So it seems, via virtue of me owning a sewing machine and knowing how to use it, I’ve somehow accidentally ended up as the tailor for my co-workers (hemming pants for $5 a pair.)
Co workers; “Man we used to take them to the tailor but that’s kinda pricey :(”
Me; “Why don’t you just hem them yourself? That’s what I do?”
Them; “Wait you know how to hem your own?”
Me, slightly puzzled. “Yeah, it’s not that hard. Takes like, 5 minutes.”
Them; “You can sew that fast???”
Me; “Well, the sewing machine can. Takes more time to get them cut and pinned up to the right length honestly.”
Them; “YOU HAVE A SEWING MACHINE??? AND KNOW HOW TO USE IT??? HOW MUCH WOULD YOU CHARGE TO DO MY PANTS?”
Me, even more confused, thinking that ‘hemming a pair of pants’ was basically the simplest thing ever; “Uhhh…yeah, I dunno, like five bucks?”
Them; “OH YOU ARE SO HANDY HERE I’VE GOT FOUR PAIRS.”
And that’s how I learned that no one apparently knows how to hem up their stuff any longer.
I mean, no one knows how to hem things any longer. They can only hem them shorter.
BA DUM TISH
(via yeah-but-dragons)
