It's a strange impulse, left over from childhood: wanting to measure the most inconsequential things, because, at least, they're knowable.
The smallest one by the most inconsequential person is stored somewhere, waiting to surface again at what is usually an unrelated moment.
You correctly point out that an entrance fee is the most inconsequential part of vacation spending.
"They tried to beat Allstate up on everything, from the economics down to the most inconsequential clause," he said.
It seemed to Rennie that his touch was especially impersonal, as if he couldn't bear even the most inconsequential contact.
By day they argued frequently, over the most inconsequential matters.
Even the most inconsequential observation could be of utmost importance in this war against the Druufs.
Possibly the most inconsequential and worthless article ever written in the Guardian.
With all of 185 members, the association is one of the smallest and most inconsequential unions in the city.
Sometimes he can remember the most inconsequential things, then he'll tnrn around and forget his own birthdate.