Er... yeah...

[Imogene]

Had a customer today, who was very obviously NOT caucasian (whether she was American, I don't know, but the irony of the whole scene was NOT lost on me) who bought a handful of glass items, and watched as I started scanning them, then suddenly piped up, "You should stop bringing things from China!"
*blink, blink* Uh, ha?
She flips over one of the glass pieces and points at something. "You should stop buying pieces from China, America is the best country ever!"
*literally restraining myself from having to hurt this woman* "..."
"Come on, America is the best country ever!"
*blink, blink* "... sure... But I have no control over where we buy things. Hell, I don't have control over anything we buy."
"Oh, I know, but you really should stop buying things from China."
*luckily, by this point, all I need is her zip code, and then, out the door with her*
"Ooo... kay..."

[Kogarashi]

:: Then...why is she supporting the store's decision to buy things from China by...er...buying the stuff that's from China?

[Imogene]

:: Then...why is she supporting the store's decision to buy things from China by...er...buying the stuff that's from China?

Don't think about it too hard. Your brain will pop.

[Apathy]

:: Then...why is she supporting the store's decision to buy things from China by...er...buying the stuff that's from China?

The same reason everyone does everything: because they're stupid.

[Boochan]

That SC reminded me of this cartoon.

Sad, but true. I think the ONLY thing thats actually made in Australia that we stock in the store is TV Antennas. I can't think of anything else that we sell thats produced locally..

[Nyx]

LOL Oh how fun it would have been to point out that she was buying things from China. *sigh*

[simplyanother]

Hey, for what it's worth, the little flags we sell ARE made in the US. So, that's like four things in the whole store!

(Okay, there are probably twenty items.)

Gah, do they really think we have some sort of direct line to corporate? Seriously?


Do the dollar store people get that? Cause I've never seen ANYTHING in a Dollar Tree that wasn't made in China. I can imagine the conniption fits that the "omg, not made in the USA" folks would have there. Dumbasses.

[Brightglaive]

Sad, but true. I think the ONLY thing thats actually made in Australia that we stock in the store is TV Antennas. I can't think of anything else that we sell thats produced locally..

You know I think there was someone (like a tv host or something) who recently stopped people on the streets of New York or Chicago and asked them if they knew where their clothes were manufactured. Everyone had NO clue. When they looked at just the shirts and blouses, like 99% of them were made in China. Scary!!! If China boycotted the US...whew!!! I don't know what would happen. 2 Major countries would suddenly have the majority of their economies collapse, I think.

[Enjis]

When I worked in the men's dress shirt department at Marshall Field's, I sometimes got customers who would ask me to find them a shirt made in the good ol' US of A. Well, I managed to find a couple (in their size, and the right color...) but the shirt was almost always one of the high-end designer shirts...
So, of course, the first thing that comes out of their mouths is 'But, that's WAY too expensive!'
Yes sir, it is. That's because it was made in the US of A...where we pay a living wage to our workers, and pass the cost of that to you!

Do you want it nicely made here in the US, and pay the price...or do you want cheap shit made elsewhere?

Guess what the answer almost always was?

PS: The stuff made in other countries was actually very nice, as we did not sell crappy stuff at our store...but it still did not say 'Made in the USA' in it...

[cinema guy]

There is a single town in China that makes 60% of the world's supply of buttons. It makes something like 10 million buttons an hour. It is a level of mass production that staggers the mind - no wonder their products are so cheap.

[Ironclad Alibi]

You know I think there was someone (like a tv host or something) who recently stopped people on the streets of New York or Chicago and asked them if they knew where their clothes were manufactured. Everyone had NO clue. When they looked at just the shirts and blouses, like 99% of them were made in China. Scary!!! If China boycotted the US...whew!!! I don't know what would happen. 2 Major countries would suddenly have the majority of their economies collapse, I think.

If China boycotted the US ... we'd all have to go topless. And while there's a lot of people I wouldn't mind seeing that way , there are many more I would rather not see that way .

[BaristaTrav]

Sad, but true. I think the ONLY thing thats actually made in Australia that we stock in the store is TV Antennas. I can't think of anything else that we sell thats produced locally..

boomerangs?

[zzapp the witch]

Was reading that China is moving away from the dollar, imagine if/when they dropped it totally? I can't say I completely understand how this works, but China is pretty much propping up the value of the dollar as it is.....