Temple workers enlist ingenuity
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COCHABAMBA, Bolivia — Workers at the Cochabamba Bolivia Temple have enlisted a bit of ingenuity to better fit patrons renting clothing at the temple.
Bolivians use metric measurements, so it was sometimes difficult for patrons to remember their respective pant sizes in inches. Many men were selecting ill-fitting pants. Workers attached a 45" measuring tape to a stick. Now a patron simply puts the "O" end of the stick on his shoe and measures to his beltline, according to Sister Marilyn C. Fillmore, a missionary at the temple.
Female patrons use a 60" measuring tape to determine dress sizes.
"Repeat patrons have made the effort to lock this new size in their memories so they don't have to measure themselves each time they rent the temple clothing," wrote Sister Fillmore.
