curb alert! free stuff! must take all! no sorters!!!
I have been known to go to great lengths to get something for free. I get this from my mother. It’s a small tick in my head short of being a kleptomaniac. My eyes get big, my heart starts pounding, my palms sweat, and I nervously laugh when I find out I just got something for free. I discovered two things recently:
1. people throw out tons of great stuff every day and put it right on the street corner
2. craigslist has a free section (!)
While we were walking to dinner one night me and josh spotted a large framed painting.
The first thing that came to mind was to paint over it and hang it up in the living room. Free art!
Soon after discovering the free section on craigslist I noticed someone giving away their Tupperware collection about 24 blocks away and it had to be picked up that night. I pictured tons of vintage Tupperware and had to have it. The guy asked me if I wanted any of his other kitchen stuff. Of course I did.
About an hour later me and Josh arrived at 96th street looking for his apartment number. He told me it was the lower bell and when we saw the place it was a two story town house with a basement. I couldn’t figure out what he meant by the lower bell. I dared Josh to go on the porch and ring the bell, but he made me go with him. A couple of seconds later a little boy ran to the door window and yelled “wrong house!” I continued to yell “does Michael live here? Downstairs?” and he shook his head no. We started to head down the steps when a woman on the second floor opened the window and told us that Michael lived down the street and pointed to a couple of guys standing outside. At that point I realized I wrote down the wrong address. We headed down the street and I greeted the man standing there and said “are you Michael?” he nodded and I said “hi, im Lorrie” he just stood there and gave me a puzzled look. It wasn’t Tupperware-Michael. I apologized and we kept walking. Josh started getting freaked out that maybe we had been scammed. We started walking quickly back to the train. The guys then said “are you getting something from someone?” we said yes and he said “oh yeah, Michael lives next door”. I rang the lower bell and Michael answered handing us three bags full of stuff. We thanked him and left. The situation still makes me laugh, but it was worth it.
We got home and realized that he gave us two large wooden bowls, wooden spoons, five small wooden bowls, six very good knives, a large George Forman grill, two cutting boards, avocado green pot, a safety can opener and last but not least…four glad ware containers!
1. people throw out tons of great stuff every day and put it right on the street corner
2. craigslist has a free section (!)
While we were walking to dinner one night me and josh spotted a large framed painting.
The first thing that came to mind was to paint over it and hang it up in the living room. Free art!
Soon after discovering the free section on craigslist I noticed someone giving away their Tupperware collection about 24 blocks away and it had to be picked up that night. I pictured tons of vintage Tupperware and had to have it. The guy asked me if I wanted any of his other kitchen stuff. Of course I did.
About an hour later me and Josh arrived at 96th street looking for his apartment number. He told me it was the lower bell and when we saw the place it was a two story town house with a basement. I couldn’t figure out what he meant by the lower bell. I dared Josh to go on the porch and ring the bell, but he made me go with him. A couple of seconds later a little boy ran to the door window and yelled “wrong house!” I continued to yell “does Michael live here? Downstairs?” and he shook his head no. We started to head down the steps when a woman on the second floor opened the window and told us that Michael lived down the street and pointed to a couple of guys standing outside. At that point I realized I wrote down the wrong address. We headed down the street and I greeted the man standing there and said “are you Michael?” he nodded and I said “hi, im Lorrie” he just stood there and gave me a puzzled look. It wasn’t Tupperware-Michael. I apologized and we kept walking. Josh started getting freaked out that maybe we had been scammed. We started walking quickly back to the train. The guys then said “are you getting something from someone?” we said yes and he said “oh yeah, Michael lives next door”. I rang the lower bell and Michael answered handing us three bags full of stuff. We thanked him and left. The situation still makes me laugh, but it was worth it.
We got home and realized that he gave us two large wooden bowls, wooden spoons, five small wooden bowls, six very good knives, a large George Forman grill, two cutting boards, avocado green pot, a safety can opener and last but not least…four glad ware containers!
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