That was one important decimal point.

The gentleman above is named Tom Boddingham. He ordered a pair of slippers. As Tom's feet are different sizes, he ordered one size-13 slipper and one size-14.5 slipper.

After his order was misread, Tom got one size-13 slipper and one size-1,450 slipper. And the big one makes a nice bed! (Story here.)