From Habr, from the comments under the article on how marketers cheat buyers:

Hey, and I remembered the old joke, how my colleague — being a young specialist in the aviation research institute — came to receive in the warehouse of the label alcohol ethyl refined in the amount of five kilograms.
As a young engineer, she calculated the volume of material and took a five-liter canister and a bottle.
The warehouser poured a canister on her and closed the suit. My colleague asked for a share. The warehouse owner didn't run for a long time, had to turn to the management.
It resulted in a scandal of all-institutional scale, because for the entire historical period, alcohol was bought and written down in kilograms, and issued in liters :) :) :)