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take a guess……
A customer of mine gave me sizes for a sign which he wanted vinyls for. He’s a art and design grad who designs signs, menus, letterheads etc.
Anyway, God know how he manages as he doesn’t seem to have much of a clue about sizes.
take a guess at this, what do you think he meant when he gave me a size of 2.2.5ft? I asked him to confirm and he said yeah, that’s right 2.2.5ft.Go on have a guess……..
Answer to follow………..
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10 Replies
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two foot two and a half inches
Dave
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nope………
how about 20.5″…. honestly!
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You’r avin a laff 😕
Dave
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I wish I was! thank God I only give him the vinyls and no fitting is ever involved, I’m sure there must be times where they don’t fit because he can’t measure anything.
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quote Marcella:nope………how about 20.5″…. honestly!
yet more proof that a uni degree means ‘squat’ if they don’t have common sense to go with it 🙄
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agree with shane i would have done it 2 and a quarter ft = 27 ins
chris
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I dont know how old he is but shouldnt he be working in millimetres or centimetres? I wonder how many of us work in inches and feet and how many work in metric, I do both :lol1:
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inches for me…i cant work in mm drives me mad 😮
nik
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quote Jayne Marsh:I dont know how old he is but shouldnt he be working in millimetres or centimetres? I wonder how many of us work in inches and feet and how many work in metric, I do both :lol1:
strictly mm here. Had a guy ring today that wanted a sign with ‘letters A4 size to fit on a board 6 foot by 3 foot.’
I said the letters are 297mm high, but could not work out quickly what 6 x 3 was in mm. By the time I found a calculator, I realised that his letters were way to big to fit the board. He didn’t believe me. Finally talked him around to a smaller size text, to be told he thought I was way too expensive.. Wasted 15 minutes on the phone.
The other thing I hate is when thay say 3 feet by 100mm. Wish they would stick to one or the other.
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quote Chris Wool:agree with shane i would have done it 2 and a quarter ft = 27 ins
chris
27″ was what I thought he meant. I asked him to go and measure it again…. thankfully. But HIS customer measured it for him! 😀
I always work in mm but when I try to visualise the size of something I do it in ft and inches! 😮
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