The Measure Of A Customer

I used to work in a hardware shop. Everything was priced per metre, but some of our older customers who grew up with feet and inches refused to get with the times.

Customer: “I need fifteen feet of chain.”

Me: “I can measure that for you, but as we price in metres I will need to—”

Customer: “I don’t want it in metres! I want it in feet!”

Me: “You’ll get the exact amount you need, but for pricing I need to—”

Customer: “—Ugh! I’ll just do it myself!”

I let her measure it herself, and eventually she came up, plonked the chain on the counter, and said:

Customer: “There, fifteen feet of chain, or seven of your stupid metres!”

So, I charged her for seven metres.