A New System
The place where I go to have my hair cut has a new customer management system.
The old system was a green screen one. The new system has a Windows GUI.
The contrast is obvious:
Under the old system:
"What's your last name?"
[Tab] [Key in my name] [Tab] [Tab] X [Enter] "Today is your eighth cut. It's free."
Under the new system:
"What's your last name?
[Click on button] [Dialog pops up] [Click] [Key in my name] [Click on OK] [Long wait] "It's thinking." [Click on button] [Dialog pops up] [Select from combo box] [Click on OK] [Another long wait] "It's thinking again."
"You have a new computer system?"
"We had it for a couple of months."
"It sure is working hard."
"It likes to think."
[Click on Tab] [Click] [Click on Cancel] [Click] "OK, this way."
[Clip, Clip, Clip, ...]
"Do you have our card?"
"No, I don't."
"Here. Let me give you one." [Gave me a card. Stamped one star on card. There are eight little circles on the card. The eighth one is marked "Free".]
"Thank you."
Shouldn't the computer keep the count?