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Go Green's Anthony Ryder totaling-up on the new touch screen system.[/caption]
Sixteen years of tradition came to an end today as the Go Green bottle depot stopped counting bottles manually and began using a touch screen computer system. The Point of Return Application has been used by most Return-It bottle depots for over a decade. It's designed to simplify the process of counting a customer's bottles by allowing front counter staff to simply enter totals for pre-defined beverage container types. The system does the math and provides the customer with a detailed receipt.
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Only thing better than a receipt would be a paper recycling bin for me to throw it in.[/caption]
Encorp's Point of Return (POR) Beverage Container Recycling Application, which includes specialized touch screens, cash drawer and receipt printers was designed for Encorp in 2000 by Geoffrey Seeley with GDS & Associates Systems Ltd.
This is the same system that was used by the Westside Return-It bottle depot in Kitsilano; former Westside customers of the now-defunct depot will probably be reassured to see Go Green going electronic -- many of them have been mildly alarmed to watch their containers being counted manually.
That's been amusing -- there's never been a problem with Go Green's accuracy or their honesty, and the POR system certainly didn't make the Westside bottle depot more honest or accurate.
For Go Green, this represents a major change -- up until now, counting the containers has been a serious skill; only three of the staff are currently qualified to do it. The POR computer system is meant to allow anyone to accurately count containers. In fact, staff at Westside really couldn't count and total without it, whereas today, when Go Green's Anthony Ryder handled my meager load of bottles, he still did the count the old way and then entered it in the computer to generate my receipt.
I'm expecting the change will be allow more of the Go Green's staff to do front counter duty, particularly their newest employee, who previously worked at Westside. Since coming to Go Green he's exclusively worked in the back doing sorting. At Westside, he also worked in the front, counting customer's containers using the same POR touch screen system.
What's next, self-serve bottle depots? Maybe.
Go Green's Anthony Ryder totaling-up on the new touch screen system.[/caption]Sixteen years of tradition came to an end today as the Go Green bottle depot stopped counting bottles manually and began using a touch screen computer system. The Point of Return Application has been used by most Return-It bottle depots for over a decade. It's designed to simplify the process of counting a customer's bottles by allowing front counter staff to simply enter totals for pre-defined beverage container types. The system does the math and provides the customer with a detailed receipt.
Like sidewalks coming to Dodge City
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Only thing better than a receipt would be a paper recycling bin for me to throw it in.[/caption]Encorp's Point of Return (POR) Beverage Container Recycling Application, which includes specialized touch screens, cash drawer and receipt printers was designed for Encorp in 2000 by Geoffrey Seeley with GDS & Associates Systems Ltd.
This is the same system that was used by the Westside Return-It bottle depot in Kitsilano; former Westside customers of the now-defunct depot will probably be reassured to see Go Green going electronic -- many of them have been mildly alarmed to watch their containers being counted manually.
That's been amusing -- there's never been a problem with Go Green's accuracy or their honesty, and the POR system certainly didn't make the Westside bottle depot more honest or accurate.
For Go Green, this represents a major change -- up until now, counting the containers has been a serious skill; only three of the staff are currently qualified to do it. The POR computer system is meant to allow anyone to accurately count containers. In fact, staff at Westside really couldn't count and total without it, whereas today, when Go Green's Anthony Ryder handled my meager load of bottles, he still did the count the old way and then entered it in the computer to generate my receipt.
I'm expecting the change will be allow more of the Go Green's staff to do front counter duty, particularly their newest employee, who previously worked at Westside. Since coming to Go Green he's exclusively worked in the back doing sorting. At Westside, he also worked in the front, counting customer's containers using the same POR touch screen system.
What's next, self-serve bottle depots? Maybe.
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