The cranked tills (or registers for the Americans) is an interesting example, because it seems safe to assume they don't have that equipment anymore, and could not so easily do that.
We have become much more reliant on digital tech (those hand cranked tills were prob not digital even when the electricity was on), and much less resilient to outages of such tech I think.
We have become much more reliant on digital tech (those hand cranked tills were prob not digital even when the electricity was on), and much less resilient to outages of such tech I think.