Did the shop look busy? Did you hear anyone asking for anything and to what units they asked for it in?
Did you have a chance to ask the clerks or the manager about any reaction to metric only displays? But I'm sure if metric only pricing was a big issue with the customers, they wouldn't do it. This shop is proof that if one can do it, all can do it. Euric ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris KEENAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2004-03-08 06:09 Subject: [USMA:29120] Re: UK scales used in trade > As chance would have it, I was in another part of town this morning and wanted > to buy a newspaper. I popped in to a 'local stores' shop. On the street > outside I noticed all their fruit & veg (loose) had 'kilo' written against > the prices (by hand). No mention of lbs. Inside, they had various deli items > like cheeses. All these had the metric price only, many using 'kg' correctly > (again, hand-written using felt-tip pen). I looked at the scales. Both sets > were modern, digital machines, displaying prices per kg or 100 g, and masses > in kg only. I'm sure they could be switched internally to display lbs, but > the kg/100 g indicators were printed on the display cover, so there is no way > they could be switched to suit the customer. > > This was in a more affluent, 'Bohemian' part of town, and the sort of place > that one might expect MM support, so it was particularly gratifying. > > > -- > Chris KEENAN > UK Metric Assoc: www.metric.org.uk > >
