Hi JP, I just found your reply… Actually the ideal org uniforms are made from quite high-quality fabrics.The shirts are substantial, 100% cotton, the suits are fully lined and in a nice wool blend. Even the knit scarves are really nice — a very cosy cashmere/rayon blend.The staff looked way better in them than they did in the cheap clothes they had had to wear before. But that’s the Scn Way, to spend tons on the packaging and still pay the staff $50 in a good week.

I can just imagine the pressure that was brought to bear on them – I can almost hear the reg telling them it’s the “only logical thing to do”. Craig says “It’s never easy to make the move” – you don’t need to be a genius to guess it’s been financially painful for them to make their donation.

Yes I understand they are adults, and I know it’s their choice, but to see such a lovely looking couple be manipulated into making sacrifices they do not need to make is heart-breaking.

Actually, I think police and fire uniform shirts have something similar for name tags and badges. I don’t think it is as much control freaky as it is practical. And it ought to be even more practical because the $50 per week they take in doesn’t buy a lot of cheap $25 poly cotton blend uniform shirts. So it would be embarrassing if their collar pins punch so many holes in their shirt collars that eventually they look like Swiss cheese. This way, with the little holes for the pins, they only have to worry about wearing the shirts for so long that they eventually become translucent as the cotton pills up and goes away in the wash and all you’re left with is a fine polyester mesh that shines with an unnatural sheen.

Fortunately, we in Global Capitalism HQ have our own little uniform (blue striped or plaid Ralph Lauren shirt, khaki chinos and boat shoes) which is all cotton and thus doesn’t have the problems of cheap poly/cotton blends. And we don’t have to wear name tags or funny little bits of logo jewelry on our uniforms.

And there’s even a special hole on the shirt collar (at least on the women’s shirts) for you to stick the pin through. It’s like a little round buttonhole, so everyone gets their pin put on in just the right place, and it doesn’t ruin the collar. I didn’t think about it much at the time, but that’s just a little control-freaky…

I saw a video a few months ago which was an interview with an aged German American (now dead) who was in the Hitler Youth in the 30’s and 40’s. He said that Hitler reckoned he could control the whole of Germany with 10,000 people. Maybe it’s just a coincidence that they reckon that 10,000 would ‘tip the balance’…..

Sherbet, you are so sweet! Thank you for inquiring about me – your comment brought sunshine to my day!

Thank you, ZerO, for mentioning that you saw my post yesterday! It mysteriously vanished from the board for some reason and I didn’t think anyone saw it. Hopefully, it will find its way back to this thread. 🙂

Thanks! It seemed appropriate.

“I spent years learning stuff I loved” … good choice!!