Blows my mind that their systems are so centralized that an outage of such a scale can occur.
2 Likes
Thank goodness I’m not working at Woolies today.
1 Like
Wonder if they tried switching off and on the system though 
1 Like
Back up now, according to Woolworths.
Freebies in Adelaide.
Phew! They must have read your post.
‘Registry’?
How would you spell it?
Register?
Have I missed something? Or are they referring to the ‘database online registry’ or something of that nature?
2 Likes
I think they meant Register Glitch.
1 Like
Well that’s what I thought…
How on Earth can a supermarket be so reliant on a fucking computer that they can’t serve customers once self-serve registers go down?
Yeah. They should have had a back up abacus rolled out to calculate the purchases.
4 Likes
Wouldn’t be a bad idea for every store to upgrade their handheld RF guns to transact customers in the rare case of a system meltdown. A bit like Macca’s with their mobile devices. Would have paid for themselves this afternoon.
2 Likes
Did Seven Melbourne just hit a new low?
2 Likes
It was the top story on Ten news Melbourne as well.
So they set the bar.
1 Like
The managers who approved the free groceries for customers is gonna get sacked…
2 Likes