Slave Lake donations buried in Calgary dump

[SLM]

Slave Lake donations buried in Calgary dump - Calgary - CBC News

It's always demoralizing to hear about real waste, even more so when that waste involves literally throwing away gestures of kindness and compassion.

I also get that rules are rules. And I respect that, I really do. But seriously, the supervisor couldn't just make a simple phone call?

"And to make matters worse, Nielsen said, when he alerted a supervisor at the landfill about what he had discovered, the products were buried rather than salvaged because the dump has a no-scavenging policy."

That just ticks me off.

 

[petros]

What ticks me off is charities that are too good to accept anything other than cash.

 

[JLM]

What ticks me off is charities that are too good to accept anything other than cash.

Perhaps they don't have storage facilities, but it does fly against the old adage "Waste not want not".

 

[petros]

The goods could have been sold for cash. Donations of goods are useless when insurance will replace everything lost but to throw it all away? FFS!

 

[JLM]

The goods could have been sold for cash. Donations of goods are useless when insurance will replace everything lost but to throw it all away? FFS!

Donated goods are when they pass directly to the recipient, but if you want to know their value in actual terms just check out a yard sale.

 

[petros]

New goods with tags don't sell for 10 cents an item in garage sales, especially baby clothes, kids clothes, toys, and kids furniture.

 

[JLM]

New goods with tags don't sell for 10 cents an item in garage sales, especially baby clothes, kids clothes, toys, and kids furniture.

YOu're on the ball this morning, Petros. :smile:

 

[DurkaDurka]

What ticks me off is charities that are too good to accept anything other than cash.

Not the charity scavengers on the streets of Toronto, they're like street beggars except they want donations via credit card or debit.. no cash.

 

[petros]

Not the charity scavengers on the streets of Toronto, they're like street beggars except they want donations via credit card or debit.. no cash.

Panhandling with an interac machine....

 

[DurkaDurka]

Panhandling with an interac machine....

Pretty much, and they're more agressive then panhandlers too, always shoving a clipboard in your face, "save the dolphins! no! fack you and the dolphins lol"

 

[petros]

PETA or not I bet you'd whip out your debit....

 

[DurkaDurka]

PETA or not I bet you'd whip out your debit....

I would get her to eat meat again I tell ya lol

 

[lone wolf]

Pork on the fork....

 

[Ariadne]

It seems that the woman had good intentions, but once the goods were purchased and packaged, it was going to cost a lot more to ship. The boxes should have been given to the thrift shops or women's shelter as freebies for those in need.

 

[lone wolf]

CTV News said they couldn't find any needy charities...

Slave Lake donations end up in Calgary dump - CTV News

 

[Ariadne]

I suppose that sends a pretty clear message to Calgarians that next time Christmas rolls around and there's all sorts of requests for gifts for families in need, we should send them to the dump to collect the stuff no one seemed to need.

 

[gerryh]

I suppose that sends a pretty clear message to Calgarians that next time Christmas rolls around and there's all sorts of requests for gifts for families in need, we should send them to the dump to collect the stuff no one seemed to need.

and they would do what when they got to the dump?

 

[lone wolf]

I suppose that sends a pretty clear message to Calgarians that next time Christmas rolls around and there's all sorts of requests for gifts for families in need, we should send them to the dump to collect the stuff no one seemed to need.

I suppose ... if you want to read between the lines and jump to conclusions....

Ever think the contractor looked for the easy (and profitable) way out?

 

[JLM]

I suppose that sends a pretty clear message to Calgarians that next time Christmas rolls around and there's all sorts of requests for gifts for families in need, we should send them to the dump to collect the stuff no one seemed to need.

I doubt if the needy have any better chance of getting stuff out of the dump than anyone else! :smile:

 

[gerryh]

I would lay odds that if they had posted the items on free cycle that it would have all been taken.