Me: Hello do you sell birch plywood?
CSR: Yes! We sell it 8’ x 4’. 8’ x 2’..
Me: I need 1 metre by a half metre.
CSR: Oh, we never measure in metric. Always in inches and feet.
Me: Oh…
CSR: Let me see if I can convert that for you *breaks out smartphone* let’s see 100 centimetres in a metre.. divided by 2.54 is 39”… and the other side is half of that so it’s… 19 and ¾ inches…
Me: (since they sell by the foot and not in inches) how many feet in 39 inches?
CSR: Let’s see, divide 39 inches by….
(The CSR was very helpful and I don’t mean to make fun of him, but rather I was disappointed that measurements for buying lumber still uses imperial units)