NOTE FROM KIM:

Factories in China that assemble Apple
iPods are reportedly run like sweatshops.

The Top 8 Things Overheard at
Apple’s iPod Factory Sweatshop

8> “Wow, it’s dark and stuffy in here. I didn’t realize they meant it literally when they said Windows weren’t allowed in the factory.”

7> “Sure it’s hard work, but at least we get three free downloads a day.”

6> “The 16-hour days are bad enough, but do we really have to stop and bow to Steve Jobs’ portrait every four hours?”

5> “I’m gonna kill the next guy who tells the joke about getting paid an apple a day.”

4> “Hey, at least we’re not dancing around in moon suits like those Intel guys.”

3> “Work hard, comrades, there are starving people in Tashkent who would kill for these slave wages!”

2> “I don’t know what it is, but working here makes me feel superior to those kids down the hall who are bundling Windows XP boxes.”

and the Number 1 Thing Overheard at Apple’s iPod Factory Sweatshop…

1> “Say, didn’t you used to be Steve Wozniak?”

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Credits:

Selected from 36 submissions from 13 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Bruce W. Alter, Fairfax Station, VA — 1
Matt Van Opens, Watertown, WI — 2
Guy Payne, Leeds, AL — 3, 5
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 4
Brandon Hunt, Braintree, MA — 5, 7
Allen Evans, Cedar Rapids, IA — 5
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 6, 7
Larry Hollister, Concord, CA — 7
Kim Moser, New York, NY — 8, List Moderator, Topic