They threw them even after they stink
By 911Ricki
@911Ricki (13588)
Canada
September 19, 2012 2:29pm CST
Whenever we want to get rid of clothes we donate them. My Grandma will donate them to one place, and then they have the buckets or bins in places around here.
My brother and his wife bring over clothes that their cat kept peeing on, even after washing them they stink. Instead of throwing them out, he brough them here. Our cats smelt it and peed on them. So my Mom washed them, I told her once a cat pees on something so many times it stinks forever.
They cant smell it, and cat pee is strong almost burns. I told them they stink throw them in the garbage, same with my younger brother sleeping bag, and a cat bed. My Mom's one cat was peeing on everything, I threw it outside because it stunk, and they wont throw it out.
So we stopped today after work and she pulls this bag out. I thought are you serious, she threw it in the bin for donation. Just like smokers who stink, just nasty just because they dont want to throw them out, or pay to take them to the dump which in a few weeks we would of had a truck load to the dump anyways.
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7 responses
@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
20 Sep 12
Sometimes people get so used to a smell they can't smell that it stinks. When you told your mom it stunk she should have taken your word for it and thrown it out. To me that's just rude to put it in a donation box or bin somewhere. Even if the donation center washes it, it's still nice to have it washed and actually clean. If she washed it and it still stunk she should have thrown it out or repurposed it somehow.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
19 Sep 12
hi ricki I once lived in an apartment that faced an alley where these tom cats came lookingv for females. IT GOT SO BAD THE
ODOR OF MALE CAT PEE we had to move as the owner of the complex woud not do anything aout the straycats. the o dor just seemed to
grow worse all the time., once it got inside our house we had a t errible time getting rid of it.we fianlly j ust moved and into an apartment facing inward oh a court.Old cat pee is horrible.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
19 Sep 12
Yes, that is seriously nasty.
Hopefully, you will be away from all of that craziness soon.
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@911Ricki (13588)
• Canada
19 Sep 12
I cant wait for that day, I think my life would be just so boring without them doing so many stupid things. But I feel sorry for the place that has to go through it, plus it sits in the bins for months. So I'm sure they will be throwing out a load more than just the 1 bag.
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@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
21 Sep 12
You are so very right about the smell of cat urine. I believe that is the reason that most of the time you can walk into the home of a person that has cats and you will immediately know that they have cats because you can smell that distinctive and nasty smell.
As for me, I make sure that anything that I donate is perfectly clean before I will take it and donate it. However, I only throw things away when they are stained and torn up because only at that point are they beyond usefulness.
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
21 Sep 12
the shelters do not take anything that is dirty or stinks, after all, even the poor have some dignity.
