Not sure if anyone knows anything this technical about the POS system, but here goes...
I cashier at one of the Kroger stores and we use the SurePOS system by IBM/Toshiba (I'm sure all the stores probably have some form of this system); my store has the newer one with the touchscreen.
Anyways, I had a couple of questions about how it works:
1. What's up with the trailing minus sign at the end of negative numbers? Whenever I ring up a coupon or take something off the total, it looks like:
MC SCANNED COUPON 1.50-
Or if someone writes a check for $20 over the amount:
BALANCE: 20.00-
Why not just say something like -1.50 instead? Is that some sort of accounting or financial practice, or is it system-specific?
2. The other question is, what do all the letters mean on the end of an item? Things like B, F, X, T, etc. Example:
ITEM 1.99 B
ITEM 1.99 F
ITEM 1.99 X
I'm assuming F probably means it counts toward fuel points?
Thanks if anyone knows.
-- Edited by lovehatejava on Monday 11th of August 2014 07:18:03 PM
-- Edited by lovehatejava on Monday 11th of August 2014 07:18:33 PM
The minus is like that because it makes it easier to tell the charges from the credits. A leading minus would be in a different place on the screen depending on the length of the price it's attached to; a trailing minus is always in the same place.
The F has nothing to do with fuel points. The letters denote which tax rule is applied to the item. B is a regular food item, foodstampable. T is a taxed, non-foodstampable, but often regular item. X is for some drug/gm items like pharmacy section. No letter means no tax plan applies.
