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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