handed someone a tape measure asking her to measure this thing's height and its circumference. i wasn't sure whether she knew what circumference was so i repeated it making a circular motion with my hand.
she comes back to me saying both are 10".
really? hmmm...
i quickly went back to my mom who relayed the information to a cousin over the phone.
but then i felt really uneasy thinking a circumference of 10" seems too small for what i saw.
i told my mom not to hang up yet as i'll have to confirm something.
i went back to the one who measured and asked whether the circumference was really also 10". i told her circumference was the size of the circle, again making a circular motion with my hand.
reply: 'oh... 10" is the width. also the height.'
ooops... was that thing a square dimension-wise? it looked to me more like rectangular in proportion.
i had it measured again with me watching.
height, 9".
circumference, 19.5".
delegation is good but sometimes supervision is better.
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