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Why do you think medium is the most popular size?
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It seems logical since medium means average.
[QUOTE=Cisco]
Why do you think medium is the most popular size? My smallest guy friend - about 5’6", 150lbs, wears a large, and it is not big on him. I know this because I give him my larges that I get as gifts, or ones that seem to fit in the store but are too small when I get home.
Almost everyone else I know where XL or multiples Xs.
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That sounds really odd to me. I’m 5’7", currently 178 pounds (and losing!) and I usually wear a small or medium in mens shirts. I can’t imagine a large not being big on me let alone someone shorter and lighter.
[QUOTE=samm]
I agree that most men should start at size large. Maybe women bought out all the men’s mediums?
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Yeah, that’s a good theory. From what I’m reading, I guess I should direct my ire towards the suppliers for not allowing stores to order the quantities they need without paying extra.
A similar thing happens at a bakery I frequent: They’ll give you jam with your pastry, and they obviously buy it in an assortment of flavors: Strawberry, grape, apple, mixed fruit, and orange marmalade. Most people like strawberry, and few people like orange marmalade (orange peels should be thrown away, not eaten). So the strawberry always goes the first couple of days, and at the end of the supply, all that’s left is the orange marmalade, which takes forever to finally get rid of before they order a new batch.
[QUOTE=VCO3]
They had NO M’s anywhere, but a million of every other size.
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Thank God I’m not the only one who has noticed this. I was starting to think I was delusional.
[QUOTE=Cisco]
It’s not a very popular size so not very many get shipped.
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I would say the fact that they all got sold would tend to disprove the notion that it’s not a popular size.
[QUOTE=lowbrass]
Ah! And hence the problem. For Target stores the “pre-set assortment” would seem to be wildly off.
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Target is likely a big enough market so that they can get their own “pre-set assortment”. However, smaller retailers are stuck with what is shipped. And even Target likely has the option of only one “pre-set assortment” for their entire chain. IIRC, there seems to be scads of Mediums where I shop, it could just be a local thing for you.
[QUOTE=Antinor01]
That sounds really odd to me. I’m 5’7", currently 178 pounds (and losing!) and I usually wear a small or medium in mens shirts. I can’t imagine a large not being big on me let alone someone shorter and lighter.
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I agree. I’m 5’11", about the same weight, and I almost always wear a medium shirt.
I have friends about my size who buy large shirts, but I think they look crappy. The shirt is supposed to fit, not hang loosely off your body.
[QUOTE=lowbrass]
I would say the fact that they all got sold would tend to disprove the notion that it’s not a popular size.
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I read that as a joke?
[QUOTE=Pygmy Rugger]
I read that as a joke?
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Why did you punctuate a declarative sentence with a question mark?
[QUOTE=ArchiveGuy]
Speaking of Target (the “national retail chain”) and BART
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Oh lovely. Does this mean the trains will slow down from their usual speed in the tunnels so the ads look right? BART’s got enough ways to make us late as it is!
Monday, it was a busted door at Powell, a platform overshoot at Montgomery and “ongoing” switching problems at Daly City. Today, it was crap on the tracks at Hayward. Now they want to slow down the trains so they can display ads?
[QUOTE=gotpasswords]
Oh lovely. Does this mean the trains will slow down from their usual speed in the tunnels so the ads look right?
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I doubt it. And they don’t have a “usual speed”. The speed varies a lot depending which section of which tunnel you’re in, as well as the position of other trains in the system.
[QUOTE=gazpacho]
I think you need to ask for Grande that’s medium right?
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Nice shot!
I live in a town with a large (er, vast?) hispanic population. At 5’8" I am significantly taller than many hispanic guys I see. Try finding a small in THIS town!
We have hideous polyester uniforms and it is necessary to wear an undershirt underneath them otherwise I break out in itching fits. Women don’t wear “undershirts.” so I look in the mens section for small black t-shirts which are cheaper and longer than any womens shirt. They just can’t be found.
It seems our population is skinny, short hispanic guys or tall, fat white guys. You can easily shop for XXXL here as a standard size.
[QUOTE=Cisco]
Why do you think medium is the most popular size? My smallest guy friend - about 5’6", 150lbs, wears a large, and it is not big on him. I know this because I give him my larges that I get as gifts, or ones that seem to fit in the store but are too small when I get home.
Almost everyone else I know where XL or multiples Xs.
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Looking at the males around my office, a sample size of about 30 or so, I’d say that XXL is the average size. Of course, that’s not helped by the morning pallets of donuts, bagels and cream, and other hideous 1000-calories disasters which are consumed in quantity each morning by folks. There’s this one huge thing they lovingly call “the cow patty”, which is this giant fritter thing nearly a foot in diameter and perhaps 1-1.5 inches deep, which exudes so much oil that it will penetrate about 80 sheets of paper. How do I know? Once, some dingus set his “cow patty” on a report I needed, and I flipped through about 80 pages until the oil had vanished. :eek: Anyhow, there are people here who can consume 2 of these atrocities in a morning, washed down with about a liter of Mountain Dew, then start complaining at 11:30 that they’re “starving for lunch.” :rolleyes:
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Anyhow, there are people here who can consume 2 of these atrocities in a morning, washed down with about a liter of Mountain Dew, then start complaining at 11:30 that they’re “starving for lunch.” :rolleyes:
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Nothing beats a sugar crash, huh? 
As for BART, its speed and the Target ads… The usual allowed speed in tunnels is 70 MPH. It may not be possible to hit that between the downtown stations, but I have seen it on the operator’s console, and trains usually enter the platforms at around 35 or 40 MPH. The ad itself was a yawn. I must have blinked at the wrong time because I didn’t see anyone’s name on them.
[QUOTE=gotpasswords]
Nothing beats a sugar crash, huh?
As for BART, its speed and the Target ads… The usual allowed speed in tunnels is 70 MPH. It may not be possible to hit that between the downtown stations, but I have seen it on the operator’s console, and trains usually enter the platforms at around 35 or 40 MPH. The ad itself was a yawn. I must have blinked at the wrong time because I didn’t see anyone’s name on them.
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They definitely go fast through the transbay tube, but some of the other tunnels have curves and I would assume switches, so I don’t think they go 70 as a general rule. Average speed according to Wikipedia is 33 mph including the 20 second stops at stations.
[QUOTE=Antinor01]
That sounds really odd to me. I’m 5’7", currently 178 pounds (and losing!) and I usually wear a small or medium in mens shirts. I can’t imagine a large not being big on me let alone someone shorter and lighter.
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Acid Lamp (the fiance) is your height, but he’s in the 150-165 pound range and wears an XL in Target. The reason why is because he’s got large/wide shoulders.
[QUOTE=iamthewalrus(:3=]
I agree. I’m 5’11", about the same weight, and I almost always wear a medium shirt.
I have friends about my size who buy large shirts, but I think they look crappy. The shirt is supposed to fit, not hang loosely off your body.
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I’m 5’10" and about 165, but I always wear a large. Yeah, they’re big around the middle, but I have long arms. I really should wear a medium tall, but that’s just not a common enough size, so I buy a large rather than have the sleeves be way too short.
Related: How does Target size men’s pants? Do you have the option of more than one length?
In the women’s pants, there is one length. I think it’s supposed to be “average”, but it’s longer than any average I’ve ever tried on. The pants in the junior’s dept. may be cut slightly shorter, but they’re still ridiculously long.
Clearly, Target is missing clothing for at least two sets of people: short women & medium men.
[QUOTE=Cisco]
It’s not a very popular size so not very many get shipped.
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Clothing has actually become like McDonalds value meals as our society has eveolved. Regular is the new large. XL and above is “Supersized” and is a very popular choice because it doesn’t result in much of a price premium. Small now equals “Childrens” as our elementary aged kids have become more sedentary.
As you can see, this scheme works well except it creates a gulf of which you are the victim.