Saturday, February 25, 2006

Love Gap... this is not the end of the conversation

Dear Ms. Strader,

Thank you for your inquiry about the treatment of workers and the
factories that make our clothes. We share your concern, as this is also
a very important matter to us. We want our products to be made in a
safe and humane environment, and we've devoted significant amounts of
time, money and energy toward improving factory conditions and the lives
of garment workers.

We're committed in our efforts. Nearly a decade ago, we created a Code
of Vendor Conduct establishing our principles and the expectations we
have for factories that produce our clothes. Today we have one of the
most comprehensive factory monitoring programs in the apparel industry
with more than 90 employees around the world who are devoted to
improving the factories in which our products are made. We make both
announced and surprise visits that include interviewing workers,
reviewing documents, inspecting health, safety and labor conditions, and
more. In addition, we work closely with nonprofit and governmental
organizations, independent monitors and community leaders, striving to
promote change through greater collaboration among all concerned
stakeholders.

We'd like to share more about our program with you, and we invite you to
visit our web site at: http://www.gapinc.com/public/SocialResponsibility/socialres.shtml.
We've also recently published our first Social Responsibility Report
which is available online as well. We want our customers, employees and
investors to know what we're doing to improve factories, and your
feedback about our efforts is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Jodi
Customer Service Consultant

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

The Point

Today I asked a librarian, at the circulation desk, about a book that I ordered. I was very articulate, in fact I had been planning my question for 2 floors of stairs. The woman, after I asked, asked me a couple of questions. These questions were answered in the question I asked her. She then told me that one of the words that I used ( the one that another librarian had used with me) confused her because that's not what they call it. Folks... this was a simple word. Did she do her best to belittle me? or did she really not understand my question?

Happy Valentines Day y'all.

I didn't write a letter last week... I ran out of time.

Amy Popp is coming to Athens Thursday evening.
I am going to see Rent on Wednesday night.
Teach for America application deadline is on Friday.

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Walking

I just saw a guy that looked exactly like Prince... the dress and everything.

What's all that space about?... That's about me sucking.