cash register blues

yes, I'm blue. We got a new cash register in the cafe a couple days ago, and it's ruining my life. Our old machine was extremely, well, old. No computer screens, dirty buttons that you can hardly even read what they say. It was great. The new ones are big and clunky, every menu category has its own page in the system. You have to select stupid things like what type of milk or flavor the latte is made with and all that. Basically it's my worst nightmare. I like the simplicity of our old machine. Lots of our pastries didn't even have buttons, and we'd just kind of make up prices as we went along. Fortunately, we're sticking true to one of our guns at least by not taking credit cards. This is something people feel very passionate about. I do as well. At least as far as Cafe Nasty is concerned, I'm anti-plastic. There's something satisfying about denying someone his order at the last minute, just as the barista is pouring his cappuccino, because he thought he could pay with his card. We've wasted many a hot chocolate, etc. because of situations like these. Bad for business yes, but funny. I think the main reason bossy won't get a card swiper thingy is because the company has to pay a small amount for every transaction made with a credit card. And since most of our orders are under like $5, it just doesn't make sense to take plastic. Plus, the line can move a hell of a lot quicker when I don't gotta stand there like an idiot, waiting for the machine to process this asshole's card. What if his card is maxed out and I have to shred it? Oh, that would be satisfying.