the stupid, it burns

[anotheranon]

Stopped off after work at Home Despot to pick up some PVC pipe to protect my fencing blades.

Of course a 10' piece won't fit in my car, so I ask a salesperson to cut it into 3 pieces of 1 yard each (to cover 3 blades). Aforementioned salesperson was of a youngish (say, late teens, early 20s) persuasion.

Pulling out the tape measure he asked (I quote): "How long is a yard?"

I had to point out the 36"/3' mark on his tape measure for him.

[headdesk, headesk, or there would have been had there been a desk around]

I hate to ask what's wrong with kids these days but Jaysus Keerist on a pogo stick....

Comments

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Emphasize - perhaps not, I'll take your word for it, you're the prof. But how is it possible to reach an age old enough to work retail and NOT know what a yard is?? When you HAVE a tape measure??

[(Anonymous)]

Tape measures are NOT marked in yards.

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

Perhaps not all of them are, but some are!

But then, most of my measurement tools were designed with home sewing in mind, and that might be a discipline where yards matter more than feet, inches, etc...