Strange 'Things You See In a Thrift Store

So, working in a thrift store, you see a lot of... bizarre things.

Unlike working other retail jobs, all of your product is other people's leftovers. Sometimes this can mean amazing treasures-- designer labels, practically unused. A scrapbook from 1909. Cute shoes that actually fit ladies' size 10 wide width.

But it also means you get whatever garbage people don't want anymore.

A lot of the strangest stuff never makes it to the sales floor; there's a whole production line that looks over everything and makes sure that things which are obviously broken or unsellable go into the appropriate trash or recycling bins. I mostly work on the sales floor, making sure items are in the right place and that things are organized and neat, but I hear stories-- like the time someone donated an entire rack of clothes. And I mean rack; they just took the bar right out of their closet and put it in the box with all the clothes still hanging from the rack on their hangars.

But even so, there are some truly strange things that make it onto the sales floor, and I can't resist sharing. So sit back and enjoy some photos that truly demonstrate that one man's trash is another man's entertainment.

Just in case you've never seen a naked Anakin doll riding an appaloosa

This t-shirt shows what I can only assume is the mighty cat-taur

Sometimes it's less the item itself, and more the location that the pricers and rollers determine. For example: yes, I do consider a murder mystery dinner party to be an essential accessory for any kitchen

For those formal spiderman themed events

*sigh* Look, customers, maybe you are always right, but that doesn't mean you can just hang up the clothes you decide not to buy on the support bars in between the racks. (I found twelve shirts, eight necklaces, three pairs of pants, and four pairs of women's size eight shoes all hung up in that little cluster, and not nearly enough hangars to support them all either)

Hey There Delilah, it's the invasion of the Plain White T's! (Seriously, someone donated 30 identical plain white xl men's t-shirts at the same time, and I got the job of making them fit on the racks. It was a weird day.)

The shirt that I decided *not* to get my dad for father's day

I could easily do an entire post on the weird Star Wars t-shirts we get

That feeling when you sense soulless eyes glaring at you from the bathroom accessories section, and you look over to see a severed head

For those days when you need to wear close-toed shoes but you really don't want to

You see what I mean about the Star Wars shirts?

This would probably have changed the plot of the movie, just a little bit

Did I say "strange things you see in a thrift store" because obviously I meant THE BEST things you see in a thrift store! (and before you ask, these were two sizes two small for me, otherwise I would have bought them, shoe-string budget be darned, and waited impatiently for the next rainy day)

Dear customers, you might always be right, but that is not how you hangar. The collar goes on the top, not the side, and both of those little holes your arms go through are supposed to be hanging on the plastic. 

Apparently the support column is not worthy to rule Asguard

That's it for now, but I'm sure I'll have some more for you soon enough!