ChiefDelphi is talking about women's clothing. What a time to be alive.
Hands down, the most frustrating thing for me personally regarding women's pants (and I'm surprised it hasn't been mentioned so far) is that I can't fit my wallet in them. Phone fits in my back pocket okay, albeit not very securely...but my wallet not so much. It can be squeezed in, but I'm always terrified it will fall out if I sit down or do anything other than standing up straight. Formal or business casual situations makes this worse (and the depth of the pockets is also worse than jeans), because there are times when it's very inconvenient for me to carry a purse around - weddings, business meetings, career fairs, or anywhere where you have go get your bag checked by security. EDIT: the same problem applies to keys, which are just as essential. Would be great to be able to fit those in my pockets...
Work is another issue - one item that I have to carry around is a 9" long flashlight, and it does NOT like to stay in my pockets. If I had a dollar for every time my flashlight has fallen out of my back pocket in the past month, I could probably buy a pair of pants with large enough pockets.
At events or in the shop, it's surprisingly less bothersome to not have usable pockets. I try to avoid putting tools or small parts in my pockets (easy to forget about them there), and really the only things I need to carry on me is my phone, sharpie, leatherman, and gloves. I have belt clips for the latter two, which while not ideal, is bearable. However, it
is very uncomfortable and distracting to have my phone digging into my legs or back pockets when I'm twisting and bending in odd ways to get under a robot. It would also be nice to be able to carry zip ties around without leaving a trial of them behind me.
Unfortunately, women's pants with deep pockets are either a) expensive, b) bulky, c) made from inconvenient materials (either too thin or too thick), or a combination of those three. I wish I could afford to replace all of my work pants with ones with better pockets, but I also don't want to shell out $500 to do it. Women's pants are expensive in general (that's another topic entirely), but work pants or specialty pants with deep pockets are even more expensive, making it less affordable for say, a high school girl looking to carry her tools with her at a robotics competition. Tool belts are a slightly cheaper alternative but are still not always as convenient as having pockets. I wish I could suggest some better alternatives, but all I've got is "belt clips are your friend".
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Originally Posted by Dibit1010
It's the worst!! I had to ask our driver to carry my gloves
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This. I got one free from work and it's crazy useful, for both girls and guys (let's be real, thick gloves are a pain to fit in
any size pocket)