Metric conversion hurts my brain

[roadside]

I'm relaying this story for a co-worker. Not sure if he's on here yet, and I will try to re-tell it the best I can.

CW=Co-worker
SC=You guessed it!

CW: "Thank you for calling XYZ car rental, how can I help you?"

SC: "How many miles do I get on my rental?"

CW: "Looks like this rental is in Canada, so you have unlimited kilometers."

SC: "How many miles is that?"

CW: "It doesn't matter, they're unlimited."

SC: "Well, I don't want to go over my miles!"

CW: "I'm pretty sure you'll be okay sir."

This is my first posting, but believe me, working in this industry, and doing customer service at a call center I will have plenty of war stories!

[Broomjockey]

"I don't wanna use up my miles!"

"You have unlimited kilometers, sir."

"But miles are longer, I'll burn these 'keelometirs' in no time!"

You know, I'm pretty sure people like that shouldn't be driving.

Also, Welcome to CS! We're glad to have you, and your stories!

[Becks]

Oh, biscuit. Where's my brain medicine?

[Rahmota]

Well he may have had unlimited kilometers but just wanted to know his miles available. Since miles and kilometers are like matter and antimatter arnt they?

Hello as well.

[powerboy]

"I don't wanna use up my miles!"

"You have unlimited kilometers, sir."

"But miles are longer, I'll burn these 'keelometirs' in no time!"

You know, I'm pretty sure people like that shouldn't be driving.

Also, Welcome to CS! We're glad to have you, and your stories!

How many kilometers are in a mile anyway many thanks to whoever tells me, and everyone else that does not know.

[SCSlave]

This is my first posting, but believe me, working in this industry, and doing customer service at a call center I will have plenty of war stories!

I have no doubt you have many many MANY war stories....been there, done that, will never do it again.

"I know I have unlimited Km, but what about miles?'

"Um..you have 2 miles, sir"

If ya wanna act like a dumbass, you're gonna get a dumbass answer.

Welcome. I'm pretty new too. Lotsa fun though.

[Gurndigarn]

How many kilometers are in a mile anyway many thanks to whoever tells me, and everyone else that does not know.

About 1.6 kilometers in every mile.

By the way, it's easier if you don't try to convert. Just think of it this way: an average person can walk about 5km per hour, and a typical expressway speed limit is about 100 km per hour.

[powerboy]

Ahhhh, thank you very much, for that.

[Broomjockey]

How many kilometers are in a mile anyway many thanks to whoever tells me, and everyone else that does not know.

The easiest way I've found is 60 miles = 100 kilometers, approximately.
That's about the only point on the speedometer that lines up nicely. Well, that and 120 mph = 200 Km/h, but we don't get the van up that fast usually.

It's a bit of math, but you can use that to do some decent conversions.
The exact conversion is 1 mile = 1.609344 kilometers



*Edit* Whoops, just noticed Gurndigarn beat me to it.

[evilhomer]

Your story reminds me of an old girlfriend who got into her American cousins car on our Canadian streets and proceeded to spin that little dial on the car up to 60 to match the sign that said 60. Problem of course being that the little dial was in mph and the big sign was in kph. It took a good two or three minutes for her to clue into the gist of her screaming passengers cries because she was so busy yelling at other drivers to get their speed up