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From: "Lawrence Greenall" <>
Subject: RE: Coop Tickets
Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 00:38:22 +0100
In-Reply-To: <004f01c4a34e$5b990cb0$7c034254@rentalhhibb9hm>


To get away from memory lane for a moment, I recently bought some cheese at
my local Co-op. The lady in front of me asked for a pound of some type of
cheese, and I watched with interest as the young assistant put exactly
enough cheese on the metric scales to make 454g (within reason) without a
moment's thought. Then it was my turn. As all the prices were metric too, I
stupidly asked for half a kilo of cheddar. Amazingly, the young assistant
was completely stumped! She looked at the cheese (priced in kilos), then
studied the scales (graduated in kilos), then went to cut off a lump of
cheese, but hesitated and went 'backstage', emerging a moment later with a
more senior assistant who showed her what to do.

Fascinating!

Lawrence

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