Fuck! No, seriously!

[plonq]

Okay, so I'd just concluded some important business and I was doing up my belt. As I was pulling it tight, there was a "Poik!" sound and the cross-piece on the end of the buckle flew free, sailing gracefully in a small arc to land in the toilet.

The auto-flush toilet.

Which was flushing.

Because I had just concluded some business.

Other pieces of the belt buckle landed on the floor around me as well. I picked them up so that they wouldn't end up a tripping/choking hazard for my co-workers, but without the cross-piece the belt is now just a fancy leather strap.

So, uh, fuck. I guess there is some belt-shopping in my future.

Comments

[pierrekrahn.livejournal.com]

Are there belt repair shops (like they have shoe repair shops)?

[azhdragon.livejournal.com]

I have to admit, my first thought was "wait... what? would plonq's workmates *really* consider picking up some random piece of metal from the washroom floor and put it in their mouths?"

and of course they wouldn't.

but seriously, there should be places to get belts repaired. If the leather's in good shape, it seems a shame to just throw it away. I know one guy at a farmer's market near us who does it, I had a couple of belts shortened there a few years ago.

[plonq.livejournal.com]

It's an older belt, and I've actually been expecting it to need replacing for going on over a year now. I'm very hard on belts.

[aurifer.livejournal.com]

A good belt is hard to find. I was looking at a rack at a thrift store, and they all seemed to be several inches too short.

[atara.livejournal.com]

Which is why they're at the thrift store! :)

[plonq.livejournal.com]

Ya, I've not had much luck finding belts at Value Village - heck, with my build I have a hard enough time finding pants there that fit.

unbelted:

[hartree.livejournal.com]

I had similar happen to me a couple months ago. Thankfully, I was in a department store that had belts, so it was easily remedied.

[ionotter.livejournal.com]

At least it wasn't your cellphone.

[tydence.livejournal.com]

Lol! Glad I'm not one of your co-workers!

I have some extra leather strap to belt converters that just screw on the ends if you are interested....