Originally posted by peterdavid@Sep 8 2005, 03:35 PM

But then you remember the over abundance of fit filipinas, hopelessly over staffed, squeezed in 4 to a till,

Having worked in retailing for years in the UK, it shocked me that in the shops in Philippines there are so many staff doing absolute sod all. I remember going into a department store in Tacloban and guessing there must have 1 staff for every 3 feet of store space, not including till girls. Elsa tells me that the majority of staff in these places get paid no more than £4 a week. Even the store manager will be lucky to make £10k a year.