Excerpts That Will Leave You Wanting More: Part 3 of 5 - A New Suit

The man came out of the fitting room wearing pants that were

way too big in the waist and long in the leg. The pants looked like

the bottom part of a clown outfit and were not very flattering to the

young man, to say the least. To top it off, Rose was standing there

with Maude. Neither the man nor Rose paid any attention to each

other before this moment. When the man saw Rose standing in her

nice dress with her hair tied up in ribbons, looking quite attractive,

his face turned beet red, which Rose noticed.

Maude wasted no time measuring the man’s waist, chest, and

arm length, shouting out the numbers for Rose to write down. She

asked him to put the jacket back on while she marked on the back

how much to take in, all the while giving directions to Rose and

explaining what she was doing. She told the man to remove the

jacket, which he did, and handed it to Rose. Now it was time to

measure the inseam.

Maude ensured the waist was positioned correctly, then asked

the man, “How much of a cuff do you want?”

“I don’t know. Whatever is usual, I guess,” he said.

Maude kneeled to measure the inseam and asked, “Do you

dress left or right?”

“What do you mean? I’m right-handed, if that’s what you’re

asking.”

Maude tried to clarify, “When you put on your trousers, do you

adjust your parts to the left side or the right side? We need to know

so we can leave a little more room on that side.”

When the man realized what he was being asked, he surpassed

his previous level of redness when he blushed this time. Rose being

present only added to his embarrassment.

Rose stifled her laugh and, also somewhat embarrassed, raised

the fitting sheet up to hide her face but not high enough that she

couldn’t look over the top to see what the man would do next.

He rolled his eyes to the ceiling and said, “Right, I guess. I never

checked. I don’t think a lot when I put my pants on. I’ve been doing

it for quite a while now.”

That did nothing to calm the situation and only wanted to

make Rose laugh more. In the meantime, Maude was all business

and failed to grasp the humor.

“You may go back to the fitting room and change now,” Maude

said. “Rose and I will meet you up front.”

The man turned and walked back to the fitting room at a quick

pace.

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