Cash register birthday

The birthday of the cash register is celebrated annually on November 4th This device is not used in everyday life, but directly affects the lives of all of us After all, it is impossible to imagine modern trade without it Even the smallest retail outlets are equipped with a cash register It makes all operations as transparent as possible and ensures the protection of the rights of both buyers and the business owner or employees The first cash register was invented in 1879 The patent for it was received by James Ritty, an American entrepreneur working in the catering industry The employees of his cafe constantly withheld part of the profits, which is why Ritti could not even pay off his debts He constantly thought about ways to control revenue and one day came up with a device for recording every purchase made in a cafe The principle of its operation was similar to the principle of operation of a device that records shaft speed in a steamship engine James was able to observe this device during one of his travels Ritty assembled a primitive prototype of a modern cash register with the help of his brother John The revenue accounting device recorded data on each of the sales made on disk Later, a more complex apparatus was developed It was already equipped with an indicator, thanks to which the purchase amount was visible to both the seller and the buyer This invention made life very difficult for dishonest cafe employees James Ritty first ruled out the possibility of dishonest profit for the cashiers of his own establishment, and then began to make money by selling cash registers The new product was quickly appreciated by entrepreneurs from America, and then from other countries The invention reached our country at the end of the 19th century It immediately became popular with owners of various shops and merchants Cash registers of that time were real works of art, looking respectable and solid They were made of copper and had parts made of mahogany, silver, nickel and gold Today, cash registers are used everywhere throughout the world They perform several functions at once: 1 Protect business owners from theft of money by unscrupulous employees 2 Make it possible for the state to control the profits that entrepreneurs receive This helps avoid massive tax evasion 3 Help in resolving disputes between the seller and the buyer A cash receipt serves as proof of the purchase and can act as evidence in court