i am going to veer off the subject just for this post....because well.....i'm pissed and need to vent. the charity yard sale we had and got the material donations for....doulgas and i had decided that the clothing that was left from the sale should go in the planet aid box right next to our house. we figured that the people that donated all the clothes for the sale would appreciate it if we redonated it to people in need. it seemed appropriate. so, we put the large box in front of the planet aid box knowing that the next day they would be picking it up. well, it disappeared. the driver pulled in and i asked if they had gotten the box and he said "no". two blocks down the street was a yard sale.....so.....we went down. i was looking around at all the clothes and low and behold, there they all were. for sale!!!!!! i turned around and said "um, ma'am.....did you take the box of clothes in front of the planet aid box?". she says "yeah", they are supposed to be in the box, not in front of it. well, needless to say, i flipped a lid. then came home and called the state police who also confirmed that what she did was theft. he said if it had been in the garbage then fine but since it was something we wanted donated to people in need that it is in fact "theft" and that she was selling it for a profit. he instructed me to go down and tell her to give the clothing back or she would be procecuted. we did just that. douglas told her she had 2 hours to get it all back to the house or we would be contacting the state tropper and they would be stopping by.
now, don't get me wrong, if she had looked at me and said "i just don't have money and could really use it from these clothes" i would have gladly said okay, keep them, or even if she needed the clothing to wear. but she did none of that, she made excuses that if it rained....and blah, blah, blah. now, was i wrong? would you take from a planet aid box and then have a yard sale and sell them? i just think it was wrong. if i'm wrong, please tell me. i guess i am fighting with myself here.
What is wrong with people? normal people dont do that stuff. these sound like the type of people who grab a handful of change from the salvation army cans at Christmas time when no one is looking, or take toys from a toys for tots donation box and sell them on eBay, and they live within walking distance of you-I'd be pissed off too! - Julie Svaton (wont let my post via fb-dont have aim or word press)
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