A Chinese factory worker who became an internet sensation after a photo of her flashing a peace sign was left on an iPhone has been identified.The photo was left on an iPhone delivered to a British customer who posted it up on an Apple message board. Since then the photo has gone around the world and people have tried to identify the mystery worker.
Foxconn, which makes the iPhone for Apple, has now confirmed the girl has been identified but says her job is not at risk and has called the incident a “beautiful mistake”.
However the girl herself is more than a little perturbed by the reaction to the picture.
“"She's just a young girl who has come to the city from her remote hometown. She's never been in such a situation,” a Foxconn representative told the South China Morning Post.
“She's really scared by the media. She told me she wanted to quit her job and go back home to get away from this. We let her off work today so she could rest. "
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nice to see that web2.0 actually works! if someone back in 2000 had found somethign like that he wouldve maybe gone straight to apple to complain. she wouldve been fired for, what do i know, "having fun at chinese plant"
now, they couldnt have fired here. the reactions wouldve been so harsh...
I'm sure she was assigned that job by the government so she probably can't quit.
I'm sure she was assigned that job by the government so she probably can't quit.
Not impressed.
i was just saying... even if they wanted, they couldnt have fired here now, because if all the hastle on the internet.
i was tired and maybe expressed myself a little clumsy here. =) cheers!
i was just saying... even if they wanted, they couldnt have fired here now, because if all the hastle on the internet.
i was tired and maybe expressed myself a little clumsy here. =) cheers!
They are already laying the groundwork stating that she wants to quit. The next statement will be that she has decided to quit. And we can either believe that is the truth, or we can disbelieve it. There is no proof one way or the other.
i was just saying... even if they wanted, they couldnt have fired here now, because if all the hastle on the internet.
i was tired and maybe expressed myself a little clumsy here. =) cheers!
They are already laying the groundwork stating that she wants to quit. The next statement will be that she has decided to quit. And we can either believe that is the truth, or we can disbelieve it. There is no proof one way or the other.
alright, i see... well we will never know...
you are a sad person
you are a sad person
Thanks, mate, for brightening my day with your weak attack.
Hahaha!
lol... so true...
(On a recent visit to Thailand we saw a LOT of people doing it and asked exactly what it meant or what they thought it meant!
(On a recent visit to Thailand we saw a LOT of people doing it and asked exactly what it meant or what they thought it meant!
V for Victory.
There seem to be several different theories about that V thing
There seem to be several different theories about that V thing
I've heard it was some comedian in the 1970s who popularized the concept of making a peace sign when photographed.
Like so:
iPhone Girl: Hi, I'm extremely cute.
PC: And I'm a PC.
See? It's pure gold, baby!
Like so:
iPhone Girl: Hi, I'm extremely cute.
PC: And I'm a PC.
See? It's pure gold, baby!
I agree 100% We need more iPhone girl!
Like so:
iPhone Girl: Hi, I'm extremely cute.
PC: And I'm a PC.
See? It's pure gold, baby!
yep, agreed
Actually, I've been thinking for ages about getting an iphone but this tips the balance in favour so theres a sale chalked up to the new iphone girl
good to know there are still decent people in the world.
good to know there are still decent people in the world.
Decent... or dumb? They sell these girls by the six pack in China, she had a chance to maybe break free.
Take the $$$!
Next stop for her is going to be the Chinese sex industry anyway, because she has no skills or education. So she's better off being rich than being a whore in some Hong Kong underground gambling house in a basement where she has to please fat, drunken American business men from Halliburton.
Almost a year after Representative Cynthia McKinney was told by Donald Rumsfeld that it was not the policy of the Bush administration to reward companies that engage in human trafficking with government contracts, the scandal continues to sweep up innocent children who are sold into a life of slavery at the behest of Halliburton subsidiaries , Dyncorp and other transnational corporations with close ties to the establishment elite.
http://thetruthproject.us/2007/05/24/dynco...-trade-scandal/
Where do you see fuzz?
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