"Computer is down-nothing works " We are computer junkies.

[fuzzybuddy]

Eddy, my master stylist's business lost computer connection on Sunday. Nothing was working in the shop. You forget how intertwined with computers we are. They couldn't open their cash register, make appts. etc. It wasn't all that long ago when we went from embossing your credit card on a bunch of credit card copies to tapping near the screen. Now, when the computer connection is severed, we're lost.

 

[Jules]

Have you ever been in a big grocery store when the system or power goes out? Nothing functions.

I don’t know what the leeway is for no power, but they have to dispose of all the refrigerated or frozen foods. They have to keep the stores closed until all these items are trashed. What a loss.

 

[Llynn]

My first two years of college I had an afternoon job as a bank teller. We used electric teller machines at our stations but when the power failed we pulled a crank handle from our drawer, inserted it into a hole in the side of the machine and carried on taking care of customers. Not so convenient in these computer based days.

 

[Ted01]

It seems to me that there are multiple ways for businesses to prepare themselves for the
inevitable power failures that all of America face from time to time. And some of those
solutions have been around since the "computer age", that is the 1980s.

But businesses, large and small, have decided not to prepare for such things... and everyone
suffers. And our solution will be what it ever was and will remain to be so, sit around and point
fingers until some other problem pops up that we can complain about.

Oh, well... this is the life (reality) that we live in.

 

[KSav]

In journalism school they made us learn how to do everything by hand, including counting headlines by hand (which is incredibly not-fun), doing manual paste-up, etc., before they turned us loose on the high-tech computer options just for this reason. I'm not sure if my program still does that.

My apartment building just mandated electronic, Wi-Fi based locks and thermostats, but in instances of a power failure or loss of Internet connection I worry we're all going to be up a creek without the proverbial paddle. I was perfectly happy just using a key.

 

[Vicky]

I hate it when the computer system shuts down, or unable to use. Especially when I am talking to a bank, a business, dr office, etc. They tell me to call back, come back, in several hrs or next day. Grrrrr. This can screw up my whole day.

 

[Tommy]

I don’t know what the leeway is for no power, but they have to dispose of all the refrigerated or frozen foods. They have to keep the stores closed until all these items are trashed. What a loss.

One would think it might be cost effective for the store to install a generator with an automatic transfer switch to run just their refrigerated/frozen food equipment for the duration of a power outage. Other businesses (and even private homes) do such things.

 

[Della]

Two weeks ago our how town lost internet. I couldn't find out what to do at home because that meant my TV was down, too. Walmart and Kroger were "cash only" so we grabbed our cash stash and went to Kroger, kind of hoping we could help out some young family who needed groceries but no body was there.

 

[Aunt Bea]

It’s a good idea to have a couple different credit cards that are serviced by different transaction processors in case a major network experiences an outage.

There are several but two of the largest are Tsys-Total Systems and Fiserv- First Data.

 

[oldman]

Eddy, my master stylist's business lost computer connection on Sunday. Nothing was working in the shop. You forget how intertwined with computers we are. They couldn't open their cash register, make appts. etc. It wasn't all that long ago when we went from embossing your credit card on a bunch of credit card copies to tapping near the screen. Now, when the computer connection is severed, we're lost.

My barber does everything by computer, except cut my hair. I make the appointment, choose my barber out of the four working and pay the bill all online.