I found this on a box at work we received:

My question is, if you aren't supposed to scan the barcode, what ARE you supposed to do?

(Sorry for the slightly blurry image)

rbowes:

My question is, if you aren't supposed to scan the barcode, what ARE you supposed to do?

 

Type it in, of course.

Did you know that apparently lots of bar code readers are configured via.. yup! Bar codes. You could actually create "dangerous" bar codes using these configuration code and reconfigure the reader. DO NOT SCAN would actually give that a whole new level of urgency. Like a bio-hazard sign :)

rbowes:

My question is, if you aren't supposed to scan the barcode, what ARE you supposed to do?

Usually those are vendor labels that aren't supposed to be scanned by anyone else. The message is telling the shipping people to not scan it. You'd think that the carriers would know to scan only the barcode present on or near the address label, but that's not always the case.

However, if the label is intended for internal vendor use only, it would make more sense for them to use black-out labels in the shipping department. Some carriers require that to prevent confusion during automatic scanning.

rbowes:

(Sorry for the slightly blurry image)

 

No wooden table!? :/ 

lonewolf:

No wooden table!? :/ 

Protip: The "wooden table" joke is only funny in certain contexts. Stick with posting relevant comments for now.

AbbydonKrafts:

Protip: The "wooden table" joke is only funny in certain contexts. Stick with posting relevant comments for now.

Imma chargin' mah lazur!! 

AbbydonKrafts:

*snip actual information*

Look at you, flexing that big brain of yours!

bstorer:

Look at you, flexing that big brain of yours!

The correct term is "stroking my ego"

morbiuswilters:

AbbydonKrafts:

Protip: The "wooden table" joke is only funny in certain contexts. Stick with posting relevant comments for now.

Imma chargin' mah lazur!! 

In Soviet Russia, lazur charges imma!

bstorer:

In Soviet Russia, lazur charges imma!

Abby would love to discharge his lazur into Emma, but it ain't gonna happen. 

morbiuswilters:

Abby would love to discharge his lazur into Emma

Oh man, would I ever. She's cute.

AbbydonKrafts:

Oh man, would I ever. She's cute.

Just see if you can lure her into your van after she gets out of school.  I hear candy works quite well on the children.  Meanwhile, I'll stick with women who look older than 13.

morbiuswilters:

Just see if you can lure her into your van after she gets out of school.

Hey! She turned 18.

morbiuswilters:

Just see if you can lure her into your van after she gets out of school.  I hear candy works quite well on the children.

You say Abbydon has some candy in his van? I'm there!

bstorer:

You say Abbydon has some candy in his van? I'm there!

As long as if you don't mind it being out of its wrapper. Don't mind the powder. It's just sugar.

AbbydonKrafts:

The correct term is "stroking my ego"

 

Yeah you do that a lot... I wish you wouldn't

MasterPlanSoftware:

Yeah you do that a lot... I wish you wouldn't

Quit looking and you wouldn't know I'm doing it.

 In addition to some of those mentioned above . . . I've seen this type of warning to mean "do not inventory."

 And thank you for registering just so that you can post to a 7 month old thread!

 Calm down, he registered in May already. He's just a slow poster.

Ilya Ehrenburg:

 Calm down, he registered in May already. He's just a slow poster.

Me too! I need to post on a zombie thread too!