I don’t know whether being “humbled” on Facebook will teach him humility ... it might teach him that his mother is an attention-seeking neurotic. However, if he spends some time at thrift stores and sees what can be purchased for nearly nothing, he may grow up thrifty.
Personally, I think Goodwill is too expensive. I go to The Salvation Army store on half-price day.
A lesson in humility...or humiliation?
I hope the lesson sinks in.
>>to buy clothes to wear the entire week to school
A whole week of wearing poor people’s clothes. Oh, the humanity! /s
Good post, definitely click-worthy! I always enjoy reading the comments after the original article, some insightful, some comedy gold. One mother told of her teenage daughter leading her entire contingent of friends into outfitting themselves out of the thrift store. It reminded me of a 1970s HS friend who went that route our junior year. His dad was county attorney so it wasn’t about money. One particularly memorable outfit was overalls and a recycled Postal Service uniform shirt.
BTW, that HS friend just retired after a career of following after his dad: county attorney then judge.
Gee, we live here in Georgia, and my daughter was thrilled to get a nice prom dress with a little jacket (homeschoolers prom) for $15!
One week experiment
Water off a duck ‘s back
You don’t have to be rich to feel entitled.
People just put up with your crap a little more.
Do people still think the Goodwill is some hole-in-the-wall dump full of nasty old clothes?
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.
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.
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 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
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.
We have several Goodwill stores locally, but one specializes in furniture. Outstanding bargains on (usually) very nice furniture.
Always remember when you didn’t have that will keep you humble.
Better to have him serve food to the poor at a local food bank. Then he would meet face to face with the less fortunate.