Did you ask for a quarter as a test to see how the trader would react, or do you ask for imperial all of the time? If so, why? How would that be promoting metrication?
I can just imagine getting a cranky trader and the response the trader would give if the customer asked for an imperial translation in response to "anything else?" Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Simpson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2004-01-12 13:13 Subject: [USMA:28267] RE: Steve Thoburn > > Of Bill Potts > > For a quarter of a pound, though, the store employee wouldn't be quite so > precise > > as to say 113 g. He/she would be more likely to say, "about 110 grams." > > I asked for a quarter. The girl put the amount on the metric only scales. > She did not mention the number of grams and I do not remember what it was > exactly. She simply said "Anything else?". > >
