The Hobart Scalemaster program is Edgar’s clunky if just barely passable portal into adding and editing items on the deli and produce scales, at Southside and Palmyra both. While Liberty does have one all purpose scale in back that everyone uses, it has never been online, and this is considered no great loss. If anything is ever needed there, he jots down a note of it, and does so the next occasion where he’s in the store. They have one catchall PLU number labeled “miscellaneous item,” which they can use in a pinch, crossing that out to write in the correct name, and this works just fine for the time being. Of course, it’s entirely likely they will run afoul of the same weights and measures tyranny at some point, if for example packaging up bulk department snack mixes, but this prospect is a campfire compared to the forest blaze up in Palmyra right now.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://jasonmcgathey.wordpress.com/2021/02/08/tales-of-a-scorched-coffee-pot-chapter-14/
