he obviously has not seen the dior homme fall show

I gave a new tailor a try today. I fear he may think I am somewhat crazy, but perhaps I am over-reading the situation:

"so, I need these pants shortened."
"no cuff" he half-asked/half-stated as he pinned my trousers to a standard length.
"yeah, actually I'm going to need a decent cuff on these. and let's shorten them up a touch."
"what? cuff? cuff no good. you get no cuff" he fully stated this time, all the while tweaking the length of the hem slightly.
"yes cuff, please. and way shorter. I need to see ankle bone here."
"what? so short!?" he exclaimed as I pulled the trouser leg up to a flood-ready length. "okay, whatever, I do short, but you are crazy."