stuff with turn dials are referring to older/simpler appliances, back before they started adding in unnecessary electronics and ‘features’ and stuff.

        I’ve never actually seen any microwave with a turn dial that has any sort of electronics in them, those are all built almost identical in schematics, aside from different sizes and wattages.

        • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
          3·
          5 months ago

          Well, generally speaking, most people discussing the benefits of appliances and stuff with turn dials are referring to older/simpler appliances, back before they started adding in unnecessary electronics and ‘features’ and stuff.

          i don’t know why you’d assume that. lots of current/new appliances are still made with dials and knobs. in fact, most are.

          also, you’re the only one here discussing microwaves. so far, others and myself have been discussing refrigerators and laundry appliances.

          • over_clox@lemmy.world
            14·
            5 months ago

            OP mentioned microwave ovens in the comment that you responded with “I hate to break it to you…”, so yeah guess you missed something there.

            • EleventhHour@lemmy.world
              4·
              5 months ago

              i guess you missed the part when i said “i wasn’t referring to old appliances,” because you’re only talking about old microwaves.

              and since you’re clearly just here to troll and argue. i’m blocking you.

              bye.

        • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          referring to older/simpler appliances

          I think his point is that older and simpler can’t be equated like that, because new simple appliances are still electronic, not electromechanical anymore.