New Era fitted hats have this shiny gold label sticker that comes on every new hat. It has the size on it for the convenience of shoppers, kind of like L stickers on shirts to signify size large. When I asked someone why he keeps the sticker on his hat he said "because it makes it look new." But then I pointed out that the hat is already getting faded from wear and tear, and soon the patch of hat under the sticker will be a different color than the rest of the hat. So if the sticker ever gets peeled off the hat will have a dumb looking spot right on the center of the bill. The proud sticker wearer acknowledged this fact, but it did not change his mind. His answer was "So I won't ever peel off the sticker." At this point I realized that I would never win this argument. I just can't wrap my mind around this current trend. And If I ever get a fitted New Era hat the first thing I am going to do is peel that sucker right off. Or maybe I'll save the sticker and sell it on Ebay.
