Originally Posted by
primreamer
.....Nowadays the same process is done by barcode or RFID chips.
Funny old world, isn't it? A simple, effective and foolproof system is replaced for no very good reason by a computer-based system with a far higher risk of going wrong, simply because computers can and do go wrong, whereas a solid brass disk hanging on a hook tells the storeman everything he needs to know, instantaneously. I bet it was an MBA who decided that brass disks were just too, too old-fashioned.
Retreats into dynosaur cave, muttering "sodding kids with spreadsheets, f**king up anything that works well......."