“I NEED SOME HELP!” PLEADS VW’S ONLY PLAID SEAT SEAMSTRESS

SPIKE IN GTI SALES HAS 84-YEAR-OLD UPHOLSTERER WORKING LONG HOURS

While it’s good news for Volkswagen, a recent surge in sales of the Golf-based GTI has the company’s sole plaid-qualified seamstress working nearly 15 hours a day.

Alva Bobnoff, 84, stitches up another plaid GTI seat

“I’m 84-years-old and I should be home doing puzzles,” complains Alva Bobnoff. “I’m the only seamstress who knows how to work with plaid, and I’m flat worn out.”

While leather seating is an option on the GTI, most buyers prefer the traditional plaid seats, and that means more work for Bobnoff.

“My boss brings me one bottle of Ensure after another just to keep me going, but really, they need to hire more people who can work with plaid,” she said.

“It would really help if you could ask people to please order the leather seats,” Bobnoff told Parksplug.