Hey, I am not worth fighting over! I indeed agreed with Bill's assessment
of the responding person's reply (I know, that it sounds kind of awkward to
say the least). At the same time, this might show that 1. they might have a
set template for positive replies to new products, which they use; or 2. she
doesn't care much for metrication, or doesn't think it is that big of a
deal. At the same time, I agree, that she failed to recognise that this was
the only reason why I wrote to them. As I said, I will reply to her, and
try to emphasise the actual reason for my comment (the packaging, rather
than the product). But, since I am only on my 11th page of my international
law term paper, which is due at 7.00 on Friday and should be of "medium
length", I have to concentrate on that for a tad bit.
Cheers,
Nick
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Bill Potts
Sent: 18 April 2001 14.24
To: U.S. Metric Association
Subject: [USMA:12308] Re: sugar bags
But I didn't say "explicit," Karl; I said "emphatic." There's a world of
difference.
Their reply shows that they didn't pay much attention to Nick's reference to
metric packaging. It seems to have gone completely over the head of the
person who wrote the response.
Moreover, Nick agrees with that assessment.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Karl G. Ruling
> Sent: April 18, 2001 12:02
> To: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: [USMA:12303] Re: sugar bags
>
>
> At 11:59 4/18/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >The only problem, Nick, is that they thought you were
> complimenting them on
> >the product, rather than on the rational SI unit of measure used for the
> >package.
> >
> >I think that, when we send complimentary letters or email
> messages to those
> >who use SI measurements, we need to be quite emphatic about the
> reason for
> >the compliments.
>
>
> He wrote: "I love your new metric packaging." How much more explicit can
> one get?
> There was no praise for the sugar itself, only for "the new 2 kg pack."
>
> I'm sure that for a sugar manufacturer, the packaging is an integral part
> of the product. It's awfully hard to distinguish one brand of sugar from
> another except by the packaging. It's all looks and tastes the same when
> you open the bag.
>
>
