I see EVERYTHING as an opportunity to advocate the SI. Even though the typical American response is to react with contempt, I still press on.
I was looking to buy 250 g of red reishi mushroom powder in eBay. I have a 22 year old, well established account, with money in my hand. I nicely asked the seller if they could list quantities in the international system along side the old fashioned American one as I portion my intake of this stuff w/a kitchen gram scale and find it difficult to determine sizes ordered in the American dry ounce - valid dietary reasons that I really do apply to my daily life and quite difficult to do when using the olde dry ounce unit. For all they knew, I just arrived here from any other nation on the globe. Here was my original query and the response - Me: Howdy - Any chance you can list the weight of your product in the international system (metric) along side of USA only units? . I portion my dietary intake using a kitchen gram scale and find it difficult to purchase when the quantities are represented in the "ounce". Thanks! Jim (stuffko) Reply: That chore would take several hundred hours and ultimately be an eBay policy violation for doule <sp> listing the same item. 2.2 pounds per 1000 grams. 16 oz per pound 28.3 grams per oz 250 grams is "about" 9 oz Then the seller proceeded to block me from buying their product altogether lol. It would take literally 5 minutes of this sellers time to fulfill a valid request, from a paying customer. I guess the customer is always right unless it involves the metric system in the exceptional United States of America. If we really had a militant streak, I'd suggest we all gang up on every thick headed American who dismissed "us" like they so openly can do. GO METRIC, AMERICA! The World Is Waiting...
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