Goodwill, seriously??

We just got back from spending the Memorial Day weekend at The House of Goodwill, and after the first few days, it was very evident that we were missing some things that needed to be bought ASAP.

(It’s very hard to do kitchen-y things in a kitchen with no trash can, for example.)

I found a big estate sale going on our first morning back, so I headed there first, followed by a craigslist pickup and another trip to Goodwill.  (Score at the estate sale!  2 big outdoor trash cans for $15 and a tall kitchen trash can for $1, amongst other things.)

Anyway, on my trip to Goodwill I found quite a few useful things (as always), but they definitely came this time with a high dose of the ick factor.  Know this - I am very hard to gross out.  I can (and probably have) cleaned almost anything.

But these two were definitely worthy of the #goodwillfails:

A $4 diaper pail!  I need this for the baby set up I’m creating for the house!

But it comes with a surprise inside!  

(Yes, that is a used diaper in there.)

And as I was perusing coffee pots (for the downstairs basement “apartment”), I discovered this one:

Hmmm, it looks a little dirty…

Oh wow, no one bothered to remove the coffee filter full of grounds.

I don’t know who to blame more for this.  The donors?  (I mean, how hard is it to remove used diapers or coffee filters before making your donations?)

Or Goodwill?  (I mean, how hard is it to remove used diapers or coffee filters from donations you are going to sell?)

Seriously??

Goodwill, you know I love you but I’m starting to feel a bit like your abused girlfriend.  You don’t clean up your act (literally) because you’ll know I’ll keep coming around anyway…and you’re right.

It may not be my noblest moment, but I did gain a small sense of satisfaction when after paying for the diaper pail, I dumped the used diaper in a trash can under a cash register on the way out.

I mean, seriously!