▲ 718 ▼ Hey Canada, just wanted to let you know there's alternatives. (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 days ago by abbadon420@sh.itjust.works to c/memes@lemmy.world 149 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 41 points 3 days ago (2 children) I'm American and have worked in corporate offices all my life and grew up around the printing industry. A4/SI is super common here too. "Letter" is just something used by home users. But very often A4 is sold as "Letter A4" right next to the other paper. Now "legal" print format is a true abomination and unfortunately is much less likely to be easily replaced. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] uuj8za@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago Really? I'll need to pay closer attention next time I go to Target or Office Depot... permalink fedilink source parent [–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 child) Why is legal? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 39 points 3 days ago* (1 child) Lots of legal documents in the US are required to be filed in 216mm × 356mm (sometimes 330mm, both are considered standard and fit where necessary), everything from court orders to congressional acts and those stupid executive orders the orange fascist loves to sign about anything that he manages to think about for more then 2 minutes. But the bigger problem is that the size is also standardized on the storage and processing side, so switching sizes means we would have to change all the governmental filing cabinets, folders, folios, binders, etc too, which is slightly less likely than us finally adopting the metric system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago Really? I'll need to pay closer attention next time I go to Target or Office Depot... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (1 child) Why is legal? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 39 points 3 days ago* (1 child) Lots of legal documents in the US are required to be filed in 216mm × 356mm (sometimes 330mm, both are considered standard and fit where necessary), everything from court orders to congressional acts and those stupid executive orders the orange fascist loves to sign about anything that he manages to think about for more then 2 minutes. But the bigger problem is that the size is also standardized on the storage and processing side, so switching sizes means we would have to change all the governmental filing cabinets, folders, folios, binders, etc too, which is slightly less likely than us finally adopting the metric system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 39 points 3 days ago* (1 child) Lots of legal documents in the US are required to be filed in 216mm × 356mm (sometimes 330mm, both are considered standard and fit where necessary), everything from court orders to congressional acts and those stupid executive orders the orange fascist loves to sign about anything that he manages to think about for more then 2 minutes. But the bigger problem is that the size is also standardized on the storage and processing side, so switching sizes means we would have to change all the governmental filing cabinets, folders, folios, binders, etc too, which is slightly less likely than us finally adopting the metric system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago Thanks! permalink fedilink source parent
