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15 years ago
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Hello again. So I've been at the Goodwill for three weeks now.
From the bottom of my heart, if you are looking to donate before the end of the new year, I encourage you to do so. But for the love of God, sort out the USEFUL items from the TRASH before you drop on by. It might be convenient to give us everything, but trash is trash, you know better. Also, you might have some sentimental value attached to certain things, but sentiment doesn't translate into money value, and will likely wind up being discarded.
Here's a noncomprehensive list of things you should just throw out before stopping by.
-No large furniture or major appliances. That also includes large games like foozball tables. Try Salvation Army, they might take them. Or explore the wonderful world of found item sculpture (invest in carpentry and welding tools, you artists!) And don't dump them on the side and run away after being told to take them home, you fucks! (This happened today (12-5-10).)
-Used/dirty/scratched tupperware, trash. Try glass/porcelain instead.
-Filthy, chipped, personalized glassware/dishware, trash. No, we don't want your coffee mugs with your family/co-workers/kids pictures etched into them. Same with local corporate/business ad glasses. Coca-Cola is cool, Baylor-Maylor-Taylor CPA Accounting firm isn't. Trash.
-Most baby toys, or toys in general, trash.
-Baby clothes. We take them, but they annoy me. And they go to Salvage.
-We don't take baby furniture, strollers, carriages, anything your dirty babies have had intimate contact with. Burn them. (Not your babies... well...)
-Baby and kid stuff in general. I mean, for goodness sake stop making kids, that would just be wonderful for the world in general. They generate so much shit. Wear rubbers, take birth control pills, engage in deviant (i.e. fun) sexual practices that don't conclude with accidental conception and unwanted progeny.
-Board games and puzzles with pieces missing, trash. I mean, get real.
-Used underwear and socks, trash. We do take virtually all clothes, but your old Fruit of the Looms, do you really think someone else wants to wear that stuff?
In general, if it's really fucked, or could go to your local dumpsite or recycling plant, then take them to those places. They are designed to accept your ancient televisions (anything prior to 2002 we don't accept on account of no built-in digital tuners), your computers and computer accessories (which we do recycle and salvage, by the way), your bulky useless things that are too large to use as doorstops and too small to build edifices out of.
I am sounding like a complete curmudgeon, and eventually I'll get there. But if people took the time to think through the simple concept of DONATIONS vs. TRASH, and didn't mind making critical decisions instead of letting us highly underpaid and overworked peons make the decisions for them, it would make the job more fulfilling and rewarding (ergh).
Good intentions don't always equal thoughtfulness. Be thoughtful, and enjoy your holidays.
AND WEAR YOUR RUBBERS!
From the bottom of my heart, if you are looking to donate before the end of the new year, I encourage you to do so. But for the love of God, sort out the USEFUL items from the TRASH before you drop on by. It might be convenient to give us everything, but trash is trash, you know better. Also, you might have some sentimental value attached to certain things, but sentiment doesn't translate into money value, and will likely wind up being discarded.
Here's a noncomprehensive list of things you should just throw out before stopping by.
-No large furniture or major appliances. That also includes large games like foozball tables. Try Salvation Army, they might take them. Or explore the wonderful world of found item sculpture (invest in carpentry and welding tools, you artists!) And don't dump them on the side and run away after being told to take them home, you fucks! (This happened today (12-5-10).)
-Used/dirty/scratched tupperware, trash. Try glass/porcelain instead.
-Filthy, chipped, personalized glassware/dishware, trash. No, we don't want your coffee mugs with your family/co-workers/kids pictures etched into them. Same with local corporate/business ad glasses. Coca-Cola is cool, Baylor-Maylor-Taylor CPA Accounting firm isn't. Trash.
-Most baby toys, or toys in general, trash.
-Baby clothes. We take them, but they annoy me. And they go to Salvage.
-We don't take baby furniture, strollers, carriages, anything your dirty babies have had intimate contact with. Burn them. (Not your babies... well...)
-Baby and kid stuff in general. I mean, for goodness sake stop making kids, that would just be wonderful for the world in general. They generate so much shit. Wear rubbers, take birth control pills, engage in deviant (i.e. fun) sexual practices that don't conclude with accidental conception and unwanted progeny.
-Board games and puzzles with pieces missing, trash. I mean, get real.
-Used underwear and socks, trash. We do take virtually all clothes, but your old Fruit of the Looms, do you really think someone else wants to wear that stuff?
In general, if it's really fucked, or could go to your local dumpsite or recycling plant, then take them to those places. They are designed to accept your ancient televisions (anything prior to 2002 we don't accept on account of no built-in digital tuners), your computers and computer accessories (which we do recycle and salvage, by the way), your bulky useless things that are too large to use as doorstops and too small to build edifices out of.
I am sounding like a complete curmudgeon, and eventually I'll get there. But if people took the time to think through the simple concept of DONATIONS vs. TRASH, and didn't mind making critical decisions instead of letting us highly underpaid and overworked peons make the decisions for them, it would make the job more fulfilling and rewarding (ergh).
Good intentions don't always equal thoughtfulness. Be thoughtful, and enjoy your holidays.
AND WEAR YOUR RUBBERS!
That said I have a nephew and niece who should grow up to be reasonably smart and gifted adults, so not all hope is lost.
It's the baby phase that makes me go, "Why can't that be skipped? Why can't they remain in growth vats until they have matured and learned the language and customs by implant? Then we won't have all the diapers and 60 sizes of clothes to go through."
I was a child myself, and I don't recall being more than insufferable or wretched, it never ceases to amaze me how my parents managed not to kill me a hundred times over. But they wanted the challenge, whereas I don't. If I ever get a kid, it will be adopted like I was, at least it's a form of recycling I can forgive so long as I can afford it. Which right now, working at the Goodwill, I can't.