4/20/2004: Woman collects rust
 

http://cellar.org/2004/rusty.jpg

Thanks xoxoxoBruce

Rust? She collects rust?

Yes, she does. She's in Indonesia, on a Jakarta beach, right near a scrap metal ship, and for every 100 kg of rust she collects, she's given around $1.

I'm guessing that someone uses its unique chemical properties or something?

That is .004545 per #.

Cheap bastards.

Oppression in paradise. I wonder what company, what corporation back up the line is keeping her under the jackboot.

PS. Incredible picture by the way, thanks for posting it.

Someone out there is producing some really cheap thermite.

The sad part is, she's very happy to have a chance to do it.:(

Send her over my way, I've got rust coming through on my car.
:p

Even if your whole car was rust, I figure that's about $12.00. **


[Paranoid disclaimer]
I did not ask Leah what kind of car she drives. I did not account for the fact that the seats aren't made of metal and, therefore, cannot possibly be converted to rust even though I do acknowledge and understand that they might undergo oxidation, the byproduct thereof would not, in fact, be iron-oxide so I just wanted you to know that I know. Also, I do realize that her car probably isn't all rust or else it wouldn't really be a car. I used a literary device known as "hyperbole" to make my point and wasn't really serious. Any other factual errors in the calculations used in my post are hereby disclaimed and disowned and I can bear no responsibility if that woman actually reads this post and catches the next plane over here to scoop up some rust.
[/Paranoid disclaimer]

I'm sorry to say that the amount of rust on my Honda would not be sufficient for a wage. Although living on the beaches here in Sydney I'm sure there are plenty of cars that could be a good little earner for her. Go girl go.:D

To get the correct perspective on the pic, and corporate greed .. all you need, is an adjoining pic .. of the scrap company CEO dining on caviar and $250 bottles of wine, on the company expense account .. and then climbing into his $250,000 BMW to drive to the office to collect his $20,000 weekly pay packet .. where he will spend a few seconds to organise the sacking of the above lady, and her immediate family and friends .. because it will improve the corporate bottom line, and return to shareholders .. not to mention, the necessary pay rise it will earn him, for being financially astute .. :D

Oh come now, that never really happens. Does it?:worried:

I am an assistant in a HUGE financial company with all my fellow collegues being big cats just like the one descibed.. and let me asure you.. yes, it DOES happen.

Sparkz, Monday we had a meeting with my bosses, bosses, boss.
He explained they've been trying to outsource our jobs for 4 years. But, until they can find someone willing to take the work, we should work harder and try to be more productive. :haha:

incentive or what!!

please work twice as hard as you currently do, for the same crappy money. meanwhile we will try as hard as we can to make your position redundant.

thankyou.