My Morning Gripe (8/22)

Space....

No not that space...

Space just in regard to everyday life... let me explain... I'm a big guy... north of 6'3, east and west of 300lbs so i take up my fair share of.. well space here on the ground. That being said the world can get a little cramped sometimes... public transportation.. restaurants... movie theaters.... and especially trying to find clothes to cover your ass. so Mass transit... RTA Chicago better know as CTA will make you a little self-conscious when you sit down because the seats on the buses are small... and i understand that they want to maximize the available seating space on the trains and buses but damn those little bucket seats all the way to hell. My real gripe though comes with the current, very devious state of the clothing industry.. not in the aspect of marketing or prices or anything like that (at the moment).. but its the actual clothes themselves really bug me. it is HARD to find consistency in sizing these days... shopping just is not easy regardless to where you look..nothing is as advertised because everyone seems to be using less material but labeling its a bigger size..a 3XL shirt isn't a 3XL anymore its like a 1.75XL. Same goes for pants which is probably the most heart-wrenching process, and chances are you'll never leave the store with the size you THOUGHT you were when you walked in. My personal guess to why this is the case is because very little (if anything) is made and produced here in the states...its all imported from places with skinny people and they have no idea about the concept of extended sizes which is necessary to American fatassery. its... frustrating to say the least.. I've given away a lot of stuff over the years that was picked up as a quick buy only to get home, try it on, and hang my head at another colossal fail that was made in China....