Me: What did you think of the cardigan?
Customer: I don't even know why I come in here! How do you manage to sell anything?!
You give your tops the most ridiculous arms! They're stupidly long!
Why would anyone want to wear a top like that?! It looks hideous!
What makes you think people are going to buy something like that?
Tell me why! Why do you make the arms so long?!
Well, lady, while I was sitting there, personally designing and sewing all the clothes for Brown Sugar Australia, I thought to my self, "Gee, I think the women of today need a longer sleeve! I can't imagine any woman would want to be able to use their hands. I will make them a spastically long sleeve and they will buy my tops and I will make a million dollars!".
No.
One style of cardigan has a long sleeve.
It was designed to be folded back.
Also, did you know that some women have longer arms than others?
It's true.
It's also much easier for a shorter armed woman to roll back a sleeve than a longer armed woman to add extra fabric.
Did you also know that I, personally, do not design and manufacture the items that we sell?
If I did, I would probably be just a little too busy to give a crap whether or not you liked the item that you tried on.
As much as I would like to be, I'm just not that talented.
If you like the cardigan but do not like the sleeve length, I can recommend a seamstress to make alterations for you.
In fact, the four of us here all know how to sew and two of the women here are qualified seamstresses.
We could, and on occasion, do, make those sorts of alterations.
If you would like to make suggestions to the company on how you would prefer the sleeve length of a cardigan, I am more than happy to help you get your message to them.
If not...
Go. Somewhere. Else.
And this has been the latest installment of....

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