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Aug. 10th, 2008 12:12 pmTwo weeks ago when I arrived to pick Rosa up from her dad's house, she had been sleeping in a holey T-shirt that used to be her dad's. I said something about it being time to retire the shirt, and he had her put it in their "poor bag" of used clothing.
I complained that it was worn out and should just be either discarded or cut up for rags. He insisted that the receiving organization would sort everything and it should go anyway. I said they'd probably throw out the whole bag if items in it were that tatty.
It still bugs me. I believe there's no honor in donating trash; it's one thing if I can't use it anymore because of size (it doesn't fit anymore) or taste issues (i.e. I'm tired of the color or something) but it's entirely another to use the donation container as an auxiliary rubbish bin.
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I complained that it was worn out and should just be either discarded or cut up for rags. He insisted that the receiving organization would sort everything and it should go anyway. I said they'd probably throw out the whole bag if items in it were that tatty.
It still bugs me. I believe there's no honor in donating trash; it's one thing if I can't use it anymore because of size (it doesn't fit anymore) or taste issues (i.e. I'm tired of the color or something) but it's entirely another to use the donation container as an auxiliary rubbish bin.
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