While I am waiting for my friend to show up for pool closing round #2, I would like to gripe about something…again. Seems like one of my more favorite pastimes; I know.
Right now I want to kvetch about those ridiculously teeny, tiny, little pockets in women’s clothing. I just lost a new pair of little binoculars.
They were in the pouch of my sweater. Very shallow. I think I lost them when I bent over to leash the dog at the dog park this morning.
They were something like $12. Not earth-shattering or budget shattering but I don’t want to make a habit of replacing them!
Now cell phones are a slightly different story. I have tried to put my phone in my jeans pocket. When I sit down on the van, half of the time the phone pops out! Replacing this phone would hurt the old pocketbook. I try to be very aware of my phone. In fact, I seem to spend half of my life checking to see where it is.
The simple fact of the matter is this: I carry too much ‘stuff’ for it not to stay where I put it. I cannot be bouncing back to places to check if my things are where I think they dropped. I don’t have a car to leave things in. I need deeper pockets!!!
I am not the only one with this gripe. Reddit had a conversation thread on the subject. One explanation was pockets ruin the lines of clothes and detract from – basically – showing off your figure. I am 64 years old. I don’t care anymore!
Then there is the economic explanation: selling purses makes money. I carry a purse. Actually, my purse is a small backpack. It is stuffed with the rest of my vision stuff. My phone – when I can get a few square inches space to put it in my bag – goes directly to the bottom, never to be seen again. I don’t want it there.
Then there is the lack of pockets. No pockets. Period. The reasoning behind this also appears to be economic. That tiny little bit of cloth that you don’t think would cost much at all, that little bit that would make a decent pocket, would add up to tens of thousands of dollars in lost profit if you are making millions of pairs of pants. Sigh.
Considering there were about a dozen things online complaining about the silly things that pass for pockets in women’s clothing, I realize I am a voice crying in the wilderness. I realize nothing is going to happen. After all, those people got no satisfaction either.
And speaking about things that are not going to happen, two or three of those articles were about adding your own pockets to pants. Sewing? Uh, no.
So, as of now, I guess I replace the binoculars and try to be more careful. Maybe I could carry a second purse. Maybe I should tie a string on everything. As it is, I hang my glasses, glare glasses and monocular around my neck. How much more before I won’t be able to hold my head up straight?
Why can’t I just get clothes with decent pockets?!?!?!?!
written September 10th, 2017
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