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    *one of the few times that I've really felt like smacking a customer*

    We have a large bin for donations to our "Library Friends Group" in the parking lot. Someone apparently was too lazy to put books inside the bin, and instead left about six heavy cardboard boxes of books on the ground in front of the bin. So the branch manager and I had to go out there with a book cart, pick all the boxes up, and take them inside the library. (Not fun to do when it's over 100 degrees)

  • #2
    And they are probably feeling all virtuous over leaving boxes of old National Geographic magazines and dog-eared old Stephen King paperbacks for you to pick up.

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    • #3
      Let me guess, none of them were anything the library could use.

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      • #4
        Even worse when it rains/snows, ruining all of the "donations" (i.e. "crap I want to throw out but don't have access to a dumpster"). Happens all the time at work with the book and clothing donation bins.

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        • #5
          When I've had questionable donations (i.e. my old shoes after I buy replacements), I ASK whether it's something they could use. The shoes are somewhat scruffy, and probably only good for a couple months, but they're CSA rated safety shoes. For someone who just got a factory job that requires safety shoes, but can't afford a new pair until after their first paycheck (can easily spend $100 on a new pair), being able to get a (much) used pair for a few bucks could save their bacon, but I leave the judgement call up to someone from the thrift shop. If they say no, then I toss the old pair in the garbage at home.
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          • #6
            My shoes tend to be so whanged-up by the end of their lifespans I just toss them in the dumpster.

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            • #7
              If it helps to explain things, my library system doesn't add donated items into our collection......the branch's "Library Friends" group handles the donations, so it's their call as to what they can/cannot sell, and what should be thrown out.

              And to be fair, what I did see of today's donations wasn't "garbage", it's just the way it was handled which was annoying.

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              • #8
                The town I used to live in had a Goodwill drop off trailer in a vacant lot. (Boy, that sounds super trashy, but it wasn't) Often, when I drove by on my way to work in the morning, there was bags and boxes and furniture piled around and under it. So people wouldn't wait until like 8-9 AM when it opened, oh no. They just had to dump their stuff RIGHT NOW. Plus, it was often rainy, so I'm sure a lot of the stuff was destroyed.
                Replace anger management with stupidity management.

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                • #9
                  Quoth notalwaysright View Post
                  The town I used to live in had a Goodwill drop off trailer in a vacant lot. (Boy, that sounds super trashy, but it wasn't) Often, when I drove by on my way to work in the morning, there was bags and boxes and furniture piled around and under it. So people wouldn't wait until like 8-9 AM when it opened, oh no. They just had to dump their stuff RIGHT NOW. Plus, it was often rainy, so I'm sure a lot of the stuff was destroyed.
                  To be fair, if it was well wrapped up and waterproofed it would be fine, and it could be that they work and couldn't make it in normal business hours.

                  That being said, furniture or uncovered goods that get ruined due to weather is annoying and useless, and usually costs the charity money by having to fill up their own bins. My mum, who used to run the warehouse where all donations for the local hospice were sorted, was very glad when they moved premises. The old warehouse was open to the street, so they often found assorted rubbish dumped in front of the doors, sometimes to the point that you couldn't get in. The new warehouse (after the old one burned down) was part of a locked complex that could only be accessed once the front gates were unlocked. People still tried dumping stuff by the front gates, but after the property company prosecuted a few people for fly tipping that finally stopped.
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                  • #10
                    Oh good lord. Any time I have a donation for the local library/library friends, I take it inside, especially if it's more than one box (usually is: we read a lot). Nobody should make the librarians come outside to get donations.
                    "If your day is filled with firefighting, you need to start taking the matches away from the toddlers…” - HM

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                    • #11
                      I cannot believe the nerve of people that "donate" old ratty magazines or worn-out clothes or shoes that are on a one-way trip to the dumpster.

                      I wonder why they don't have a sign consisting of: "Don't donate anything you wouldn't consider buying for yourself." Not even the poor have much use for your stack of ratty promotional t-shirts, worn and smelly tennis shoes, and stretched-out briefs. The library has no need of your outdated beauty magazines, computer books that went out-of-date a decade ago, and bodice-rippers with curiously stained pages and the covers half falling-off.

                      I've seen sorting in the back room of thrift shops and libraries before, and it looks like they toss 80-90% of what comes in the door. What a waste of time...

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                      • #12
                        My favorite puzzlement was the person who dumped two boxes and a very old cooler full of porn at our local Habitat ReStore. NOT bodice-rippers or "men's magazines," but straight-up porn novels. Keep in mind that Habitat is a faith-based organization...

                        However, the joke was kind of on the dumper. The cooler was in excellent shape, an old metal Coleman with a mostly-intact paint job, and went for a nice sum on eBay.

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                        • #13
                          Quoth sirwired View Post

                          I've seen sorting in the back room of thrift shops and libraries before, and it looks like they toss 80-90% of what comes in the door. What a waste of time...
                          I can't speak for other library systems, but my branch's "Library Friends" group has some website that they look up/scan items into. Based on what comes up, they either send the donations to the main "Library Friends" group, or they keep put them on the shelves in our "Library Friends Sales Corner".

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