In this week's installment of 'Who, Me?', a reader named Dillon recounts a challenging experience on the point-of-sale (POS) team for a prominent retailer. When local leaders pressured the city council for funds to build a stadium, new sales taxes were enacted, including significant taxes on food and liquor. Dillon had the task of programming these taxes into the POS system, which, due to software limitations, resulted in excessively long receipts listing multiple taxes. The humorous outcome of this situation highlighted the implications of tax policies on daily operations.
"Receipts listed the customer's vice of choice, and noted their money was being collected by the city to pay for the stadium."
"We added an extra tax on top of the state's general merchandise tax; napkins were the only item remaining untaxed in our restaurant."
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