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<p>[QUOTE="yourturntoloveit, post: 157042, member: 57"]As a high school teenager I was lucky enough to land a Friday evening and Saturday job (and full-time over the summer and during the Christmas holidays) at a very nice department store (locally owned back then before it became a "Jordan Marsh"). I was a fill-in (floater) for any department which needed a salesclerk.</p><p><br /></p><p>At one point I ended up in the lingerie department. I'll never forget the older woman who had taken a girdle (that tells you how long ago it was) into a dressing room to try it on and then called for me with a question. She asked if I could bring another size to her because the girdle was "too tight in the straddle." </p><p><br /></p><p>I had enough sense not to ask her what she intended to "straddle" while wearing a girdle. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have remembered her and that girdle for so many decades it is scary!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/eek.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="yourturntoloveit, post: 157042, member: 57"]As a high school teenager I was lucky enough to land a Friday evening and Saturday job (and full-time over the summer and during the Christmas holidays) at a very nice department store (locally owned back then before it became a "Jordan Marsh"). I was a fill-in (floater) for any department which needed a salesclerk. At one point I ended up in the lingerie department. I'll never forget the older woman who had taken a girdle (that tells you how long ago it was) into a dressing room to try it on and then called for me with a question. She asked if I could bring another size to her because the girdle was "too tight in the straddle." I had enough sense not to ask her what she intended to "straddle" while wearing a girdle. I have remembered her and that girdle for so many decades it is scary!!! :eek: :hilarious:[/QUOTE]
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