Ron, I look after a 9 day annual fundraising event. We sell fireworks out of a 30'x30' tent for 12 hours each day. During the last 3 days, 3 or 4 times per day, we will have 10 people, or more, waiting to pay for product at each of two register tables ... waiting in a hot tent, usually with small children, wanting to get home, have dinner and enjoy their fireworks. I rather not scroll through a list of about 100 products to find one and hit that item's image or product name up to 15 times and then look for what might be 10 other items to do the same thing. I want to scan and bag, run their card and send them on their way with a smile.
My cashier's are used to using the old-style electronic cash register which allowed them to count the items presented, hit the multiplier key and a number key representing the quantity and then scan one of the items ... which was usually faster than scanning each similar item. There was no looking up a product on the register .... you either manually entered a price (if you knew it) and hit the tax key or scanned the barcode which automatically added tax. Going with a Square system will present a bit of a learning curve to my volunteer staff and I want to make the standard transaction as familiar, and quick, as possible.
