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title: Discrimination of Jacket Handedness
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published: 2018-08-18
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## a story
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i recieved my favourite jacket for my thirteenth birthday. it was a semi-cheap fake leather jacket from a surf shop - which, for whatever reason, was the best place to get a fake leather jacket in my country in the years of 2010-2011 only. i am unsure why.
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the important thing about the jacket, among other things, was that it was symmetrical (aside from a single, badly placed pocket on the left breast) - the importantance of this will be made clear by the end of this post.
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i wore this jacket for many many years until the fake leather began to completely chip away and i was forced to purchase a new jacket, and, having now my own salary, went for something a bit nicer. thats right, this new jacket had the following features that to my bogan mind were absolutely ***fizzityucking stellar***;
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* real leather (probably)
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* brown leather (so stylish)
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* neato horizontal stitching on the arms (feel like a pilot)
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* a button flap thingy on the neck (assymetrical is neat)
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so for the most part i was pretty stoked with this jacket, save for **ONE THING**
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## but first! some back-story
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there are a couple of important things to note about myself before we continue:
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* i am left handed
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always have been, most likely always will be
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* my preferred medium of transporting my belongings is a satchel
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i cannot walk with balance if i am wearing a regular back-pack
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so with this in mind lets talk about the problem with this jacket, which i hope one day someone will take into account.
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***as a left handed satchel user, i have the strap on my left shoulder***
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the reasoning for this is somewhat simple in my opinion, this configuration leaves my dominant hand next to the bag part, for which i require the strength to maneuver it when heavy. next upside is that it leaves my more finesse-focussed hand to rummage through said satchel.
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a good system if i do say so myself.
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## the problem:
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as this new jacket is asymmetrical, it has a single inside pocket, on the left breast. the aforementioned button flap thingy is also sits near the left clavicle, and these create two main, related problems:
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* i cannot reach into the breast pocket without having to move my satchel strap out of the way
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and
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* the strap pushes the button thingy into my clavicle which is uncomfortable
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and both of these things could have been easily prevented had they created a line of this jacket for left handed people, that was mirrored.
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## closing statements
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i will confess, i have not done any research into this topic. they may sell left handed jackets already, they may not. i do not know
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what i do know is that the hallensteins i purchased this jacket from, as well as specifically fuarking me over by saying i would not need to sign for the package, and then requiring me to sign for the package, also did not stock any left handed jackets.
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time to bounce, keep on keeping on ny'all, and seeya round.
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