This is a good point. Just express a preference for SI instead of arguing
about it. Enough people do this and people will listen.
Linda Bergeron
----Original Message Follows----
From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:36604] plugging metric on consumer 800 numbers
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 16:35:35 -0500
Coca Cola just came out with a scrumptious (IMHO) new beverage called Coca
Cola
Blak (that is how it is spelled). It is coffee-flavored Coca Cola! After
trying
it, I phoned the 800 number on the bottle and expressed my praise. When the
operator asked me if there was anything else I'd like to say about the
product,
I replied, "Oh, I'd really like to see all your smaller sizes of Coca Cola
in
metric, too. You have 1-liter, 2-liter, 3-liter bottles, and I'd like to see
quarter-liter and half-liter as your smaller sizes." Period. Just like that.
"All metric, huh?" he said. "Yes." I replied again. I didn't belabor the
point.
I just cast a simple vote for metric sizes. The young man seemed to take my
suggestion in stride.
Since getting off the phone, it has occurred to me that expressing our
preference for metric sizes in such a simple, unargued way would be the most
effective method for making that preference count. I think that's the sort
of
thing that will change FMI's mind about the public's preferences.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
Phone (432)528-7724
www.metric.org
3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122
Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
home.grandecom.net/~trusten
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