About our bed...It is as hard as a rock. There is no cushion at all. Sort of like sleeping on a box spring. But it's big! About 6.5 ft. square. There is only one sheet, a duvet cover and two big pillow cases per set. The sheet just barely tucks in at the top and hangs about 3 inches over each side. It can't be tucked in at the side on the bottom. Then the duvet and two big pillows; like king size decorator pillows. I'm so glad we brought our own pillows.
So a few months ago I bought, what I thought, was another sheet to go under the duvet to keep it clean. No it was another duvet cover, but I liked the color better. The previous tenants were into neon green and such.
This new cover is a soft green. As soon as I zipped it open the zipper pull fell apart. You can't return anything in China. If it's broken, you did it. No returns. So the first time I used it I sewed it together. But I decided I should probably just have a new zipper sewn into it.
Today we took it to the tailor, who doesn't speak English, and showed it to him. He examined it, rummaged around in his stuff and came up with a zipper pull which he put on the end of the zipper. Then he changed the thread in his sewing machine and sewed the end of the zipper so the pull wouldn't come off. He charged us 4 yuan ...$.64.
I could have put a new zipper in at home. After I drove to Vancouver to buy a zipper that was long enough. And picked out the old zipper. Who would have thought to just put on a new pull?? Who would even have a zipper pull lying around??
This Is China!!
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