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EDP accounting and EDP acco Editor: Donald L. Adams, CPA Managing Director— Administrative Services American Institute of CPAs Assistant Editor : Carol A. Schaller, CPA Manager, Practice Applications American Institute of CPAs Editorial they are rung-up. In faet, some calculator, it should not constitute systems go so far as to print, on a a large economic burden to add a As regular readers of this column random basis, a star on the register customer-visible display to a sophis- may have noticed, I am not addicted receipt. A customer who gets a star ticated point-of-sale terminal . to writing editorials . In fact, this is wins a prize or gets the purchase Whatever the reasons, I believe only the second one in a little over for free. All of this is designed to that the decision to eliminate a cus- two years . However, in the last few encourage customers to look at their tomer-visible display was a mistake . months I have come into contact transactions and to make it more Moreover, it typifies the lack of con- with three new systems that are the likely they will ask for the receipt . cern for the human element that has prototypes of many systems that will An interested, involved customer given so many automation projects be installed in the near future. One was considered to be a positive force a deservedly bad name . I urge any- is in a large am