Half a letter for a finger… Confusing title, eh?
I went to get my ring finger sized yesterday, I won’t go into why…
Anyway! I tried on a test ring, and was told that if I had a normal ring, I would be a size R. No problems so far. However, the lady then said that if I were to get a broader ring, I’d probably be a size Q and a half. Problem encountered.
Q and a half?
I’m fairly certain that the principle of ‘a half’ only works in a numerical system, or if we’re talking about sharing out cake, so I’m not sure why they’ve chosen to adopt a letter sizing system, but implemented halves into the equation. Q.5 doesn’t really make a whole load of sense. Perhaps the half is like a lower case letter, so it would be Qq? Or perhaps it means half of the alphabet, which falls between M and N, so it would be Qm/n?
Now, there’s a chance that I’m reading into this too much… But even so, it’s still a little annoying and illogical.
Unfortunately, after explaining all of this to the lady at the jewellery store, she didn’t really seem to want to join my protest, and I was instead asked to leave.
Bah! Slave to the system! Open your eyes, people!
--- Grumpy Comments --- 
You tell em! They’ll be sorry later when the system is overturned and they realise that you tried to tell them.
Exactly! It’ll all come crumbling down around them, and they’ll scream “Why didn’t we listen to Felix when he tried to warn us?”
Haha! I work in a jewellery shop and have pondered the same thing! You could simply ask for the european size if you’d like? That’s all numbers and no halves! Brilliant!
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