Being a vertically impaired person, I have learned that you can make an adventure out of everything
As I mentioned in an earlier post, short people often have to either alter their clothes themselves, or get them altered by somebody else, so your pants, or skirts won't be dragging on the ground everywhere you go.
I usually hem my own pants, but dresses are another story. Dresses are harder, because they often have really fine or sheer material and can have layers, whereas fabric for pants is typically thicker and they usually don't have layers. I got a dress for my choir dress, and as I imagined, it came a lot taller than I am, so I asked a friend if she would drive me to a clothing alteration place, so I could get my dress hemmed.
I know what you are thinking "Okay that's nice you got your dress hemmed, but what do I care." The story isn't about the dress, it's about the lady that runs the dress alteration shop, that we never would have met, if I was not a member of the short people society.
The lady currently runs an alteration place in Enoch, Utah, and if you have never heard of it, don't feel bad. You would probably never find it on a map unless you knew exactly where to look, because it's such a small place. She originally had her alteration shop in Pasadena, California, and that's where the fun comes in.
While she was measuring my dress, and pinning it, she told us about all of the celebrities that came into her store when she was in Pasadena. They weren't little names either, she had people like "The Duke" John Wayne along with his wife, and his son Patrick and his wife. Not only did they come to the store, but Patrick was there while she was cooking dinner, and said that it smelled really good, so she told them that they ate at 6:00 and it would be family style. Then they showed up and ate dinner with her family. She said it happened all the time.
She told us all about how she hemmed dresses for Mary Travers, and outfits for Van Halen. It was the craziest story that I have ever heard in my life. I don't know if she was serious, or if she was just a really good story teller, but I am glad I got to hear her story. It may not be an adventure that I was personally there for, but it was really cool to hear about.
People like to tell me stories, and I kind of like it when they do, because some people can tell the craziest stories that I have ever heard. I used to work at a little family drive-inn by my house, and for some odd reason all of the people that came through the drive through, had to tell me their life story.
This one guy has told me everything but his name. Seriously I have no idea what this guy's name is, but I do know he's diabetic, likes diet Dr. Pepper, was a boy scout leader in California, and has quintuplet grandchildren. He acts like he has known you for years when he comes in, and is really friendly, but I guess he's really protective of his name, because no one knows it. All we know is everything else about him and his life.
He's not the only one that likes to tell me stories either. This guy comes through the drive through all the time for a large strawberry shake. Every time you accept his money, he has another piece of his life story. I know that he likes to go riding with his ATV when he has spare time. He has one son, and his wife is sick a lot of the time, and that he is bound and determined to tell you a story no matter what.
Sometimes I like to go sit outside the front of the store on my break, and just enjoy the sunshine. Being on break does not deter this guy in the least. As soon as I went outside a very determined story teller was quick to follow, and tell me all about his life. Things like that happened at least once a week up until I quit that job to come to college.
Now that I am in school, it doesn't happen as frequently, but it has happened. Yesterday I was walking over to the COMM office to get more copies of my advertising flyer, and this guy told me all about his motorcycle crash over the weekend, and even showed me pictures of his wrecked bike. I have never met him before, and I didn't even get his name, but that didn't seem to bother him any to tell a complete stranger about his life. #StoryOfMyLife
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