The Long And The Short Of It Is, They Don’t Know

My hardware store sells carpet runner cut to size. On one of my last days at the company, these two customers came in:

Customers: “Yeah, we need some of that carpet.”

Me: “Okay, how much?”

Customers: “A hundred.”

Me: “A hundred… inches? Feet?”

Customers: “What’s the difference?”

Me: “Between a hundred inches and a hundred feet?”

Customers: *Nods.*

I pull out my measuring tape and show them a hundred inches.

Me: “That’s a hundred inches. A hundred feet is like from here to the front of the store.”

Both customers look at the tape measure, then at the front of the store, then at the tape measure again.

Customers: “I just don’t know…”