#12 I learned what POS means

and it wasn't just from a quick google search, because I never really remembered to google it, or thought hard enough about it to try and figure it out. Anyway, if you've never heard of a POS it's because you're never worked in retail. If you work in retail, you know that the computer/register system where you process returns/sales is called the POS. So my point is that, the POS is the point of sale. Fuck. It makes so much sense, it's fantastic! The moment where you take someone's money from them in exchange for merchandise or a service-- that's the point of sale. ahh, genius.

So I learned because someone from Visa came by with pamphlets about the new CIBC Visa debit card. It's a new debit card that can be used as a Visa card if you're in a country/store that doesn't accept interac. It's a good idea really. So on this pamphlet it explains how to process the transaction on your point of sale, and then in italicized brackets it says (POS), and I had this revelatory moment. Six years in retail and only now am I discovering it.

There you have it, it's not just a senseless combination of letters that mean absolutely nothing, it's actually exactly what it is. Perfect. It's like a type writer. The definition is perfect for the item. A type writer writes type font. Perfect. Some things amaze me. Things like this.