made in the philippines

While dressing this morning, I noticed that my pants were made in the Philippines. “Yay, mine were made in Mali. Big woop. Glad you can read,” you might say. But no. Yeah, I I already know many small children and sad women in no bueno countries endlessly work in huge factories, getting paid probably less than a dollar per hour. It seems unfair that these people would be forced into such grueling labor, however, imagine the perks…
Free defective clothing!
Overseas, I’ve bet everyone’s got name brand style, and gadzooks of clothes. At some point in my life, I will make it a point to go to an area near several clothing factories, and I will observe. I’m sure it would be no surprise to see Tamir Pakistan (a random factory worker in the Middle East) and the rest of his family all decked out in defective Abercrombie and Fitch clothes. And I bet their neighbors, abundantly fitted in Nike everything. If I worked in a factory over there, I’d work for J. Crew.