Work This One Out
I went into a shop to buy a
coat. I didn't try it on because I had already tried one on exactly the same size
make and design colour, from the same shop earlier in the day.
I went back and purchased
the coat. I didn't just rely on the size on the coat hanger I checked the label
attached to the coat. and trotted off quite happily with my purchase confident
it would be OK.
When I got to the office I
tried the coat on. The confusion starts it fitted but there was not enough room
to wear an additional layer under it if needed.
I checked the label again
it was the size I wanted and the size I had tried on earlier. I laughed when I
checked the sewn in tag Said XL as opposed the sale label of Large.
Well yes I could be classed
as a bit dumpy but I am not XL. The only reason I wanted a Large coat was so as
I could comfortably fit a woolly pully under it if it got cold.
I took it back to the shop
where I explained the problem of the sewn in tag and the sales label they
happily took it off me and I went hunting around for a coat hanger, Sales tag and
sewn in label that all said the same.
This time I tried my large
purchase on in the shop and to be honest thought this feels like I can swim in
it and there was space for several woolly pullies. I was too embarrassed to say
anything as a que was forming behind me and I was rushed
Once again I went back to
the office and tried on my purchase again where my dear team persuaded me to
take it back again in short they were trying to say I looked like a sack of
potatoes and net alone large they thought I had purchased and XXL coat. I
showed them the labels both said Large.
Off I went again and tried
explaining to the member of staff in the shop the sizing of the coat was not
right. She looked at me unbelieving Piped up and said try a medium, I don’t
want a medium I want a large to put my extra jumper under
In short
I started off with a large
which was a medium and had a tag in it saying XL.
I went back exchanged it
for a coat that felt way to big and was probably an XL marked up as large
I ended up with a coat
marked as Medium but was the same size as the large coat I had tried on in the
first place.
Confused or what