At lunch today, the conversation wasn't unusual. "I saw this frying pan at Goodwill, like this one," my dad said holding out one of ours, "But, it had a little scratch, so I didn't buy it. But, this one has scratches ten times over!"
My dad is good at Goodwill. I'm just being honest. He looks for things we might need, or more commonly, things to bring back home in Panama. So, you can't laugh too much because it's for a good cause (sometimes). It is a common occurrence for my dad to talk about this wonderful thing that "You would just love!" at the store. You know, the thing that he didn't buy. I don't remember the last time he brought home anything, especially one of that amount of excitement. Usually, I just notice more junk in the house a few days later, never having seen him bring it in. Here are just a few of the amazing things that didn't make it.
It’s that or he does buy it, and that might be worse. We have half a dozen scientific calculators, more spoons than our drawer can hold, and, again, shoes. In the end, it’s really just funny. We probably give more back to Goodwill than we buy. But, that’s my dad. That’s who he is, and it makes him so happy, so I love it too.
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