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From: "Stephen Humphreys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, 2005-06-02 06:39
Subject: [USMA:33057] RE: freight in UK
It's the point of sale part that is in imperial.
If I go into tesco I could see that onions were XX/lb - stick them on a
scale and choose a coupe of LBs worth.
Point of sale information changed - not the equipment
This seems like double speak! First you say the point of sale part is
imperial then you say it isn't. It can't be both. If the point of sale
still uses metric equipment, then how can the point of sale part still be in
imperial.
Mr. Hall said:
They still weigh and sell in metric. They use metric scales at the deli
counter and the till receipts are metric only. They also operate in metric
behind the scenes (inventory etc)
But you are trying to tell us different. Which of you is right? Both can't
be! If the use of metric scales persists at both the deli and the till,
then that means and can only mean the point of sale part is metric and not
imperial. How can it be imperial if the store determines your cost by what
they weigh in your presence in metric?
The stuff "behind the scenes" can be in any unit they wish - so that
needn't change - it can stay in metric.
It's only information that got converted back (with the choice of metric
still offered)
I'm not sure what you mean by "behind the scenes". If they weigh products
in the back room using a metric scale and it prints out a metric label,
wouldn't that mean that is metric too? Are the labels that the machines
print show metric and imperial or just metric only? If the back room scales
print out a dual unit label (if I understand you correctly) wouldn't it also
stand to reason that the deli counter and till scales could do the same and
the store would also dual unit print these too? I interpret from Mr. Hall's
comments that the deli and till scales are metric only.
Dan
