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The confirmation before anything is spent

A tap no longer spends. Both a prize and a prepaid unit now go through a confirmation naming what is about to leave your shop.

Two things at the counter leave your shop and do not come back: a prize, and a prepaid unit. They used to go on a single tap, and the worker learned what had happened after it happened. Both now go through a confirmation that names what is leaving, what it costs, and what is left afterwards.

  1. Scan the customer's code, or type their mobile and press «Search». Both doors reach the same window, and nothing has happened yet: the read just opens their card.
    «Scan the code», scan the customer's code and the system works out by itself whether this is a visit or a redemption.
    «Scan the code», scan the customer's code and the system works out by itself whether this is a visit or a redemption.
  2. Press the prize they want. The buttons under «Can claim now» carry the dishes off your own menu, not the rungs' names. A window opens with the customer's name, the prize, and how many stamps it costs, and «hand over the prize» is what spends it, not the tap that got you here.
    Before anything is spent: who the customer is, what the prize is, and what it costs. «Hand over the prize» is what spends it. The scan on its own spends nothing.
    Before anything is spent: who the customer is, what the prize is, and what it costs. «Hand over the prize» is what spends it. The scan on its own spends nothing.
  3. If the prize is tied to dishes from your menu and nobody has chosen yet, the window asks «pick the item» and shows the dishes with their photos. The hand-over button stays off until one is picked.
    When the prize is linked to menu items and nobody has picked yet, the till asks «pick the item», and the hand-over button stays off until one is chosen.
    When the prize is linked to menu items and nobody has picked yet, the till asks «pick the item», and the hand-over button stays off until one is chosen.
  4. The same for «spend from their package»: the tap opens a confirmation reading «one coffee of the day from a 30-cup package — 4 of 30 left», with what they hold right now underneath.
  5. Press «Take the unit» after the cup is in their hand. «Cancel» returns you to the customer's card with nothing taken.
    «Spend from their package» now opens a confirmation naming the dish, the package and what is left after it, and the unit is only taken by «take the unit».
    «Spend from their package» now opens a confirmation naming the dish, the package and what is left after it, and the unit is only taken by «take the unit».
Who the customer is
Their name sits at the top of the window. A cashier handling two phones in a minute needs to see the name before handing anything over.
What it costs
In stamps or points, in your own programme's words. It does not appear at all on a gift. A gift is already paid for.
What is left
On the package confirmation: what they hold now, and what will be left after this unit. Both together, so the worker can answer «how many have I got left?» without opening another screen.

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