• more about #barcodescanning
    infmom: And almost 30 years later, Fry's Electronics finally installed bar code scanners for the very first time. I am not, as Dave Barry says, making this up. more »
    GlenTen: Bar codes are the work of Satan and should be avoided at all costs more »
    Nick: customer: i would like to return this gum.cashier: do you have the receipt?customer: *rummages through pockets* no.cashier: NEXT! more »
    TimmahTao: Weird. I'm from Troy. That Marsh is still there, and probably has the same people working in it. IIRC, there is a 60 year old cashier named Barbie. more »
    tacomstng: 1973 or 1974, the video talks about '74, the article says '73, but that would mean today would be its 36th birthday.... more »
    Curves: I have been to Troy, Ohio and let me assure you, that this has to be the biggest thing that ever happened there. Bigger even than Troy itself. more »
    ironman1266: ...the iPhone's better... more »
  • #anniversaries

    Happy 35th Birthday Bar Code

    On today's date in 1973, a small supermarket in Troy Ohio became the testing grounds for the world's first commercial bar code scanner. At 8:01 am, Sharon Buchanan scanned a 10-pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit gum and changed retail forever. More »