Unfair mistake

About three weeks before our church’s thanksgiving service, I paid a tailor to sew a senator outfit for me. I had taken my measurements and left him with the fabric to get started. I should have checked in on the progress after the first week, but I didn’t. I got too comfortable, and before I knew it, the service was just a day away.

So, the day before the service, I went to the tailor’s shop to pick up my outfit. When he handed me the cloth to try on, it wasn’t my size at all! I was confused and asked what happened. That’s when we found out his apprentice had mistakenly given my fabric to another client. Apparently, someone else was sewing the exact same material as mine, and somehow, the apprentice mixed them up.

To make things worse, the other person’s outfit had already been waybilled to Anambra state. We tried to reach the driver, but all efforts to contact him failed. After waiting for about two hours, I left the shop frustrated, knowing I wasn’t going to wear the senator outfit I had planned for the thanksgiving.
It was bitter, but I had no choice but to accept the situation.

When the cloth came back, one week after the service, I had to give it out to a close friend so I do not remind myself of the painful experience with the tailor.