chrisdahut1
Well-Known Member
When I was a new hire at CHQ, I remember taking an hour or two out of our day from Indoc. to meet with the M&H rep. to be measured for our uniforms. I remember being fairly impressed with the detailed measurements he was noting...it was going to be a perfectly fitting new suit!
Boy was I wrong. I was one of the fortunate ones who was shipped uniforms that were usable out of the box. THe pant size though was 33 when I was clearly a 34 (and 34 had been noted)...I didn't realize this until a month ago when I bought my first non M&H set of uniforms. I assumed the entire time that I just put on weight!
At least half the class were shipped pants that were'nt hemmed...pant legs that were 50+ inches long. They were told to take time from their day to go get them fixed and then be re-imbursed.
Just before I left CHQ, I ordered a new set of uniforms and used up the remainder of my uniform allowance (at least it cost me nothing). The uniforms I received were terrible quality. The shirts in particular. The material was inexplicably different from the first shirts I ordered, and despite ordering the same size, they were all clearly more baggy and larger (collar remained same size though). They were OK though....for about 3 months. One shirt had the eppaulette button pop out. No big deal. Another shirt though had a record number of buttons fall out....5! and when the stitching to the pocket started to unravel, it was time to throw away. This was just after a couple of months of relatively light use.
Boy was I wrong. I was one of the fortunate ones who was shipped uniforms that were usable out of the box. THe pant size though was 33 when I was clearly a 34 (and 34 had been noted)...I didn't realize this until a month ago when I bought my first non M&H set of uniforms. I assumed the entire time that I just put on weight!
At least half the class were shipped pants that were'nt hemmed...pant legs that were 50+ inches long. They were told to take time from their day to go get them fixed and then be re-imbursed.
Just before I left CHQ, I ordered a new set of uniforms and used up the remainder of my uniform allowance (at least it cost me nothing). The uniforms I received were terrible quality. The shirts in particular. The material was inexplicably different from the first shirts I ordered, and despite ordering the same size, they were all clearly more baggy and larger (collar remained same size though). They were OK though....for about 3 months. One shirt had the eppaulette button pop out. No big deal. Another shirt though had a record number of buttons fall out....5! and when the stitching to the pocket started to unravel, it was time to throw away. This was just after a couple of months of relatively light use.
