wolfkitty

Yes, what happened to courtesy, manners, and most of all respect for others?

omak

That IS a rhetorical question, right???? LOL
I finally figured out that if I didn't start being polite, no one else would ever figure it out ... and, that is when I learned how to defend my right to treat others with respect and EXPECT the same back ... can you imagine???? it is almost surreal!
I can't figure out why people take exception to manners ...
LOL .... I don't handle rhetorical very well, do I? LOL <wave>

sahm4605

ladies, i will be included at the ripe old age of 28 in the older folks category with the answer to the coke question. I have heard of it being used. Had a teacher put a square of fabric (don't remember what kind) in a class of coke on Monday and by friday it was breaking down. he was also the health teacher. (it was a small school)he wanted to show us what soda really did to our insides. and he also told us that almost all sodas are actually radio active green before the food coloring goes in. gross huh?

wolfkitty

Yes, it was a rhetorical question, kind of. I, too, try to set the example, and also try not to sink to their level.

AnnaK

Omak, where did you work? and how long were you there? I wonder if there are other ex LS& Co. people here. I worked in El Paso, TX (Jeanswear), San Antonio, TX (womenswear) and then transferred to San Francisco home office. I love meeting other Levi's people!

omak

I worked in the factory for 4.5 years. In Spokane, Washington back in 1990-94. Levis were one run that was pretty consistent through most of that time, but I worked on the other side with Helly Hansen for the most part.
We did contracting, so the boss had to bid different jobs, different clothing lines - - I have sewn zippers into hip pockets without pins (mind you <g>), the trim on bathrobes, insulated shirts for HH, even bathing suits, and some totes ... a variety of lines went through.
It was so amazing! I didn't know how to sew when I started and I don't know where I thought Levis came from, but apparently, I must have thought there was some sort of machine that you put the denim in one end and it came out the other end as a pair of jeans. :shock:
If anyone else never questioned where your clothing comes from, based on what I learned at the factory, every stitch, button, snap, zipper in every item you touch has been put there by human hands, a real human being. It was just amazing! I LOVED it! Production work is the BEST!
(of course, as I told my boss, I am also the person who can sit and watch a lava lamp for hours on end)...
it was exceedingly satisfying to me and because of my experience with the factory and Eleanor Burns, with her chain piecing and the rotary cutter - - quilting became the most practical thing to me. (Especially when I watched the scraps going out the back end; that didn't happen much after I found quilting <g>) <wave>