Field note
Reading August against February on the Adjara coast
The boulevard fills, then it does not. A plate that uses the same scale for both months is more honest than two charts that each fill the page.
August on this coast is not a moral victory and February is not a failure. They are different months in a city that lives by the sea. Operators already know this. What they sometimes receive, from well-meaning relatives with a spreadsheet, is two charts that each stretch to the top of the page, so August and February look equally “full.”
When we draw a follow-up reading, Giorgi keeps the scale from the first pack. If July peaked at a certain occupancy, February uses that same ceiling even if the line sits low. The low line is the point. A partner in another city can see the season without being told a story about effort.
The same rule applies to a dental chair and to a workshop bay. A quiet Thursday in November is a fact. Stretching November to look like July so the plate “looks balanced” is a kind of courtesy we will not draw.
If you only want August, say so at the figure review. We will still choose a scale that could accept February later. That choice is why a second quarter is cheaper to read than the first: the axes already exist.