turned out I didn't fit
A uniform had been ordered for me but hadn't arrived by the time I started. I fashioned an approximation of 'The Institutional Style' and at the end of my first week I was summoned to the Principal's office and told that my uniform should not have pockets, could I please find a less pocketty shirt.
I tried to make the case for pockets:
• easier to steal stuff
• ability to carry tissues/drugs and issue these to people who need them
The Principal remained adamant on pocketlessness so I snipped them off and she said I was being silly and that might have been the beginning of the end or maybe the end had started right at the beginning and I couldn't tell
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'The pointlessness of the pocketless shirt...'
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DeleteI still don't have MacArthur Grant money to hand out but if I did I would give it to you my favorite genius. I'm reminded of my favorite Warren Zevon song, "The French Inhaler." It's about (in part) a California woman in the 70s (not you or me) but the first line rings in my head frequently: "How you going to make your way in the world woman when you ain't cut out for working..." (and yet we must wring a living out of this old world. It's a great song. I hope you find something soon that's a better fit. I'm going to try to post a link to the song but it might not work and you'll have to look it up yourself. Bless you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ibe85f_Tqw
ReplyDeleteIt's actually "weren't" cut out for working. How could I get that wrong? Like I said, it's in my head. Must be that leftover half a beer I just drank. Take care.
ReplyDeleteinteresting song, I'd never heard of Zevon so thanks for intro. Great to know I'm you're Fave Gen xxx
DeleteSurely you remember "Werewolves of London" from once upon a time? I also commend to you "Desperadoes Under the Eaves." Take care.
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DeleteAck. I had to go out without pockets today, it being too warm for a shirt or jacket. I had to wear a belt bag. I firmly believe that even T-shirts should have usable pockets! And all coats should have an inside pocket. Sick of having to stuff everything down my bra.
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I've actually invented a special under-the-shirt device, a sort of detachable poachers pocket to subvert the Principal's rules
DeleteI'm now waiting for some militant marsupial advocacy group to get wind of this institution's blatantly discriminatory pocket-less policy! A ticking legal time-bomb!
ReplyDeleteI'm already organising the kangaroo squad
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