Needed to order a banner for a sponsorship thing I'm doing at work.
And it needed to be 2.5' x 12'.
Easy enough.
So I email the banner guy and ask him to make a banner that's 2.5' x 12'.
He emails me back with this info:
"The
banner material actually comes 38" tall. I
can cut the material down to 30" tall, but the cost would stay the
same."
No problem about the price.
But that 30"? Hmmmmm. Not sure about that.
So I email him again:
"The space won't support the 30" -- could it be cut down to 2.5'?"
Yes, I did.
I am so smart.
I didn't even catch my lapse in mathematical judgment until his reply:
"2.5' is 30"."
Ohhhh, why yes, yes it is.
Obviously, I'm now looking for a new banner guy since I won't be able to show my face in that place again.
2 Wanna' ramble too?:
It's the "new math" that did this to us when we were in school Angie. It's not your fault.
Always good to give the banner guy a test to see if he knows what he is talking about. Looks like he passed.
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