A Complimentary Mistake

I entered a ladies clothing shop some while ago, and before I had the chance to peruse at all, the sales lady was standing before me, as if she had a nasty smell under her nose, looking me up and down and in quite a matter of fact way said, “there’s nothing for you here”.  I was lost for words (which doesn't happen often), feeling insulted and somewhat like the character in “Pretty Woman”, I abruptly turned around and with as much dignity as I could muster, hastily left the shop. It was only later as I retold this story to a girlfriend, that I felt a whole lot better. The shop I had unknowingly entered, was in fact for larger sized ladies, so what I had deemed as an insulting shop assistant, was in fact a compliment, as she merely meant “we don’t stock anything small enough to fit you”!