I was on the bus home from work the other day and I saw this woman with a staple holding her hem up. I had to laugh to myself...and take a photo with my phone...and write a blog about it...because there have been several times that I've gotten to the office and realized that my sandal was broken or that there was an unmissable stain on my shirt or that I had a hole in my sweater.
There have been too many occasions where I've gone around the office asking every woman if they had a safety pin...or a small binder clip...to remedy a gap in a blouse. I have definitely utilized a Swingline stapler to put a temporary Band-Aid on my own hem, preventing me from tripping on my pant leg and falling to the floor.
I have a pair of heels where one heel is missing the rubber piece over the nail holding it all together so, when I walk down a tile hallway, it sounds like this - "click - thud - click - thud - click - thud".
Nylon pulls - I've had them.
Necklace breaks and beads fall to the floor - Yep, that's happened.
Dress zipper gets stuck and you need to call for reinforcement to extract yourself from the garment - I plead the fifth.
Not that I wish these mishaps on anyone but I'm relieved to know that all women - high-paid executives and those "nobodies" like me - go through these same things. It's a good equalizer - poorly-made clothing, shoes and accessories.
