S Viemeister wrote
charles wrote
Rod wrote
S wrote
Grimly Curmudgeon wrote

Otoh, the number of males nowadays who know how to sew on a button or
mend a tear is vanishingly small. Fs, it's hardly rocket science.

The number of _women_ who know how to sew on a button is vanishingly
small, too.

I find that very hard to believe. They wouldn't be available to buy if
that was true.

I sew my own buttons. If I couldn't, it's a service our local dry
cleaners offer.

Many years ago, my family owned and ran a couple of needlework/yarn shops.
It was amazing just how many women had absolutely no idea how to sew on
buttons properly. We had to add that to our list of services offered.

They'd have to be pretty stupid to not be able to watch a
youtube video and learn how to do something that basic.

Presumably the cost of getting someone else to
do it is so low most of the klutzes don't bother.