Master tailor vs retirement
CBC has a brief profile of a master tailor who’s been doing business in Hochelaga for 50 years, but the story is a little confused. Is the man closing up shop and retiring, or is he seeking an apprentice? I can’t see how he can do both.
Blork 18:22 on 2025-01-19 Permalink
I think he just wants to pass on his knowledge to someone, which is not related to closing the store (aside from not wanting to see the finality of the store closing AND his decades of experience and knowledge just go ZAP into the ether).
Kate 20:04 on 2025-01-19 Permalink
But apprenticeship is a practical thing. You can’t teach someone a concrete skill like tailoring unless you have materials and tools and a space to work in. Something like a tailor’s shop…
steph 08:48 on 2025-01-20 Permalink
Ideally he wants someone to take over his business; paying him for the built in client base and buying out his inventory. He knows he’ll have to train a successor to cash in and do that.
Kate 09:29 on 2025-01-20 Permalink
Then he should have started seeking an apprentice a few years ago. You can’t hand off a business like that after a couple of days of instruction.
Andrew 09:33 on 2025-01-20 Permalink
In his Facebook post, he was inviting CEGEP students to use his workshop for their projects for a few weeks. I guess if he’s just clearing out existing stock he’s not using it for sewing, but it definitely doesn’t seem like a succession plan.
Blork not Côté 11:45 on 2025-01-20 Permalink
I think it’s a mistake to assume there is some specific plan in place here. He’s retiring and giving up the shop, and it’s safe to assume he knows the odds are slim that anyone will step in and take it over. But at the same time he wants to pass on his knowledge and skills, but he doesn’t have a specific plan as to how to do that. It sounds like he’s just throwing the option out into the universe to see if it catches anyone’s attention.
That’s not a plan, it’s just a wish.
Blork 11:46 on 2025-01-20 Permalink
Hey! The Côté problem! WTF?
Kate 12:18 on 2025-01-20 Permalink
Are you on a different device from previously, Blork? A phone or tablet as compared to a desktop box, maybe?
I haven’t changed anything in how the blog handles text encoding since the previous discussion.
MarcG 12:53 on 2025-01-20 Permalink
I suck at explaining technical stuff but browser cookies are only loaded after the page is refreshed, and since this site uses AJAX to post comments, you’ll only notice the bug after re-visiting.
MárçG 13:06 on 2025-01-20 Permalink
Testing fix
MárçG 13:07 on 2025-01-20 Permalink
Mark Côté: The next time you post you’ll probably have to re-enter your name but after that it should be fine.
Blork 13:48 on 2025-01-20 Permalink
Kate, same device, same browser, etc. as previously. In the interim I used a different device, but those posts don’t include the “not Côté” in my name. The only difference I know of is the previous ones (which worked) were freshly typed, whereas the one from today was remembered from a previous session. The machine has been asleep in the meantime.
Kate 13:56 on 2025-01-20 Permalink
Ah, but MarcG has been working, like a good elf, while your machine was sleeping. Give it a try now!