I work in a charity shop & there's a gift nobody wants but people keep buying – please stop, we get hundreds donated
QUIT IT I work in a charity shop & there's a gift nobody wants but people keep buying – please stop, we get hundreds donated
A CHARITY shop worker has released a public announcement begging people to stop buying items that always land in their stores.
Meg, from the UK, took to social media to let people know what gifts you shouldn't bother buying for your friend.
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Meg shared the two gifts nobody wants that end up in her charity shop
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Cheese boards and cheese knives were constantly being donated
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In the clip, the young woman said: "Your friends don't want a f**king miniature cheese board set for Christmas.
"And do you know how I know that?
"Because we get donated about 500 of them. Every year."
Meg said it wasn't just during the festive period either, the circulation of unused cheese boards and fancy cheese knives was constant all year.
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And to make it worse, the shops can't even sell them
"We can't even put them out because we can't have sharps in the shop," she explained.
She also shared another item charity shops were sick of seeing - elephant trousers.
"Those stupid f**king elephant trousers that everyone wears when they go travelling around Asia," she said.
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"I don't want to see them anymore. Okay? I understand it's fun when you're out there, but why are you bringing them home?"
Meg asked what was the point in buying something you know you won't wear when you get home, warning people to 'stop frivolously buying s**t."
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And these printed trousers always ended up in the store
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I hit the jackpot with a random £2 charity shop buy worth £115
The clip soon went viral on her TikTok account @alottameg with over 1.2 million views and 133k likes.
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People were quick to share their thoughts in the comments.
One person wrote: "Me watching this in my gifted elephant trousers."
Another commented: "I appreciate you putting this out there, I'm sick of pointless gifts that the earth doesn't want."
"Lol I work in a charity shop & the influx of teacher gifts we've had in the last couple of weeks is crazy!" penned a third.
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She warned people to stop buying stuff just for the sake of it
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Top charity shop tips for bagging a bargain
Ross Dutton has been a manager for Crisis's charity shops for four years and currently runs the charity's Finsbury Park shop in London.
Choose your area - As a rule of thumb, the posher the area, the better quality the clothes that are donated.
Don't hang around - If you see something you like, buy it, as it'll likely be gone when you come back
Look out for cut-off labels - Some of your favourite high street stores will have deals with local charity shops to donate stock that isn't sold during their own sales. Often part of the deal is that they need to cut the labels off the clothes.
Stay at home - While some charities have their own site, like Oxfam and Crisis. many also sell from dedicated eBay stores, such as British Heart Foundation and Scope. You won't get the range of bargains that you would get in a physical store, but if you're looking for something specific it may be worth checking online too.
Meanwhile a fourth said: "Ignore her… I want a mini cheese board set for Christmas."
"I'll happily accept a mini cheese board set,' claimed a fifth
Someone else added: "This now makes sense why I can never find cheese knives in the charity shop."
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