Archive for November, 2008
That’s what zips are for…
Last week Len had a disappointing experience. He went out to the market on the trike on a Saturday morning while I was busy with some other errands. When he returned, he pulled his wallet out of his side pocket on his Reverse Gear Carabeen vest and used his access card to open the automatic door of our condo garage. When I arrived home he informed me that his wallet had disappeared. We both traced the path from door to parking spot several times with no luck.
He immediately cancelled all credit and bank cards. On Monday he went to get a new driver’s licence and health card. On Tuesday, someone knocked on the door with his wallet in hand. They had found it under their car. He was grateful to have it back in spite of the fact that he had already replaced the major cards and it had no cash in it. At least he had not yet bought a replacement wallet.
The disappointment was that the cash had probably been removed by someone inside our own building, who then threw it under a car.
The other disappointment was that he had not used the zipper on his vest as it had been intended. When we designed Reverse Gear we said that we manufactured the vest and jerseys with zippers - for “added protection of valuables”. But they have to be used to be worth the extra ‘cost’. So unfortunately it was a costly lesson.
The next time Len goes out wearing Reverse Gear - he will be all zipped up!
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