File this under WTF.
Dec. 23rd, 2007 12:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
draggonlaadyThere is a drop point for recycle stuff down the road a bit from my house. I've ranted before about people ditching trash here and blocking the bins. I typically spend about half an hour a week cleaning this crap up. Occasionally people ditch totally-not-trash items. In the last two weeks, I have found 3 pairs of shoes, two of which were (conveniently enough) women's shoes in my and my friends' sizes, brand new and still in the original boxes. The other I'll be taking to Habitat for Humanity, because I don't fit a size 9 1/2 mens.
Yesterday, I also found a "Santa's Marching Band" musical Christmas decoration. Not new, I think, as the box was taped closed, but still in it's original box, still with the $90.00 price tag on, and as far as I can tell, in perfect shape. Works fine--I plugged it in this morning.
Not sure exactly what I'll do with it, since I don't generally bother decorating the house, but that's not the point. The point is, WTF kind of thinking causes someone to spend nearly a hundred dollars on something and then just ditch it? This completely confuses my use-everything-until-it's-falling-apart brain.
Yesterday, I also found a "Santa's Marching Band" musical Christmas decoration. Not new, I think, as the box was taped closed, but still in it's original box, still with the $90.00 price tag on, and as far as I can tell, in perfect shape. Works fine--I plugged it in this morning.
Not sure exactly what I'll do with it, since I don't generally bother decorating the house, but that's not the point. The point is, WTF kind of thinking causes someone to spend nearly a hundred dollars on something and then just ditch it? This completely confuses my use-everything-until-it's-falling-apart brain.
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Date: 2007-12-23 10:17 pm (UTC)