Being left-handed can be expensive. Ideally, if you want to learn to cut things out neatly, you need to use left-handed scissors which are not all that common. Contrary to popular belief, it is impossible to make scissors that work just as well when you are cutting with your right hand or your left, all scissors are handed. Serrated knives are often right-handed, making cutting straight (and so missing your fingers) more difficult. One of my hobbies is calligraphy. Left-handed nibs and instruction books are difficult to find and more expensive than their right-handed counterparts. I don’t play golf, but left-handed golf clubs aren’t cheaper than right-handed ones. And I’ve never seen left-handed dessert forks, although right-handed ones are common.

Now you may think that this is fair, since left-handed people are a minority. I’ll agree with you on that one. But us lefties make up a significant minority and yet left-handed equipment is not all that common on the high street. And if I use right-handed equipment I either use it incorrectly in my left-hand which is often not possible, or I use it correctly in my right-hand which is not as dextrous and so tends to make a hash of things. So I need to spend more time sourcing items and pay extra to get stuff shipped from specialist stores.

Left-handers get a raw and expensive deal.