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It just blows my mind that that many people have absolutely no concept of how to run a simple operation like that without computers. I'm young enough that most fast food places have had computers as long as I can remember. Even I understand that you can shout back orders or write them on tickets, and figure change manually.
In the mid 70's, they did use paper tickets, and shout back. There was even a code to it. Actually, the only thing the paper was used for, was "grill" orders, a special.
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