I have a client in Western Canada, in the hills outside Calgary. We were comparing weather the other day. Here in Massachusetts we’d had an ice storm which knocked out some folks’ power for days (not mine, fortunately). He mentioned that their outside temperature was -33. I was about to ask, C or F, but then I realized either way, it’s colder than I could imagine.

Thanks for the note. I do know the conversion between liters and gallons, by the way. A gallon is just under four liters. I was being sarcastic. Someday the US will assume the international system of measurements. Or not.

I’m a frequent reader and really do enjoy your blog, the tipps and pretty much everything else on your site.

That said, here a few inputs to this post:

- A gallon is about 4 liters in Europe.
- You can get a cup of cappuccino for 2 Euro in Germany, if you go to a reasonably priced place outside of a major city
- The article was about hidden fees and taxes, that are said to be the equivalent of a few cups of cappuccino per year, therefore they aren’t relevant. The “chart” wanted to show, that we’re talking about almost 400 cups of cappuccino – which adds to up quite a bit

Of course I agree with you, that this “chart” doesn’t even deserve to be called a chart.

Cheers
Ray

Derek – Funny, I checked the date on the article, and I got the feed for this article a week late.

As for the infographic itself, it could have been executed better. Even for chart(ut)ainment it’s pretty bad imho.

The figure forces you to stop and that’s all that matters. The ad is in your peripheral vision, waiting patiently. Now, before leaving, you’ll ask yourself “is there anything else to see around here? Ah… what a lovely salami ad…” :)

Nice point about “chartainment”. That word needs another syllable, though. “Chartutainment”?

If the goal is to get more ads noticed, why splash quite so much red ink around the chart figure? It’s competing with the ads for attention.