I
knew it wasn't true. And he was probably just trying to get a sale…
I was out shopping for my last
winter-wardrobe item, a nice skirt for the Sabbath. I had even considered sewing myself one
(years ago I had to sew EVERYTHING I wore…)… but noticing the prices in the
stores I passed (in the cheaper Tel-Aviv area), I realized that I could
possibly buy for about the same price as buying good cloth. True, the quality
would not be as good, but I would be saving myself time.
I entered a store that had some lovely
skirts outside.
-"Do you have skirts in
size 46?" (Note: Israeli sizing is different than American.)
-"46?!? But you are
THIN! You need only a 44." [Now he
DID have larger sizes. It wasn't as if he was willing me into his largest size.] It turned out that the size 44 skirts fit
perfectly….
OK, here's the rub: it could be that HIS
skirts are marked smaller than true size, in order to give an ego push to the
potential client. That's good marketing. (Although in another store I was a
42!)
And the REAL rub: 44 is not "THIN".
If I can barely fit into a few (and not all) one-size garments, I am not
"thin".
HOWEVER, there is a limit to how bad a lie
can be. It needs to be half-believable… the store owner is not going to say I
look like a twenty year old…
And, quite frankly, I never even DREMPT, in
my 61 years of life, that ANYONE, even a store owner drumming up business,
would call me "thin"!!! NEVER!
(Me to myself: "Thin?!? Really?!??? ... no... but on the way there!!!!" )
PS: Even 95% of the way there!
PS: Even 95% of the way there!
