We have used several square devices and prefer the remote terminal device with its all in chip reader and printer. The problem is that it requires me to touch it to type in the sales data and then I have to turn it to the customer who holds it to swipe in their credit card, who then hands it back to me to print the receipt where I have to then hand the receipt back to them. So then I have to wipe down the terminal with a bleach wipe, and throughout all the interactions, have to violate the 6 foot rule. Even if they hit the buttons to print the receipt, they are still contaminating the screen, so I have to wipe it with a bleach wipe before I touch it to enter the next users sales info. Its basically impossible to do a sales interaction and not contaminate the device or violate the 6 foot rule.
I would really like a better way to do this, such as a way to keep the terminal on the counter facing the customer, and me being able to control it using a remote device such as my iPad. So the steps would be, I enter the sales data from behind the counter on my iPad or iPhone, the numbers appear on the remote terminal on the counter, the customer swipes their card, I hit print on my iPad, and their receipt comes out of the terminal. Or have the terminal to print the receipt automatically, after a sale, whiteout having to touch the screen. No violation of the 6 foot rule.
Is there a way to do this? Or a way to expedite remote control of the terminal station due to the COVID situation?
