People will do the darnedest things…

Imagine working in a store where knowing exact measurements is crucial. If a customer claimed to know the measurements but the unit of measure was rather…unusual…how would you respond?

In today’s story, one Redditor’s experience in a hardware store has given them a lot of…tales to tell.

See the story below to find out why this one’s the cat’s meow.

Measure with your heart…or your cat.

I worked in a retail hardware store, my department was flooring, but I was also responsible for window treatments (blinds, curtains, shutters. etc.)

The first thing you need to know about windows, there is no “average” size.

Sure, builders aim to make most windows a certain size, but after cuts, drywall, and paint you could end up having a window that is not perfectly rectangular, and this makes a huge difference when getting window treatments like blinds that are installed INTO your window frame.

But the classic mistake? No one measures anything.

The issue here is, no one measures their windows before coming to buy blinds.

Many angry customers would leave in a huff because they didn’t know they needed to “do my job for me.”

And one customer, in particular, is stamped into my memory for their excuse to not have to measure their window sizes.

But, he had done his measuring…

An older man came up to me, inquiring about blinds for his windows.

I went into my whole explanation on measuring your windows.

He insisted he knew how wide his windows were.

You’ll never believe how though…

When I asked for the measurement, he answered, “It’s a full-cat’s-length window.”

I, believing to not have heard correctly, asked the customer to repeat himself and after doing so a few times, he finally explained, “My cat can lay down perfectly in the window from head to tail, so the window is a full cat’s length window!”

Yep. The OP couldn’t keep their face straight for this one.

The look on my face must have said everything that I could not physically communicate without getting fired because this old man ended up just turning around and walking right out of the store.

I still wonder if this man ever measured his windows, or if he just attempted to measure his cat from head to tail and buy his blinds from that information.

So, no, a cat cannot be used as a measuring tool. Please buy a measuring tape if you live in a home.

Has Reddit ever heard of this…tactic? Was this employee being a bit catty with their response? Let’s read the comments below to see what people think on this matter.

Ohhh, Reddit had jokes.

And they could also very much relate to the OP’s struggle.

But, again, people couldn’t stop with the jokes!

And finally, one Redditor recommended double-checking your cat measurements with a banana against the cat. Duh.

Oh the things you’ll experience in retail!

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