Starfish and bling Christmas trees
from W.
A couple of things in Geelong I noticed were the starfish decorations instead of stars, and the numerous $2 shops chockas with junk bling items. But oh how we compromise. I ran into a friend in Moorabool Street as I lugged two bags of junk I had bought and we talked about 'ethical' Christmas shopping and how we don't really support locally made items but buy stuff made in China where workers get - maybe - 39 cents an hour. Hmm. I looked down at my shopping bags and realized I had bought twenty $2-3 items that were just bling and not useful at all.
But the motive was okay, I rationalized - little gifts for friends at a Christmas breakup party at Peppeino's Cafe Friday night. And, okay, they all seemed pleased to receive them. I kept one item for myself - a little Christmas tree candle-holder. $2.60!
posted by Peceli and Wendy's Blog at 4:26 PM
2 Comments:
Oh, well. Sometimes bling can be fun!
If you really want to support underpaid, exploited, third world laborers, try ordering a pair of personalized Nike Air shoes and write your name as "sweatshop made".
Nike does NOT like that...
(Even though Nike is from my home state, well...)
Yeah, I've heard about Nike.
Actually some of the wetsuits sold here for $80 or so are made in Fiji and I wonder what the girls who make them in Fiji are paid. I think about $1.80 an hour. And factories are actually moving to Asia because Fiji's labour costs too much!
Sobosobo!
W.
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