Primark high street fashion store has a cheap line of clothing great for expanding your wardrobe with a limited amount of money. It provides the latest fashion and lets admit the plain under tops are a hit. However it's not all that cracked up to be and I'm not just talking about the fact it's common.We thought the 2009 issue of badly treated workers was behind us, but Primark still have not found their ethics!
In 09 War on Want claimed that Bangladeshi workers making clothes for Primark receive an average of under £20 a month which is less than half a living wage. They also criticised the working conditions. Although Primark admitted 'factories don't always meet the high standards that we expect', they set out measures to prevent this including; doubling the number of factory inspections, appointing regional ethical managers and hiring a new director of ethics.
Even though Primark are now caring for their factory workers more, they seem to be forgetting the rest of the world population. 2008 in the UK alone, over 13% of children were in severe poverty. Primark is not helping resolve this problem by cutting up consumer goods which are faulty or are not sold. Primark said 'the practice was common and was to protect consumers,' but it is not protecting the country. Primark itself and charities are loosing out on a lot of money, as well as also decreasing the space in landfill sites.
The Association of Charity Shops estimates that about £120m is raised each year by organisations selling donated goods. think about how much more money they can raise if Primark donated?!
Monday, 20 September 2010
why the big toe little toe
Is your big toe smaller than your second toe? Not really a common subject. To be honest rather an embarrassment to some people, yet to others the theories are endless.
The question to be asked is that are these theories true or is this just an excuse for pure freakiness.
The most common theories are 'on your left foot, if your second toe is bigger it means your in control of your relationship.' Some believe this is true but what happens if both partners in the relationship have a bigger second toe? Is there no dominance? or do you measure to see who's bigger toe is longer?
For your right foot, 'the second toe being longer means you're intelligent.' Does the length of your toe determine how clever you are? My friends second toe is bigger yet she came out with the comment "I would be a size five, but my second toe makes me a size six", is that really an intelligent comment for an intelligent person as her toe is sooo big?
Other theories of the longer second toe include 'you have an egyptian origin', 'you're royalty', 'you're creative' or 'you have werewolf potential' which is personally my favourite.
All you big toers out there is this really true, or is this just a disguise for the abnormalty of evolution?
The question to be asked is that are these theories true or is this just an excuse for pure freakiness.
The most common theories are 'on your left foot, if your second toe is bigger it means your in control of your relationship.' Some believe this is true but what happens if both partners in the relationship have a bigger second toe? Is there no dominance? or do you measure to see who's bigger toe is longer?
For your right foot, 'the second toe being longer means you're intelligent.' Does the length of your toe determine how clever you are? My friends second toe is bigger yet she came out with the comment "I would be a size five, but my second toe makes me a size six", is that really an intelligent comment for an intelligent person as her toe is sooo big?
Other theories of the longer second toe include 'you have an egyptian origin', 'you're royalty', 'you're creative' or 'you have werewolf potential' which is personally my favourite.
All you big toers out there is this really true, or is this just a disguise for the abnormalty of evolution?
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