redstarr01

I let one go because I just didn't want to deal with it even though it had a decent amount of value if you sold off the contents. It was one that I inherited from a dead relative (in fact, it was really sort of two-generation situation, some stuff from the dead relative,and some stuff that had been stored years ago that she inherited from her dead parents). I lived in another state. I'm busy. I'd have had to make the trip up there, empty the unit, load it up,sort the stuff, and sell it. Just not worth the hassle. Plus, my husband was still grieving and having to go back to his old hometown and dealing with all the possessions inside would have added to that unpleasant experience.

If it had been in my own town, maybe. I'd probably at least have gone down and dug through it and cherry picked a few items that could sell quickly on craigslist or to a pawn shop and then had a charity shop come pick up the rest. But with having to travel, nope. I wasn't interested in wasting at least a weekend, probably two, and doing not-fun labor to make a few grand.

If a person were to order items with the intention of sending some of them back in pristine condition, does it make them an a-hole or does nobody mind? Like if I were interested in a shirt, and I wasn't sure which size was going to be the best fit on my body, so I ordered a large and an extra large and when they arrived I tried them both on and decided to keep the large and return the extra large. Or I liked two shower curtains but wasn't sure which one would be the closest match to my bathroom paint and wanted to see them both in person, so I ordered them both and held them up to my painted wall and sent the one I liked least immediately back? I've kind of wanted to do this a few times, when there were things I wanted, but wanted to see or feel or try on or compare live instead of just online. A friend of mine suggested just going ahead and ordering and returning the unwanted items and said Amazon kind of plans for that to happen and it's totally no big deal, that you'd rather have the sale from the one I keep and deal with the hassle of the return on the one I don't than let that sale get away entirely. But I didn't want to be a Scumbag Stacy for doing it if she's wrong about that.

Why do the chefs on all of those Food Network (and other similar) shows never wear gloves? Wearing gloves while preparing food seems to be the standard in the restaurant industry around here and seems like it would be a good hygiene practice. It makes sense for them not to bother in shows where they're cooking for no one but themselves to taste (like Giada at Home or Guy's Big Bite). But all of the ones where someone else is going to be eating what they make, I'd expect gloves to be worn.