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The checker, standing at a in figure 3, takes the basket of merchan- 

 dise from the customer and calls the price of each article to the 

 cashier at 5, who registers it on the adding machine. If there are 

 any articles to be weighed, the checker weighs them oh the scale at 

 his side and then calls the amount to the cashier. After all the pack- 

 ages have been taken out of the basket the cashier totals the amount, 

 presents the adding-machine slip, receives the money from the cus- 

 tomer, and makes the change. Meanwhile the checker wraps the 

 merchandise. By this arrangement the customer is taken care of in 

 j^ the least possible 



*^ ' time. The only ob- 



jection to using two 

 employees at the exit 

 is that during certain 

 parts of the day 

 there are not enough 

 customers passing 

 through to keep them 

 busy. At such times 

 one employee can 

 serve both as cashier 

 and checker and free 

 the other for restock- 

 ing the shelves and 

 other work. 



In wrapping it is 

 advisable to use 

 paper bags entirely. 

 This is somewhat 

 more expensive so 

 far as the actual cost 

 of paper is con- 

 cerned, but the sav- 

 ing in time by this 

 method more than 

 offsets the increased 

 cost of the bags over paper and twine. The railing should be about 

 3^ feet high and should extend the entire length of the counter. It 

 should be so close to the counter that customers are forced to pass 

 before the checker and cashier in single file. This prevents confusion 

 and facilitates the proper checking of all purchases. 



In case the volume of business is very large and the store is such 

 that only one exit can be provided the plan shown in figure 4 is 

 suggested. Such an arrangement, while not so efficient as the one 



A — Cash register 

 B — Adding machine 

 C— Scales 



Fig. 4 



-One-way exit where several checkers and wrap- 

 pers are employed. 



