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[Kalli]

Sounds like a miscommunication and misunderstanding. I think your sis should at least try to give them a chance to correct it with their seamstress. It sounds like she may not be able to do that for a while, so maybe she could explain that to them and they could set the pants aside for a little while with the plan of making corrections as soon as your sister can make an appt.

I always feel a business should try to accommodate their customers. I'm sure this is frustrating to your sister but I hope she can work some kind of arrangement with them.

-Kalli

[sidsmom]

I can't imagine going to a tailor without inspection of their work. Lesson learned.

[millieshops]

This sounds like a total lack of communication with errors on both sides and that's exactly what I'd say went I returned to try to find a way to reach a compromise.

I can't imagine why the cleaner accepted the pants without having your sister try them on, pinning them on her and getting approval, BUT I also can't imagine leaving a pair of pants I cared about with any tailor anywhere without asking how they'd do the job.

I used to sew quite often and sometimes still attempt a few alterations, but even when I've started a job, pinned things in place even and then realized I was never going to finish the job, I ask the tailor to check my measurements with the garment on me before I leave his job.

So, yes, even facing whatever else awful seems to be in her life right now, your sister needs to go talk calmly to the seamstress who will need to tear out what she's done and do something else. Tearing out is labor intensive- may cost something extra, but your sister will have her pants!

[Ditzydori]

Thanks again, ladies for your opinions. The seamstress was not there when she dropped them off. Perhaps the worker that took the pants did not understand what my sister wanted and, perhaps she was not clear enough. So, correct, a miscommunication. Our regular seamstress is out of town and I guess she was just used to her and how efficient she is. Besides our seamstress owns the shop and we always talk directly to her. Anyway, I told her to go Monday, explain that she just wants it corrected and that she will go when she can. In putting things in perspective (especially now with her hubby), it is only jeans and the situation very fixable. We both frequently get darts put in the waist of our pants as we both are pair shaped and it is a common problem in us gals to have a large gap in the waist. We never wear our tops tucked in so "ruining" the look of the pants is not ever an issue with us. Thanks again for you input in this minor situation.

[Kalli]

On 11/8/2014 ditzy dori said: Thanks again, ladies for your opinions. The seamstress was not there when she dropped them off. Perhaps the worker that took the pants did not understand what my sister wanted and, perhaps she was not clear enough. So, correct, a miscommunication. Our regular seamstress is out of town and I guess she was just used to her and how efficient she is. Besides our seamstress owns the shop and we always talk directly to her. Anyway, I told her to go Monday, explain that she just wants it corrected and that she will go when she can. In putting things in perspective (especially now with her hubby), it is only jeans and the situation very fixable. We both frequently get darts put in the waist of our pants as we both are pair shaped and it is a common problem in us gals to have a large gap in the waist. We never wear our tops tucked in so "ruining" the look of the pants is not ever an issue with us. Thanks again for you input in this minor situation.

ditzy dori, Yep, I totally understand the gap in the waist and I figured your sis was a pear, too! I'm a pear shape and ALWAYS have trouble getting jeans to fit.

Next time you and your sister go shopping, look for Lee's Slender Secret jeans. They are the first jeans in a long time that I've found that fit WITHOUT having to get alterations in the waist. The waistband in the back rises just a tiny bit higher than the front. I think that's the "secret" to getting nice jeans that fit at the waist for us pear shapes.

Folks are constantly telling me I'm thin and don't know what it's like to have weight problems. Well, they don't know what it's like to deal with jeans that gap at the waist! It's a nightmare! Seems I try on an average of 15 - 20 jeans to find 1 pair that actually fits.

Anyway, New York and Company pants, if you try on enough, can fit us pears, too. I even found skinny type pants that look nice on me from NY & Co.

-Kalli