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To: JoeProBono

Subway has footlong and 6-inch. They are clearly stating the length and it is unambiguous.
Selling 11” and 5-1/2” instead of foot-long and 6 inch is clearly cheating the customers.


17 posted on 01/21/2013 6:00:19 AM PST by BuffaloJack (Children, pets, and slaves get taken care of. Free Men take care of themselves.)
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To: BuffaloJack
BuffaloJack said: "Selling 11” and 5-1/2” instead of foot-long and 6 inch is clearly cheating the customers."

I've bought their product and I never felt cheated.

Scientists and engineers are taught about implicit precision.

There is a different expectation when buying a 1 foot long sandwich, a 1.0 foot long sandwich, and a 1.00 foot long sandwich. At 11.5 inches, Subway sandwiches meet the implied specification of being 1 foot long.

A 6.5 inch sandwich also meets the implied precision of "foot long", but then I would feel cheated.

36 posted on 01/21/2013 8:20:54 PM PST by William Tell
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