Advantages: Some real bargains Disadvantages: Some real trash
I have just returned from a lovely holiday in the English Riviera - that's Devon to you and me!
And I have to say that the standard of their charity shops down there is simply amazing.
I love second hand shops - love to have a good old rummage through other peoples cast offs. I must admit there was time when I wouldn't have been seen dead in one but after the birth of Bex we found things tight to say the least and these shops were a god send.
I have had some real bargains on my recent visit to Torquay, Teignmouth, Newton Abbott and Paignton. At present the treasures that I seek are books, reading the likes of Penny Vincenzi , Jilly Cooper and Marian Keyes.
I have returned from my holidays with no less than 6 books by the above authors, mostly hard back and they have cost me no more than £4 for the lot. Retail price ...
Not having sampled every single job the world has to offer, I cannot really be the judge of what are the ten worse jobs, only the one I can THINK are pretty awful. Therefore in no particular order, here are my ten worse jobs…
One: Toilet Cleaner.
Now, I don’t wish to offend any toilet cleaners out there, but this career must be pretty awful, no? Having to mop up urine and clean out toilets (especially if the outcome of a curry is still evident!) I can’t think of much worse, but believe me I have only just started. Pardon the pun, but this must be a really s**t job. It isn’t that good admit to, either. Picture the scene: some hunk or hunkess is gazing at your from a crowded room. He or she comes over, chats and makes eyes. ‘So, what do you do for a living?’ Reply: ‘I clean up human waste ...
Watching Mary Portas wield the big stick over the pensioners in the Save The Children shop on Mary Queen of Shops on BBC2 as she tackled charity retail it was quite revealing to learn that only 25% of the stuff sent in was actually resalable. They basically had to throw away most of the donations and send a lot of the clothes to be used as rag to stuff pillows and stuff, and this in a posh area. False teeth and used nappies were even sent it. People basically don't send stuff in that they think might actually make the charity some money but stuff they deem crap but don't want to throw away because they feel guilty or something. I don't really think about that until she discovered that home fact. The truth is big companies are no different and use charities for dumping grounds, sending faulty or disconnected items in huge ...
thedevilinme 08.08.2009 (11.08.2009)
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