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or unless two persons at the existing exit are not able to take proper 

 care of the customers. It is very much to be desired that the exits 

 be of such number and arrangement that the customer will not be 

 required to wait for any appreciable period, and this usually can be 

 accomplished. 



Figure 3 shows the simplest plan for an arrangement of the exits 

 and cashier's desk in a one-exit store. This arrangement can be 



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Cash 

 Register 



Adding 

 Machine 



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Fig. 3. — One-way exit where only one employee is used. 



used with any number of cashiers or checkers by merely lengthening 

 the counter sufficiently. But under the most efficient arrangement 

 there should not be more than two employees for each exit. If there 

 is only one employee, there should be a small cash register and 

 adding machine, together with a scale, and equipment for wrapping 

 the merchandise. An adding machine is not essential, but contributes 

 materially to the speed and accuracy of the work. When two em- 

 ployees are used at the exit the following alternative plan is efficient : 

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