At least I can find the humor...
Oct. 12th, 2009 09:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
next_to_normalNot one, but two completely random and sort of hilarious things were said to me this weekend by total strangers.
So, as I mentioned in a previous post, I've lost about 20 lbs, mostly due to being sick, which has necessitated a whole new wardrobe. (I sort of had a crisis last week when I had to go to a meeting on the Hill and could not find a single suit that still fit me - I ended up wearing the first suit I ever bought, for my mock trial competition in high school. Don't even ask me why I still have it - up until recently, it hadn't fit me in years.) I have remedied this in two ways - two trips to Dress Barn for new clothes and taking some suit pants to the dry cleaners to get alterations.
One of the things I bought at Dress Barn were these really cute plaid pants with purple accents, which completely unraveled at the seam the first time I wore them, so yesterday I took them back to the store to see if I could get them exchanged. Last week, my parents were visiting, so my mom had come shopping with me, and she'd taken the receipt home with her, and I was a little worried about whether they'd exchange the pants without a receipt. But I get to the store and the lady at the cashier happens to be the same lady who sold me all my clothes last Sunday, and not only does she recognize me and exchange the pants no questions asked, she also asks, "Where's Mom today?"
I explain to her that my mom lives in NJ and was just visiting last week. That would have been funny enough, but then, as she's handing me the bag, she cheerfully says to me, "See you next Sunday!" *facepalm* The sad thing is, I probably will end up going back there next weekend, because we got all these coupons that I now feel obligated to use.
The other thing happened today at the dry cleaners, and I'm still not sure whether or not I should be insulted, but I'm leaning toward mostly just amused. I try on my pants, and a sweet little Asian lady is pinning them for me, and she remarks at how much they need to be taken in, and then she asks me, "You just have baby?" o_O
When I told her no, I was sick and couldn't eat anything and that's how I lost weight, she apologized and explained that usually when someone needs that much taken in, it's because they've just had a baby. Which I guess makes sense, because what kind of crazy person buys a suit two sizes too big and then gets it tailored? I guess if I'd been dieting and exercising and really worked hard to lose the weight, I might be insulted, but as it is... eh. It's not like I worked for it.
So, as I mentioned in a previous post, I've lost about 20 lbs, mostly due to being sick, which has necessitated a whole new wardrobe. (I sort of had a crisis last week when I had to go to a meeting on the Hill and could not find a single suit that still fit me - I ended up wearing the first suit I ever bought, for my mock trial competition in high school. Don't even ask me why I still have it - up until recently, it hadn't fit me in years.) I have remedied this in two ways - two trips to Dress Barn for new clothes and taking some suit pants to the dry cleaners to get alterations.
One of the things I bought at Dress Barn were these really cute plaid pants with purple accents, which completely unraveled at the seam the first time I wore them, so yesterday I took them back to the store to see if I could get them exchanged. Last week, my parents were visiting, so my mom had come shopping with me, and she'd taken the receipt home with her, and I was a little worried about whether they'd exchange the pants without a receipt. But I get to the store and the lady at the cashier happens to be the same lady who sold me all my clothes last Sunday, and not only does she recognize me and exchange the pants no questions asked, she also asks, "Where's Mom today?"
I explain to her that my mom lives in NJ and was just visiting last week. That would have been funny enough, but then, as she's handing me the bag, she cheerfully says to me, "See you next Sunday!" *facepalm* The sad thing is, I probably will end up going back there next weekend, because we got all these coupons that I now feel obligated to use.
The other thing happened today at the dry cleaners, and I'm still not sure whether or not I should be insulted, but I'm leaning toward mostly just amused. I try on my pants, and a sweet little Asian lady is pinning them for me, and she remarks at how much they need to be taken in, and then she asks me, "You just have baby?" o_O
When I told her no, I was sick and couldn't eat anything and that's how I lost weight, she apologized and explained that usually when someone needs that much taken in, it's because they've just had a baby. Which I guess makes sense, because what kind of crazy person buys a suit two sizes too big and then gets it tailored? I guess if I'd been dieting and exercising and really worked hard to lose the weight, I might be insulted, but as it is... eh. It's not like I worked for it.
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Date: Oct. 13th, 2009 06:14 am (UTC)The bit with the tailor was kind of cute! :)
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Date: Oct. 13th, 2009 06:03 pm (UTC)Then she made some crack about how if he looked like me, she'd need to check (I'm 25, so getting carded is unusual, but not unexpected) - which clearly did not make him feel better - and I'm just thinking, "Don't drag me into this!"