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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Yes, it depends on what you’re looking for. During my last two pregnancies, I found a better choice of dresses at Goodwill than TSA. However, Goodwill has raised the prices since then.
They furnished an entire apartment from Craig's list including a 50" flatscreen TV.
They're hardly poor....just really, really frugal.
The past couple of years I've noticed that when I'd drop stuff at the SA, they have guys come out and sort through it. I was told that they were refusing some of the stuff, no idea why just that they had refused some donations. I've since started donating my stuff to a local DAV. They really seem to appreciate anything that I've put out for them.
I usually cut the mailing address off any magazines that I give them but one got through and a couple of weeks later I got a call from a patient at the VA Hospital in Iowa City. He'd got a copy of my American Rifleman and he looked my number up and called to thank me for donating those magazines.
He told me that the patients really like getting them.
I'm a DAV guy now.
Now all the Walmart kids (and others) are going to make him cry at school.
I don’t do facebook but it almost seems tailored to loud, boastful types. Did she have to tell the world about this?
I do goodwill often. they gots much more than clothes, a lot of it nice stuff. picked up a microscope for $5 once. nice one, too. I also got a lot of Christmas presents there.
everything I wore to the office was from there for the last 15 years of my working life, and I ended up with dozens of work outfits, most of which are going right back to goodwill, now that I have retired,
that said, they do seem to be working their way UP in pricing, sol I pay attention to the colored price tags for daily discounts
Me too!
I’m not much of a thrift store person. Not because I’m snooty but I can’t stand the smell. They all smell like dirty clothes to me. But we were in downtown Ventura looking for a prom dress for granddaughter and we found that her fave store had closed. We were walking down the street and daughter spied a dress in this small second hand boutique store window. It was a gorgeous Marchessa Notte that would run about $1300. They had it marked for $275. It was after the fires in Ventura and they were doing inventory/writing off some stuff for smoke damage to turn into insurance. I offered the lady $150 and she said no. I upped it to $175 and she took it. Granddaughter was thrilled.
Yes. I’ve seen many “pickers” in our local thrift stores.
This is a step in the right direction. The mother is acknowledging that her son has issues with empathy and is saying “take a walk in their shoes”.
Good for mom...We get our clothes from WalMart, Ross and Burlington... When you see jeans in Dillard’s for 4times at WalMart. Its good.. Ross and Burlinton are good too...
They kept me on for three months and then the day before the probationary period ended they fired me.
And every three months they would advertise an opening for an adult computer skills instructor.
I imagine it's a nice way to keep from providing benefits to anyone who became a full employee.
Many have suggested since then that this is common practice at many Goodwill outfits.
exactly! it just reinforces his image of superiority.
“Look at me, the rich boy being forced to shop at this crappy store.”
Well,,, when I teased my friend about wearing dead man’s jeans, he kinda freaked out.
“Humiliation is when everyone else knows I’m a jerk; humility is when I know I am a jerk. “
Great saying, I’ve never heard it before.
We have several Goodwill stores locally, but one specializes in furniture. Outstanding bargains on (usually) very nice furniture.
“>>to buy clothes to wear the entire week to school
A whole week of wearing poor people’s clothes. Oh, the humanity! /s”
The kid is thirteen, and he “shed a few tears” over this?
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I noticed that, too.
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Thirteen year boys love it when their Moms say that on Facebook - especially if it “goes viral”. Gee, thanks Mom.
Yes, and now his friends can laugh along with him instead of at him.
If I were the mother I might have sent him to volunteer at a “soup kitchen” and actually do something productive rather than “shop.” I definitely would not have posted it on facebook.
As a reseller I shop daily at these stores.
Always remember when you didn’t have that will keep you humble.
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