"Man from the South"

If the soldier were to lose the bet, an occupation that could be impacted is his ability to get dressed and put his uniform and shoes on everyday for duty. This occupation would be greatly affected because the pinky deals a lot with grip, function, power, and opposability, so upper and lower body dressing would be more difficult to perform. Getting dressed requires having to grasp the clothing to put on bilaterally. Also, if there are buttons, zippers, or shoelaces then pinching and gripping could be hard to do. A strategy that I would recommend to help with putting his shirt on in particularly, is for the man to sit down and have the shirt in his lap with the collar facing away from him, then he would thread his bad hand first through the sleeve using his good hand to help and bring it up to his shoulder. Next, he would thread his good hand through the other sleeve and pull it up to his shoulder, then take the opening for the head with his good hand and pull it over his head. If it were a jacket he was wearing, then the same steps would occur except for bringing the head opening over the head, the back of the jacket would go around to the other side and thread that way. In addition, if the jacket had buttons, then the soldier could put an elastic band and loop it through the where the button hole is and then around the button to bring it together. The strategy and modification described would help the soldier be more independent in this specific ADL.