In my rec league, I always have to work with the table personnel prior to games. I usually start with saying to the clock operator, "You are familiar with the metric system, aren't you?" This usually breaks the ice and puts them at ease.
At one venue where I work (not my league), we had a tournament that included some teams from Canada. I told the scorekeepers that we were playing international rules and the scoring would be metric. When they looked at me with puzzled faces, I told them that every point was worth 1.67 points and they had to post it that way. I said that surely they had been provided with a calculator.
The woman on the book looked at me and said, "I'd better get my husband".
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