the stupid, it burns
Apr. 23rd, 2007 06:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anotheranonStopped 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....
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....
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Date: 2007-04-25 01:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-04-25 11:03 pm (UTC)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...