Read the following conversations and see how
the new words are usaged.
[M] This platter
is missing its price tag and bar code. I'll just scan in
the price tag of something else that's the same price.
[W] Don't do that.
Then the inventory won't reflect
this sale
accurately and the counts will be off.
[W] I didn't
realize that such accuracy was so crucial.
[M]
The computer says we have three of these bedspreads left. Can you go to the
stockroom and verify that, please?
[W]
If the computer says we have three, why would there be any discrepancy?
[M]
Sometimes there are adjustments
to the inventory
and I don't want to tell this lady we have a bedspread if we are out of stock.
[M]
Counting
everything in the stockroom by hand is so tedious. I can't believe we are doing this.
[W] It's dull and dirty, but very important.
The store is liable for every product in here, so the count must
be accurate.
[M] Isn't the computer's running total accurate enough?
[M] Every time you make a sale, the computer subtracts the product from the inventory.
[W] I'm glad
that's an automatic process.
[M] Twice a year,
we close the store to do a physical count. We try not to disturb our customers any more often than that.