Chintito
New East-India Company
Very Incredible Payer (VIP): (On the phone) Hello, this is Mark Spend Sir speaking from London.
CIP: Yes, Mr Spend Sir! You cannot believe...
VIP: I have heard… actually seen on CNN, BBC… the terrible, terrible tragedy that is unfolding at Savar.
CIP: It is a big situation…disaster. Hundreds gone, Mr Spend Sir … more buried, many pulled alive…army…navy…
VIP: Yes, yes, I know…has your association issued a condolence message? Make it look good, okay?
CIP: Condolence, food, medicine, water, oxygen, air-freshener…
VIP: Air what? What's going on there?
CIP: Foul smell from dead bodies Mr Spend Sir…intolerable to rescuers…
VIP: Okay, okay… have you covered the buyers?
CIP: We can't 100 per cent. Millions of journalists, TV camera… they stay all night
VIP: Then do it during the day
CIP: Day more bad…millions of visitors…
VIP: Your population was always a problem.
CIP: They have printed in newspapers a photo of a label of Choal Mart…
VIP: Oh, they can take care of themselves…
CIP: Maybe not so easy this time. All eyes on the sector...
VIP: You make sure you cover us.
CIP: They have put blood mark on price tag and posted as their Facebook profile
VIP: If you cannot cover us, we cannot order no more
CIP: They do not want to work. They want to live.
VIP: Crazy, half-educated, emotional bunch of…
CIP: No, no, Mr Spend Sir, they are very highly educated, the protesters, the students…
VIP: Very, highly…they will soon forget like they don't remember Phoenix, Spectra, Tazrin
CIP: This time propaganda is big…24 channels…public pressure very…
VIP: What do they want?
CIP: Better working… safe place...no more deaths, no fire, no building collapse…
VIP: But that will all cost money
CIP: They say you have safe condition in your country… where you take our shirts and jeans
VIP: But we pay you good
CIP: But not enough to give better wages to our workers
VIP: We pay as per our commitment
CIP: And to keep our commitment we airship your order, if Chittagong becomes no-go
VIP: But that is paid for
CIP: Not really, Mr Spend Sir, you do not even pay the shipping cost that you were supposed to incur
VIP: What do you do with all the money? (Short laughter)
CIP: Mr Spend Sir, you pay us say five dollars
VIP: That's a lot
CIP: But we give your shirt a price tag of twenty-five
VIP: That is why we are in Bangladesh…cheapest labour in the world
CIP: But if you could increase the price by only two pence on six pounds
VIP: And…
CIP: With that we can double their wages
VIP: And…
CIP: With that we can fix our factories
VIP: We could lose a lot of market
CIP: You are paying China, Malaysia…
VIP: But that is them
CIP: We are changing Mr Spend Sir. We have to. We are losing workers. It is so sad. People under concrete, shouting, broken legs, arms cut to take them out, ohhhh….
VIP: But we do the compliance check…every year
CIP: And still we have factories that fall down, catch fire, trap people…
VIP: What about our Dhaka office?
CIP: They are not compliant, Mr Spend Sir
VIP: How is that?
CIP: They are located in residential areas. That is against the rules here…
(Click! Line disconnected)
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