What she ordered

Date: Thursday. 14th of April, 2022.

Hey everybody! How are you doing? Tomorrow is the start of the short holiday and I'm excited to sleep in although my boss says we might have a meeting tomorrow morning, one I'm not looking forward to.

This evening, I decided to go to a secluded part of the to just be alone and rest as I usually do. I was there when I received a WhatsApp message from a friend. It was actually an image. It was the picture of a cloth she had given to a tailor to sew. As I looked at the cloth, I was shocked. It was a typical case of "What I ordered vs what I got"

Remember my previous article titled "To the Tailor"? There, I talked about my visit to the tailor's shop. I mentioned how I had to find a good tailor to sew a style chosen by my friend (the bride). I journeyed through what felt like seven seas and seven mountains to get to her. It wasn't easy and it wasn't cheap. Giving a cloth to a tailor near a festive period or celebration makes things more expensive. As Easter is coming up, there are people who will want to sew new clothes for the occasion.

My friend is attending the same wedding I'm preparing for and is part of the people to sew the same style I sewed. She was surprised when her tailor told her she was already done sewing the cloth. My friend was both surprised and excited but the excitement was shut off when she saw the cloth and her surprise turned to shock.

She sent the picture of the cloth to me and I was confused because everything about the cloth was wrong, terribly wrong. I called her immediately to confirm that that was indeed her cloth and she said yes. I looked at the cloth and then at the actual design the tailor was supposed to make and it wasn't similar at all. What's worse was that the tailor assured her that the dress would come out beautifully and that she had nothing to worry about.

She then reached out to the tailor to tell her that the dress wasn't right but the tailor said the dress was exactly as it was in the design which wasn't true as I couldn't even recognise what the tailor had sewn as the initial design. It looked nothing like it. Things were sewn in the wrong place, simple designs were ommited. Everything about it was just wrong. My friend has been devastated and I don't know how to help her. The wedding is in two weeks. She has to go to the market and get the fabric which will be more costly at this easter period, and then get another tailor to see, all of which will be costing her quite some money.

I do feel bad for the situation she's in and now, I'm also a little paranoid about my tailor lol. I've seen her previous work and they are good but I can't help but be paranoid. I hope it turns out right.

It is not cool when tailors promise to deliver on styles they know they're not skilled enough to pull off just to receive payment for the botched services. It is really not fair and it more honourable to admit that the style might be too complicated to pull off. I do hope my friend gets some kind of settlement or at least a refund

Thanks for reading and thank you @Talecharm for renewing your sponsorship. Thank you!