Posted on 04/01/2018 5:09:20 AM PDT by Hojczyk
A Georgia mother gave her 13-year-old son a lesson in humility after she noticed he was belittling his classmates at school for shopping at stores like Walmart and Goodwill.
Cierra Brittany Forney, fed up with her son’s “entitled” attitude, decided to serve him a slice of humble pie by making him shop at the Goodwill store he mocked his classmates for shopping at—and posted about the experience on Facebook.
“I don’t tolerate that,” Forney wrote. “Today, he took his own ($20) to the goodwill to buy clothes to wear the entire week to school. Whatever he found is what he would have to wear. He isn’t happy and shed a few tears but I firmly believe in 15 years he will look back and laugh at the day his Mom made him shop at goodwill.”
children was partly to blame for her son’s attitude but that she is trying to curb that habit.
advertisement “I had my son when I was 15 and my husband was 17, and because we had our kids so young, we were adamant that they weren’t going to go without because of our decision. So we spoiled them,” she said.
Despite her son’s initial reluctance to embrace his mother’s wisdom, Forney says he is being a “good sport” about it and starting to let the message sink in.
“He’s getting what I’m saying,” she said. “He’s been a good sport.”
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I agree, the message would have been much more profound if no one knew why he was suddenly dressing the way he is...now it is a joke and he is being a “good sport?” Win/win for the son and teaches no lesson in humility
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Hey everybody in my family knows how cheap I am. I know today is the resurrection but I’m telling ya at my very elderly mom’s funeral when I tell her “I bought this suit at Goodwill.” I can see her now coming back to life just to kick me.
Canceled my “membership” in Goodwill after they got rid of “Veteran’s Discount Day” in favor of some other marketing scheme that some liberal snowflake thought up.
Often the original price tags are still attached.
Rice, black beans, can of corn chili powder, chopped onion, pepper and you have a wonderful, very tasty, meal {add ground meat, [neighborhood dogs are cheap]}and you have chili...S/Off.
Spoiled is the word. H didn’t renew his fresh date. He’s still laughing with his friends. Momma gets a good grade for the attempt.
Our Goodwill is almost entirely new clothes.
My daughter was in a musical revue a couple of years ago and needed a “ball gown” for one number. We found a peach satin froufrou item - probably a Quinceanera gown - for $8. She gave it to one of the other girls in the show after the performance.
during one of my summer breaks in college, i got a job at Goodwill. now that was more of an education than all my years of higher education. i learned how people struggle and rise above it all, how people value their independence and want to fend for themselves. these lessons have stayed with me and have stiffened my backbone. i think of it when i hear pols trying to make us believe that hand-outs are the answer. i know better: earning it yourself is the answer and our job is to make sure all the tools to do so.
The thing about thrift-store shopping is that you can’t be sure you’ll find something you can use, in your size. If I need something specific, I go to Walmart or to the clearance rack at Dress Barn.
I like rice and beans!
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We lived in a university town and college kids throw out a lot of good clothes because a button is missing or a hem is just not right or it does fit to suit them. Many with the store tags still on them.
Our kids dressed in fine fashion in the latest clothes at about a tenth of the price in the department stores or less. They never complained.
Ironically, as adults, our kids still shop at the same Thrift Store for their clothes now. They're mom taught them well.
I noticed that, too.
If you can beat the resellers to them.
I am recently retired and am looking for something I can do from home to pick up a little cash. I came across youtube videos of countless “pickers” that skim the name brands of clothing, electronics, etc. like skimming the cream off of unpasteurized milk.
They resell them on Ebay and Amazon. It’s the FBA you see under the main price on Amazon. There are many instructional videos they take of themselves shopping at thrift stores, clearance sales, garage sales.
I agree. In the last 10 years GW has become way to expensive. I can get the same stuff new at Walmart. That being said, I would often get good designer clothing at Goodwill.
One time I was out in the rain cleaning a clogged roof gutter. My wife came out and said that I should not be wearing a $150 Columbia coat to do that job. I told her it was not a $150 coat it was a $7.99 coat, she still didn't buy it. Funny.
My sister-in-law shops a lot at Goodwill and I can truthfully say, although they are used, she gets some pretty nice clothes there and wears them well. Just saw her in a leather jacket (I assumed it was real leather) which she said cost her $12.00 (not bad).
She did say that some Goodwill stores have better clothes than others and stated, “It costs more to go first class” but what she buys looks pretty good on her.
There are always several people going through the racks on half-price day at The Salvation Army, looking at nothing but the brand and the condition of the items. I think it shows diligence!
Humiliation is when everyone else knows I'm a jerk; humility is when I know I am a jerk.
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