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TIFU by calling attention to a customer’s baby fat

ugh, just thinking about this story makes me cringe.

(CONTEXT) i’ve (F19) worked in second-hand/vintage fashion for almost 2 years now, and it’s something that i truly have found my purpose in! i’ve always loved clothes and discovering new ways to style pieces/unique brands. i’m no expert, but i know my way around clothing more than the average person does. currently i’m working as a merchandiser for a second-hand store. one of the things i do on a regular basis is keep track of our fitting rooms and generally answering any questions customers might have. there is a high school age girl who comes in regularly, she’s a bit shy but she’s decently comfortable around me considering that i’m also a teenage girl!

(..THE EVENT) the other day she came into the store with her boyfriend to shop around, and she started to try on some pieces. after a few minutes she asks for my opinion on a skirt she was wearing and if i thought she could alter it to be shorter, to which i replied something along the lines of

“you’re absolutely darling!! it looks cute rolled up to that length too, i love Baby Phat.”

she then started pinching her stomach, and i realized immediately that she didn’t know i was referring to the BRAND of the skirt, which is called Baby Phat. i knew it was that brand because of the embroidered cat logo on the side, which i should have recognized as not being super common knowledge.

needless to say, i was MORTIFIED. immediately i began explaining what i had meant and showed her the brand of the skirt and apologizing because i absolutely was not referring to her weight at all, but i don’t think she was hearing it.

she laughed it off and eventually the couple left, but i still feel so awful! this interaction is haunting me.

she didn’t buy the skirt btw. :’>

TL;DR i mentioned to a teenage girl that i liked her Baby Phat skirt, she didn’t understand i was referring to the brand itself and NOT her actual weight :’>

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