tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post7195271054693027693..comments2023-10-16T06:16:53.946-05:00Comments on Lucia has something to say: My Pajamas Were In CambodiaLuciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05295553538430945014noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-48896926077587115642007-04-08T22:39:00.000-05:002007-04-08T22:39:00.000-05:00such a great post. good to think about these thing...such a great post. good to think about these thingsCitymousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04491021367590323514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-32878577018965383762007-04-08T12:25:00.000-05:002007-04-08T12:25:00.000-05:00awful....we're lucky here in our standards and exp...awful....we're lucky here in our standards and expectations, aren't we?gary rithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18228113061045717115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-58385312712092759812007-04-06T14:48:00.000-05:002007-04-06T14:48:00.000-05:00Hi LuciaThis is such a thoughtful post. Thank you...Hi Lucia<BR/><BR/>This is such a thoughtful post. Thank you for the knowledge, intelligence, compassion and outrage that went into it. <BR/><BR/>I'm thinking of asking companies to sew huge tags in clothing items...huge enough to fit your post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-42828168565917970552007-04-06T14:31:00.000-05:002007-04-06T14:31:00.000-05:00I've always had the same question as Maggie. When...I've always had the same question as Maggie. <BR/><BR/>When I got my corporate job and heard about the human resources department, I thought it was a department that provided resources to us humans.<BR/>Yup, I'm an idiot.Nancy Dancehallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14169976337329559458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-27717887792435182952007-04-06T10:24:00.000-05:002007-04-06T10:24:00.000-05:00That's why I sleep naked.No, seriously, great post...That's why I sleep naked.<BR/><BR/>No, seriously, great post as usual. . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-85192098419947982832007-04-05T17:27:00.000-05:002007-04-05T17:27:00.000-05:00I look at clothing labels too. I love thinking how...I look at clothing labels too. I love thinking how far something has traveled for me to wear it. And I like thinking that I am wearing something made by a hard working person who is dreaming of something better for themselves...Susan as Herselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09665517309910285209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-41220322990038068212007-04-05T12:45:00.000-05:002007-04-05T12:45:00.000-05:00"I wasn't in Cambodia with my pajamas"I of course ..."I wasn't in Cambodia with my pajamas"<BR/><BR/>I of course thought this post was going somewhere other than it did. Silly me.<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed your break down of the costs.<BR/><BR/>I have a rather controversial comment or question rather. I've wondered, is it better to choose not to buy clothes from those places that pay so little and possibly abuse their employees? Or do I buy knowing that a woman is earning much needed money that keeps her out of the sex industry? I'm just curious what others think or if they've wondered the same thing...<BR/><BR/>Then of course, I wish I didn't have to wonder things like that. That everyone had a place to work where they are respected and paid well.Lynneahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08255266354171825474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-74303943123648491222007-04-05T11:53:00.000-05:002007-04-05T11:53:00.000-05:00Thanks, Lucia...a very thoughtful post.Thanks, Lucia...a very thoughtful post.Mona Buonanottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01809435868294190789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-72819256661851664222007-04-05T10:38:00.000-05:002007-04-05T10:38:00.000-05:00I hope the world takes note - and reacts - like al...I hope the world takes note - and reacts - like all the eyes of Bayonne focused on the worker.<BR/><BR/>A girl can dream.OhTheJoyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05031731198115388411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-25989959650347116872007-04-05T10:35:00.000-05:002007-04-05T10:35:00.000-05:00(It upset me a dozen years ago when companies star...<I>(It upset me a dozen years ago when companies started changing the name of the department from "Personnel" to "Human Resources." We changed from being a person to being a commodity. Your post today sort of epitomizes that.)</I><BR/><BR/>Glad someone else mentioned this. It's another one of those word manipulation things that ultimately leads to certain behaviors becoming acceptable. <BR/><BR/>As for the clothes, I've had some of those concerns since all of my clothes come from SEA. I did find a place to buy where the clothes are made by individual artisans. <BR/><BR/>It's just good practice.. and the clothes are prettier and better made, too. <BR/><BR/>Yeah. They're a little more expensive. It still works. I buy two tops instead of three. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Peace, <BR/><BR/>~Chanithailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-86553101497440963772007-04-05T09:22:00.000-05:002007-04-05T09:22:00.000-05:00I wonder too. Especially when I see something tha...I wonder too. <BR/><BR/>Especially when I see something that was originally priced at a ridiculous amount, say $59 for a tank top, that has then been marked down to $8. <BR/><BR/>On the one hand, I get excited when I score in finding a deal, then I wonder who's making all the profit? Certainly not the people who actually made the item.<BR/><BR/>And then I think, I just have far too many clothes.rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980768449046443151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-61628090921595985122007-04-05T08:54:00.000-05:002007-04-05T08:54:00.000-05:00I had wondered why Asian sweatshops seemed to be a...I had wondered why Asian sweatshops seemed to be almost exclusively female. Now I know.<BR/><BR/>I would think that the flip side to a society that teaches women to be submissive would be that men would be taught to protect. Don't Cambodian men feel a chivalrous duty to protect their wives, mothers, and sisters?<BR/><BR/>(It upset me a dozen years ago when companies started changing the name of the department from "Personnel" to "Human Resources." We changed from being a person to being a commodity. Your post today sort of epitomizes that.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-75749838693226532842007-04-05T06:50:00.000-05:002007-04-05T06:50:00.000-05:00Thank you for making us think too, abotu where our...Thank you for making us think too, abotu where our clothes come from.karmichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973922761187532706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-20896284223235620962007-04-04T22:10:00.000-05:002007-04-04T22:10:00.000-05:00Hey - maybe you could help me. I have to order so...Hey - maybe you could help me. I have to order some promotional material for work (stuff we give to active volunteers, etc. with our logo on it). I pushed our supplier pretty hard to help me come up with some hats and shirts that he can guarantee are ethically produced, but he hasn't been as helpful as I'd like. Any thoughts on specific companies/suppliers (ones that are available in Canada) who might mass produce corporate schwag? You can email me if you want.Heather Pletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975795000759157299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-36221216005765362082007-04-04T21:01:00.000-05:002007-04-04T21:01:00.000-05:00I always read the labels on my clothes - my latest...I always read the labels on my clothes - my latest purchase, a dress for the wedding - Surinam.<BR/><BR/>We have no idea how wealthy we really are until we go outside of this country.QThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15544956727530046973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29996096.post-13747101918745166402007-04-04T20:59:00.000-05:002007-04-04T20:59:00.000-05:00Oh, friend.If there is ever a place that has reson...Oh, friend.<BR/><BR/>If there is ever a place that has resonated so loudly and broke my heart repeatedly, it is Cambodia. <BR/><BR/>We were there long enough to make a friend of sorts, and his wife worked in one of these factories...10 hours a day. She made $30 a month. For 30 days worth of work.<BR/><BR/>And I thought about how similar she and I probably are on the inside - women, mothers, partners...and how different our realities, in large part, to economics and war.Girlplustwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07056576921114387218noreply@blogger.com