Hey everybody, do you like them lovely big store bargains? Come on we all do. The cheap towels and tees and not to mention TVs. Well, seems like a garment factory in Bangladesh caught fire and 110 of its workers burned to death because there wern’t any fire escapes. Guess who their main customer was? A certain giant chain (i.e. us). Hey and how about the way they treat their workers … err slaves. Workers here in Canada and the US? Bad old unions. BAD. —Grumpy Old Fart
This article appears in Nov 29 – Dec 5, 2012.
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The more things change….
I don’t like those bargains. Mostly because the definition of ‘Bargain’ in this situation is as follows: We took advantage of impoverished people and raped the natural resources of their country (which we economically control) in order to provide you with this POS product! Enjoy!
I died a little inside when I read that news article. People should research the companies who produce their goods before purchasing them, in order to avoid perpetuating conditions like these.
I steer clear of Wallyworld at all costs. There has been so much in the news about how they treat their workers. I won’t give them one cent of my hard earned money.
Imagine how terrible life would be without those factories paying very little to their workers. By our over consuming standards of life we feel these people are slaves. Yet, in their communties they are better off. No one I feel can honestly say they don’t have anything in their houses or lives that weren’t manufactured overseas. Whether or not you purchase it from a chain store you still contribute to the problem. Even some of the items I buy which clearly say they were made here (North America), are actually only assembled here with imported parts/materials. I wonder where these imported parts/materials come from? Unless you live a self sufficient life in the middle of the woods, you contribute to the problem the same as everyone else.
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“One theory is that war is a form of deliberate population control.” Damn, that’s some Hunger Games-type shit right there. 😛
How did the unions start this fire? Was it that they didn’t do something and that started the fire? Or was it that the unions were responsible for installing the fire escapes? Were they canadian unions? PSAC? PIPSC? NSGEU? Can you complete a thought?
well grumpy, guess some will have to do with their games and shit then. but you know as well as i do, that for every one that closes, there are 100 others. yep, the great capitalistic dream, but not for everyone.
hey meaty, i think op was being facetious about the unions, given wallyworld has been in the news lately about workers trying to organize.
i don’t know how to react to factories in 3rd world countries. i know the people need the jobs desperately. they are sought after, fought for, held onto. which is why outfits that wallyworld buys through can call the shots about pay and working conditions.
Looking more into the distribution of the manufactured clothing leads me to ask; Why is everyone so quick to point the finger at Walmart? Sears, Gap, Walt Disney and another dozen or so retailers used this factory too. Not to mention the European companies that used it as well. Before you come to a conclusion, please do a little research about who to point the finger at. I don’t agree with Walmart in any form, but believe it or not, they are not the greatest evil at play in this situation.
Fuck you, mobile site.
obviously no one really cares, or else the factories wouldn’t be in Bangladesh in the first place.
You got it Lowcoaster. People care when there is a tragedy or loss of life. In a couple weeks no one will care or remember the details until it happens again. Then comes the finger pointing all over again. Its a cycle we all voluntarily support. Just think of the gifts your giving and receiving this Christmas, take a look at the label. Do you still keep it knowing full well that it may have come from the factory that just burned down. They were amping up production for our holiday.
Not my country not my problem. I work too fucking hard to deal with someone else’s misfortune of being born into a shit hole place and not being able to help themselves out of it. My grand parents worked their asses off to get their family out of their shit hole country and to Canada, if they can do it from nothing so can anyone else. You don’t like wally world? go shop somewhere else. Can’t afford it? Demand a better pay and stop letting employers here fuck you over on your salary. Sick and tired of all the bleeding hearts who are so concerned about everyone else and can’t even bother to take care of themselves or their own. Fuck off.
You’re absolutely right Furious. Those workers make a great wage compared to others in that country. Of course they could do what thousands of others do there and comb through dumps.
It’s actually a little worse than that…
The fire extinguishers were for show to pass inspections.
The regular exits were locked by management and the workers were told to sit down and keep working when the alarm went off.
Once they realized it wasn’t a drill or accidental alarm it was way way too late.
And remember, it’s just not Wallyworld, they pretty well all do it.
Bla bla bla, who cares? Western civilization was built by slaves, did anyone think that we wouldn’t find new ones? The cheaper shit is for me to but, the less taxes I pay. Win, win!!!
The sad part about all this is it will be forgotten by next week. Very few have the gumption (or the means) to go the high road and buy locally which will be a fair bit more expensive. Unless we can find a way for consumers to group together and boycott certain retailers over whom they buy their goods, this is all a waste of breath.
Very sad indeed but unfortunately I will still shop the bargain stores. Either that or starve. Sad I agree. But that’s life. Unfair and sad.
Its horrible but nothing’s going to change. Sad but a fact.
I bet every one of you dicks, spouting off about “buying local” has something from Wicker Emporium in your living/bedroom.
Oprah’s Dirty Minge; Who was spouting off about buying local? I do like the practise myself, but only you brought it up. I also have nothing from your Wicker Emporium in my house.
Not I, Minge. All my furnishings are hand-me-downs of hand-me-downs of hand-me-downs. On average, my furniture is older than I am, sometimes by a considerable amount! I’m not sure about my desk though, as I found it by the curb making it hard to tell its age. The vast majority of my clothing is second hand or from thrift stores, or again, hand-me-downs.
But, that’s only because I’m not too concerned with what I look like, and don’t mind having a clothes wardrobe with sticky drawers. I’m also good with a needle, so things like the lifespan of a pair of my jeans is approaching the 8-10 year mark.
I’ll bet you’ve helped out where you can by paying considerably into the wages of the sweat slaves >;)
cap, rub a little bar soap on the sticking parts of the drawers.
or candles
yes! the wax works great too. i forget that no one seems to use bar soap anymore.
i have visions of ginger snaps dancing through my head, i wonder why. damn they were good.
Good Dog Molly and paingirl; Irrelevant bits of advice, who said they had sticky drawers? To make furniture last, you must take care of it properly. Not by smearing soap or wax on the wood, which the wood will absorb. It can cause staining, blemishes, the moisture can also cause thinner pieces of wood to crack or warp even more. This is not how you take care of antique furniture. If someone actually makes a post about antique drawers I would suggest a buck or two of sandpaper for the high parts on the drawer liners. That fixes the problem for a couple decades at least. The soap and wax trick is a temporary bandaid that is recommended in house wife how to books.
But, that’s only because I’m not too concerned with what I look like, and don’t mind having a clothes wardrobe with sticky drawers.
paingirl; If thats the case, then why would you volunteer advice that you have not tried? You may as well have said “smear donair sauce on it”. Once again, irrelevent bits of advice, advice you havn’t even tried, lol.
Well, that’s because I said it, Mr. Style… which kinda makes your entire post irrelevant.
Also, ‘antique furniture’ – Bahahaha, as if! Just because something is old, doesn’t mean it’s antique. Good advice with the sandpaper though.
Ladies – I will take your advice into consideration. But, honestly I think the sticky drawers add to the ‘character’ of my bedroom set. Plus, the daily arm workout from having to force my way into my sock drawer helps me stay in shape.
soap or wax also works well on sliding door runners. the aluminum parts. you have to be careful immediately following the application, or you’ll push too hard on the door and it will go flying in the newly lubed track.
Way to ruin my Troll of the day Captain. I just really hate finding a great piece of furniture that has gooey wax and/or soap stains all over the inside of it. Especially when someone thinks using Irish Springs (smells for years) is a good idea to fix furniture. Because of that, paingirl and Good dog molly really annoyed me. There’s just way to many how to housewives out there now.
Good dog molly; You have found out how to annoy me. Once again, stop using bandaids to fix everything. Soap and wax will corrode alot of moving parts in a sliding door, it will also gum up the traction wheels and support springs on the rollers. Go buy some lube (I know its coming, lol) and do the job right. A supposed genius quick fix once again creates more headaches in the future. To many how to housewives and far to many lazy men.
“far TOO many lazy men” and “TOO many housewives” and “TOO many how-to housewives”
i see you haven’t had time yet for that remedial english class i recommended.
Captain Leebob; Just because something is old it can still be an antique. My buffet, china cabinet, several chairs and a book shelf all fit the definition of an antique.
“sticky drawers”
“sock drawer”
“arm workout”
“candle wax”
“donair sauce”
SO many immature and inappropriate jokes, so little time.
Good dog molly; To insult my typing, grammer, or spelling, you must write perfectly yourself. This is not the case. Do you know what capital letters are? Maybe punctuation? I see we may both benefit from a remedial writing class. You are a hyprocrite, and smearing soap or wax on that simple fact won’t fix the problem.
the cap loves working his sticky sock drawer, yup. and being the manly brute he is, doesn’t want to lubricate…whereas fs briskly rubs his with fine grit 40.
you’re funny fake furious
Lube is for pussies that can’t enjoy a good chafe!
I was definitely having a laugh at the sexuality buried in the comments. It’s an innuendo kinda day 🙂
And sorry to ruin your fun, Furious. But I have furniture that could definitely be considered antique because of its age, but it was far from collectible, and it’s only value is in that fact that it still performs its function. Unfortunately, I’m less critical of the condition of my furniture, so can’t sympathize with your sticky drawer woes.
Avast… just go ahead, let the jokes flow.
Good dog molly; I see that on top of ridiculing my writing skills, while yours are no better, you have now resorted to childish insults. You also know nothing about sandpaper. The higher the number, the finer the paper. Have I made you look foolish enough already?
sand paper works well on gnarly feet
Thank you for the compliment paingirl. I like you more then I should. I’m also sorry to have brought you into the situation with Good dog molly. I don’t like her.
i find that sensalube , makes anything nice and slippery. strawberry flavour is the best and tastes great too.
Good dog molly; Have you figured out how sandpaper grades work? You can look it up on Wikipedia. Have you also figured out capital letters and punctuation? Let me know when you do, then I can take what you said as an insult and respond accordingly. Until then, go play with your dogs some more, they must understand you.
Furious’s sensitive member can only handle the finest of sandpapers, we’re talking 1 000 000 + grit… again, no lube.
he is quite the sensitive little desert flower, ain’t he? easily worked into a lather. perhaps i shall call him furious soap.
What is the age something has reach , to be considered an antique ?
Sometime in my past I remember someone telling me it was 100 years for many things ….my nanna is 100 years old … I wonder what she’d think if I told her she was now an antique ? ~;)
Captain Leebob; What your implying is that I masterbate with sandpaper that is the equivilent of looseleaf paper. This is untrue. However I have been known to put a sock over my penis and masterabate that way. I don’t know what the equivilant of a cotton sock is in the world of sandpaper. Any more thoughts?
congrats to your nanna more!
i think there are different yardsticks for different categories. cars are 25 yrs?
No, actually….. that’s about as far as I want to think on that particular subject, Style.
More – It depends. I’m not sure on the exact ages, but Cars are 50 years, Residential homes are 100 years (and I think they need to incorporate a certain architectural style as well), and things like clothing are up to interpretation on whether it’s antique or not based on age.
Anyone else got some antique facts to add? I’m sorta outta my element here :S
Good dog molly you have once again resorted to childish insults. I directly insult you in a more mature style, you act like a child. Can’t think of an insult with credibility, no worries, theres always name calling to fall back on. Wait, I thought we were grown ups on here, guess I was wrong. Back to the antique part, 100 years for everything outside the world of cars.
i have some lovely mahogany antiques and an old oak steamer trunk that my grandfather used
paingirl; Could you describe your trunk in great detail?
And do you keep junk in this trunk?
Finally, Good dog molly shut her uneducated childish mouth and the humour comes out. You made me laugh Captain Sir.
I’m glad I could make you laugh, Furious, but I wish I could make you leave my friend Good Dog alone.
Captain; How dare you try to bring out the person behind the screen. I have a heart, and you may make me use it. I do not try to give Good Dog Molly a hard time, it just seems that way. Resorting to childish insults really annoys me, my children do it but I can look past that because its age appropriate.
small souvenirs from my victims
Good Dog Molly and I are friends, I added her to my list a couple weeks ago.
Haha, all is well Furious, we’re both just stirring our respective pots.
Its so much fun Captain, we are also friends. In my list you appear below Good Dog Molly, you should actually be above her.
so i take a small break to save the western hemisphere and come back to this…
isn’t that interesting. i should pay more attention to this forum. had no idea you could shanghai a person onto your friend list without so much as a ‘by your leave’. i can see how that would appeal to someone who may have some, err difficulties getting friends in the usual way.
so ya pur wee furious thing, you may bask in my ersatz friendship.
and the wonderful thing is: this is the future….John Galt bend me over and make me bark like a seal
john galt has gone into hiding, people keep trying to use him as the republican party mascot.
Good Dog Molly; Should I take the oppurtunity to point out all the mistakes in your last post? Nope, I am above you. I always will be, you may have the last word now. You can’t teach an old dog anything. But have you figured sandpaper out yet? What the age of an antique is? What soap is actually for? Candle wax as well? Or have you been spending your time becoming an adult and not resorting to childish names and insults?
Did I touch a nerve, nukka? I guess all your clothing, appliances, furniture, vehicles, tv/stereo equipment were all manufactured by companies with the highest ethical business practices? My point was that if you shop anywhere except your local producer (of any goods, not just food related items) you are supplying large corporations with the power to abuse third world populations for profit. My Wicker Emporium comment was…umm… poking fun at the idea of a locally owned business that skirts direct responsibility of exploitation by being “local”, while showing the hypocracy of the “local consumer”. It’s a darn shame they omitted allegory in your “creative writing class”. Now, back to trolling dimwits and angry lesbians!
Oprah; If you actually read my posts on this thread you will see that I have the same mindset as you do on this topic. It was the way you put it, completely out of context. It was as if a voice popped into your head while reading this thread and you responded to it. No where in this thread did a “dick spout off about buying local”, you pulled that out of no where. Maybe a past conversion that was not on this bitch board? See my point? Hopefully you do because under it all I do agree with what you said, just not how you said it.
Oprah; Please read the following posts I made on this thread.
Furious Nukka on 11/30/2012 at 11:32 AM
Furious Nukka on 11/30/2012 at 12:55 PM
Furious Nukka on 11/30/2012 at 2:38 PM
My “dicks” comment was not limited to this thread, nor this website, nor was I singling out anyone in particular . There is an entire movement that singles out big box shoppers and consumers in general as evil, but unless you live in a cabin in the woods like pioneers, it is impossible for someone to claim they aren’t responsible for unethical corporate culture. Anyone with a pension plan, RRSPS, or mutual funds directly funds unethical oil companies and consumption giants.
If thats the case Oprah, then I misunderstood what you were getting at. I think we’re both on the same side, I’m the passive one and you can be the militant one.
agreed OP.
Did you type this from your OWN computer? Or are you truly not a hypocrite?
cars are indeed classified as an antigue after 50 years, 25 years only make them a classic. furniture, as far as i know, is indeed 100 years. books are about 75 to 100. houses are never antigued, they call them heritage homes after 60 years or so. i had a place in hubbards on the river at the corner, that was built in 1765.
used to used as a way station from yarmouth to halisux, in the stagecoach days and horses. 7 b.r. joint, huge as fuck inside, but small to look at outside. it had a huge front room, big kitchen, and 5 b.r.’s on the second floor, and two attic b.r.’s. there is and was a steel door in basement before house was moved back, to widen road years ago, that led to st. lukes church across the road, and another tunnel that led to capt. hubbert’s house, which is now gone. they used them in case of attack from local tribes and to store rum in them in privateer days. old house had a lot of charm, but i needed cash.
te area used to be called the golden triangle for a long time, by the older folk. trish honey, if you are reading this, you know the place i mean, you are just over from it.