Walmart fitting room attendant

[Aislin]

So today I had to buy a white shirt for a funeral. I don't wear white but the mother of the child who passed asked we all wear white so I honored her request. Unfortunately I have chubby arms . I picked out my size shirt but when I tried it on it was snug around my arms. When I took it off it became apparent I was stuck. Hard stuck. Not getting out stuck. Flailing and misrable stuck. Ten mintutes stuck. And no husband in sight. So I give praise to the fitting room attendant who helped me by pulling the shirt off my chubby stuck arms. I apologized profusely and thanked her and thanked her again. I can never shop at that Walmart again.

[EricKei]

I can assure you, that's FAR from the worst thing anyone at a WM fitting room has had to deal with. I wouldn't worry.

[Minflick]

I was going to say - ARMS?! Really, not a problem to deal with arms!!! Embarrassing maybe, left you feeling ridiculous maybe, but NO, arms would not be a big deal.

People taking a dump in the dressing room, leaving a used diaper, or a used sanitary product would be much more of a problem...

[Seanette]

I have the big upper arms problem myself. I own tops that are fine to put on, fine to wear, but can require assistance from DH to take off (not that he objects to helping ). If I were the attendant, I'd treat that, helping with zippers, etc., as just part of the job. NBD.

Not that I'd be happy about having to have a stranger see me partially dressed if I were the customer in this situation. I can sympathize with that.

[notalwaysright]

I've had a couple close calls with jeans. Skinny jeans are, in my opinion, a fashion trend of pure evil. For the heck of it I've tried a couple pairs on. My calves are... Well, if I'm being charitable I'll call them muscular. My proportions are odd. Clothes manufacturers assume that if you are a size 4, that you are a size 4 everywhere. Anyway, I've tried pulling on jeans only to get stuck awkwardly at my calves. I had to sit on the floor and pull them off inch by inch. Lesson learned.

[wolfie]

Clothes manufacturers assume that if you are a size 4, that you are a size 4 everywhere.

Fun fact: Many years ago, the USAF tried to save money by going to a "one size fits all" flight suit. They grabbed a bunch of pilots to take measurements (note that military pilots are already a "trimmed" sample so far as height and weight are concerned), then averaged out the measurements to get the sizing on the suit. As a final check, they test-fitted this suit on the pilots WHOSE MEASUREMENTS WERE USED TO MAKE THE SUIT. It wasn't an acceptable fit on ANY of the pilots.

[EricKei]

I would think that a flight suit, in particular, is something that NEEDS to be custom-fitted o_O Especially, say, the helmet and that oh-so-useful oxygen supply.