I'm just curious to know if there is a dis-proportionate amount of left-handed people in this business as opposed to the general population which currently says that 13% are left-handed.
Off Topic Is top designer in your shop left-handed? Yes or No?
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I write with my right hand but I use my left hand for many other tasks. I've never been a dominant right hander. I asked my Mom is they made me use my right hand when I was little, she can't remember. 
btw my son is a leftie.
btw my son is a leftie.
master J
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I am a leftie, I just had a V-day print ribbion that was 1 sided and found that i had to take the ribbon off the roll so the hearts wern't upside down. First time thats ever happened to me.
hollyflr
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hollyflr
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I write right handed but do most other things left handed, eating, sewing, including cutting stems.
Well, I guess that is starting to show what I expected to be true. Even more than that, I notice a lot of my customers are left-handed.
I did the poll wrong, by the way, should have slept before doing it. It should have been male and yes, female and yes, male and no, female and no. The statistics show that there is a greater percentage of male lefties than female. So far though, looks like Adam is the only lefty.
Holly, that is so weird. Usually it is the other way, I've never heard of anyone who wrote with their RIGHT hand and did everything else with the left. I can't operate left-handed scissors to save my soul, so bows were always my challenge. I make it into my right hand, then have to switch over to my left so I can cut it.
I did the poll wrong, by the way, should have slept before doing it. It should have been male and yes, female and yes, male and no, female and no. The statistics show that there is a greater percentage of male lefties than female. So far though, looks like Adam is the only lefty.
Holly, that is so weird. Usually it is the other way, I've never heard of anyone who wrote with their RIGHT hand and did everything else with the left. I can't operate left-handed scissors to save my soul, so bows were always my challenge. I make it into my right hand, then have to switch over to my left so I can cut it.
dlnfloral
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I write right handed but do just about everything left handed (even can golf and bowl left handed)
It all started when the person teaching me how to make bows was left handed
It all started when the person teaching me how to make bows was left handed
I work right handed and write left. In a pinch I can use either to write with. Being left handed has not been easy... school desk are set up for right handed and much of the world is set in tune for r-handed people.
i think it's easier being a leftie now than back in the 60's and 70's when i was a kid. My son doesn't contort his hand to write (he is left) and his teachers never gave him grief when he would begin in the back of a spiral bound note book to write ( so the metal spine wasn't in the way). luckily most of our classrooms have tables and chairs.
I too make my bows in my right hand and cut with the left.
I too make my bows in my right hand and cut with the left.
mikec
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I'm a lefty, but answered the poll question stating that our designer (my wife) is right handed. I'm glad that others commented about some of the difficulties of being a south paw in a right handed world. In high school, I applied for a Summer manufacturing job and the application actually asked if you were left or right handed. It seems to me that most things in this world are designed for right handed people.
I had to use right handed scissors upside down, could never use a fountain pen because of the smear on the paper and my left hand and YES, in school almost always had to use a right handed desk. When I use a knife or when I help out stripping roses, my wife keeps a wary eye on me. She's convinced that I'm going to do some damage to myself.
It was an advantage in baseball and tennis though. The righties weren't used to seeing things coming at them quite the same way that they were accustomed to.
Everytime a left handed customer is in the store, I comment about how special We are. They always agree. Years ago, I read in the New York Times that lefties don't live as long as righties because of all the obstacles that We face. I really don't know if science backs this up, but personally, it has been tough to adjust to everythiing and I do feel that We are different in many ways from right handed people. I just don't know if its a strong beneficial difference.
I had to use right handed scissors upside down, could never use a fountain pen because of the smear on the paper and my left hand and YES, in school almost always had to use a right handed desk. When I use a knife or when I help out stripping roses, my wife keeps a wary eye on me. She's convinced that I'm going to do some damage to myself.
It was an advantage in baseball and tennis though. The righties weren't used to seeing things coming at them quite the same way that they were accustomed to.
Everytime a left handed customer is in the store, I comment about how special We are. They always agree. Years ago, I read in the New York Times that lefties don't live as long as righties because of all the obstacles that We face. I really don't know if science backs this up, but personally, it has been tough to adjust to everythiing and I do feel that We are different in many ways from right handed people. I just don't know if its a strong beneficial difference.
I am left-handed. Growing up it was (still is) a right-handed world so I had to adjust. I guess the best definition for me is ambidextrous. This will likely hold true for most lefties.
I remember writing exams in university. They only had a very few left handed desks and they put those on the stage of the auditorium where exams were being written. I was very shy and self conscious back then (not so much now). Rather than being centred out I pushed two right- handed desks together. Others followed my lead.
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I remember writing exams in university. They only had a very few left handed desks and they put those on the stage of the auditorium where exams were being written. I was very shy and self conscious back then (not so much now). Rather than being centred out I pushed two right- handed desks together. Others followed my lead.
V
I'm a lefty in all things except using scissors. My mother forced me to learn to use right handed scissors because she was sure they wouldn't have left handed ones in school. She was wrong about that, but it was too late by the time I got to school to change yet again.
This has turned out to be a tiny (emphasis on tiny) advantage for me work-wise as I primarily use Joyce Chen shears and can cut with my right hand, insert flowers with my left and never have to put the scissors aside. My first flower employer hated the sound of scissors hitting the bench. It was the sound of unproductivity to him.
On the other hand (HA!), I can't use bypass pruners, because they twist and mash the stem and instead have to use anvil pruners which are harder to find but can go lefty or righty.
I don't know if this is related to being left handed, but I find I have good visualization skills, and I think there could be a connection to always having to compensate and adapt to things that are not designed for a lefty.
The microwave, however, is still a demon! With a door that opens on the right and swings to the left, it is designed for righties to remove hot items with their dominant hand and is darn awkward for me never mind dangerous! No wonder lefties are known to be accident prone and clumsy. :-(
This has turned out to be a tiny (emphasis on tiny) advantage for me work-wise as I primarily use Joyce Chen shears and can cut with my right hand, insert flowers with my left and never have to put the scissors aside. My first flower employer hated the sound of scissors hitting the bench. It was the sound of unproductivity to him.
On the other hand (HA!), I can't use bypass pruners, because they twist and mash the stem and instead have to use anvil pruners which are harder to find but can go lefty or righty.
I don't know if this is related to being left handed, but I find I have good visualization skills, and I think there could be a connection to always having to compensate and adapt to things that are not designed for a lefty.
The microwave, however, is still a demon! With a door that opens on the right and swings to the left, it is designed for righties to remove hot items with their dominant hand and is darn awkward for me never mind dangerous! No wonder lefties are known to be accident prone and clumsy. :-(
Rhonda
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ambidextrous here after many years of design. But having raised a lefty daughter and a righty daughter? lefty designs better, righty is a nurse practitioner - any thoughts??? LOL Love my girls...
so far of 3 granddaughters, oldest right handed (way too smart for her age) middle - tends to be left handed (development slow but gaining strength at 5) - youngest? tending to left hand but smart as a whip for 16 mos!
so far of 3 granddaughters, oldest right handed (way too smart for her age) middle - tends to be left handed (development slow but gaining strength at 5) - youngest? tending to left hand but smart as a whip for 16 mos!
It should be noted... Lefties are the only ones in their right mind.
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It should be noted... Lefties are the only ones in their right mind.
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I've been waiting and waiting for that one!
OB1
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This is CRAZY interesting. My lead designer is male, tho he is primarily right handed. My former lead designer was female, but left handed.
What the....
You mean, left handed, male people appear to be the creative ones?
This needs further study.
I vote we approach the federal governments of both Cananda and the USA , and include the UK, AUS, NZ, and all other nations, and offer to complete an in depth study of the various unexplained gifts of lefties, righties and abidexties and see how many multi-millions of dollars we can get...
...and then use the money to solve all the problems of the world.
JP
What the....
You mean, left handed, male people appear to be the creative ones?
This needs further study.
I vote we approach the federal governments of both Cananda and the USA , and include the UK, AUS, NZ, and all other nations, and offer to complete an in depth study of the various unexplained gifts of lefties, righties and abidexties and see how many multi-millions of dollars we can get...
...and then use the money to solve all the problems of the world.
JP
