Comments | lizziebelle: why is today so weird?

lizziebelle

why is today so weird?

Oct 10, 2008 14:09

I had a customer yell at me this morning over .9". Point. Nine. Inches. Said we were practicing deceptive advertising because our one-coumn ads are 1.929" across while the columns are 2". Insisted on this even after my boss explained to him that they have to leave a little room so that the ads don't run into each other. Said he was going to call ( Read more... )

weird, work, customers

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sandwell October 10 2008, 19:12:48 UTC

see, what is really geeky is that he actually measured the width of the column of text to a significantly more precise length than the average ruler (which would be 'a couple of sixteenths ...').

And in any case :
a) the eye would not actually be able to tell the difference in width, and
b) the eye is used to seeing a gap between the text and the edge of the column so wouldn't notice there *was* a difference.

meh.

socks are evil and come from hell. but it's getting very cold here too ...

BTW : three-day weekend? what's the holiday?

lizziebelle October 10 2008, 19:35:14 UTC

It's Columbus Day (or, the day the Europeans invaded). It's a weird day to have off, but I'll take it!

sandwell October 10 2008, 19:51:39 UTC

ahh hmmm. that makes sense, kinda, as thinking about it, it was about exactly two years ago when i ended up watching a Columbus Day parade in Chicago.

Didn't know it was a holiday day though!

sea_dark_wine October 10 2008, 20:38:50 UTC

Hee hee... I love the undertaker's car!