Here is mine...
About 12 years ago, I took a job working at a family run Trailer Sales shop...horse trailers, etc. Guy some in and says 'I need 24 ft of conspicuity tape'. I go to one of the 'bosses' and ask how I measure the tape cause it comes in a BIG roll. She says 'Oh, its easy. The tape is red and silver, each red section is 12in long and each silver section is 12 in long. So, give him 24 sections.' Her words EXACTLY. So, I get the scissors and cut a red, a silver, a red, a silver, a red, a silver. About 8 sections in, I hear her husband say 'OMG, what are doing'. He is a big burly guy with a super deep voice, so everyone in the shop stops to see what chaos I have created this time. Within 10 seconds, everyone in the building is in hysterics. Keep in mind that the shop is filled with men...lots of men. Men who are now tearing at the eyes and holding thier bellies. I am 6 shades of red and looking like a deer in the headlights. Wife comes in and says OH NO! And she starts laughing but not so hard that she cant tell me what I have done.
Apparently, conspicuity tape is meant to be applied in one long strip along a semi or a trailer as a reflective. It is not meant to be applied in a pattern of one's choice...
So, had I continued, this man would have received 24, one foot pieces of reflective tape as opposed to one 24 ft piece for his horse trailer. Egads! Who knew?
Needless to say, I never see a semi or a horse trailer with red and silver conspicuity tape that I dont recall this story. After 12 years, I still blush. And I am sure that the man who asked for the tape never looks at his trailer and doesnt think of me.
Clueless!
Talk about clueless!
