Chinese Factory Worker Can't Believe The Shit He Makes For Americans

[mark414]

FENGHUA, CHINA—Chen Hsien, an employee of Fenghua Ningbo Plastic Works Ltd., a plastics factory that manufactures lightweight household items for Western markets, expressed his disbelief Monday over the "sheer amount of shit Americans will buy."

"Often, when we're assigned a new order for, say, 'salad shooters,' I will say to myself, 'There's no way that anyone will ever buy these,'" Chen said during his lunch break in an open-air courtyard. "One month later, we will receive an order for the same product, but three times the quantity. How can anyone have a need for such useless shit?"

*snip*

"Sometimes, an item the factory produces resembles nothing I've ever seen," Chen said. "One time, we made something that looked like a ladle, but it had holes in its cup and a handle that bent down 90 degrees. The foreman told us that it was a soda-can holder for an automobile. If you are lucky enough to own a car, sit back and enjoy the journey. Save the soda beverage for later."

*snip*

Chen added: "For now, I must refuse the job. Somehow, the only thing more depressing than making plastic shit for Americans is destroying the plastic shit they send back."

http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4124&n=1

[radwriter0555]

1. THANK you... Finally, common sense prevails. We JUST DON'T NEED

THIS MUCH SHIT.

[mark414]

2. sometimes i wonder what goes through those worker's heads

this "article" summed it up perfectly

[sir_captain]

7. Has anyone noticed

that this is from the onion? Doesn't really seem like it...

Other than you, I mean.

[LynneSin]

3. But I like my Salad Shooter

:cry:

[flvegan]

11. How else would you hunt salad?

[mark414]

12. like this

[Kraklen]

4. I once saw video from the inside of a dildo manufacturing plant...

Little old Chinese lady watching as large black dildos go flying down the assembly line. I've always wondered what she thought of her job.

[Mrs_Beastman]

5. I agree, we do buy stupid crap

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

6. I know a girl who lived in a village that made Barbie Shoes. She didn't

know what Barbie was cause all she saw were the shoes. She put them on little rocks. The whole village was centered around the Barbie shoe factory - pretty fucked up.

[Patiod]

8. I love the Onion

They had a satirical piece about the lack of attention being paid to the situation in Darfur, which, while funny, got one of my friends to get off his ass and donate to www.crisisgroup.org, and even put a link on his weblog.

Sometimes a little satire packs far more punch then a ton of hectoring lectures.

[Old_Fart]

9. That ladle thing is a redneck cup-holder

If he doesn't like "our" jobs he could always send them back. Outsourcing is a bitch!

[mark414]

10. uhhh

this is an onion article

and no one should have these jobs! who needs this sort of shit?

[electricmonk]

13. Gotta love the Onion

I work in a plastics factory here in the US but we mostly make medical parts. One of our running jokes with the QC dept when they come out to check things is, "Hey, think of the poor QC guy in the dildo factory having to do a functional fit test on their latest product."