2002-11-10
I hope you have a lot of oil..... megalitres. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Nichols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, 2002-11-10 13:51 Subject: [USMA:23224] RE: It takes a lot of little changes > The squeaky wheel gets the oil, > try again. > > At 12:45 PM 10-11-2002, you wrote: > >I hope you have better luck getting a response out of Albertson's than I > >did. > > > >I sent them an email a couple of years ago about their ridiculous unit > >pricing on the labels at the edge of their wine and liquor shelves. > > > >Although wine and liquor containers are exclusively SI and have been so for > >years, they show the unit pricing by the ounce. (Yes, they even get the ifp > >wrong, confusing ounces and fluid ounces.) > > > >When I questioned it in the store, one of the responses from an assistant > >manager was "I don't understand the metric system." A couple of questions > >revealed that he didn't really understand any measurement system. > > > >My email, which was very polite, elicited no response whatsoever. > > > >Bill Potts, CMS > >Roseville, CA > >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-usma@;colostate.edu]On > > >Behalf Of John Nichols > > >Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 10:32 > > >To: U.S. Metric Association > > >Subject: [USMA:23222] It takes a lot of little changes > > > > > > > > >Dear Albertsons: > > > > > >You are now selling the 4 litre milk containers that have been > > >around since > > >Mel Gibson was in Lethal Weapon (see the milk container in the shot of his > > >refrigerator) yet it still has the bulge in the side that changes it to > > >one gallon aka 3.79 litres. I object to paying for the plastic for 4 > > >litres, the transport for 4 litres of volume and the thought that I am > > >incapable making a rational decision to shop in metric. > > > > > >I use this example in my teaching to classes of 300 undergraduates > > >at Texas > > >A&M University. Most had no idea of the issue. > > > > > >Your advice on when you will sell the amount of milk the container was > > >designed for would be appreciated. > > > > > >I shop at your store and no where else. > > > > > >Thanks for listening > > > > > >John Nichols > > > > > >John Nichols BE, Ph.D. (Newcastle), MIE (Aust), Chartered Professional > > >Engineer > > >Assistant Professor > > >Texas A&M University > > >Department of Construction Science > > >Langford AC > > >Rm: A414 MD 3137 > > >College Station, TX 77843-3137 > > > > > >Electronic mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Telephone: 979 845 6541 > > >Facsimile: 979 862 1572 > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > >a fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi > > > > > >in front a precipice, behind a wolf > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- > > John Nichols BE, Ph.D. (Newcastle), MIE (Aust), Chartered Professional > Engineer > Assistant Professor > Texas A&M University > Department of Construction Science > Langford AC > Rm: A414 MD 3137 > College Station, TX 77843-3137 > > Electronic mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Telephone: 979 845 6541 > Facsimile: 979 862 1572 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > a fronte praecipitium a tergo lupi > > in front a precipice, behind a wolf > ----------------------------------------------------------------- >
