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A very odd donation indeed!

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Katek Tue 18-Dec-18 23:01:16

DH and I were out earlier today getting some last minute Christmas bits and pieces and decided to buy a couple of filled rolls from the baker for lunch.

So far so good. Our next to last stop was at the local charity shop to hand in a small carrier bag of phone cases. Mission accomplished and our last stop was the local supermarket. DH looked on the rear seat for his carrier bag. No bag was to be seen other than the one with the phone cases.....he’d only donated our lunch to Barnardos! Cue a rapid turnaround back to the shop where he managed to retrieve our lunch! I think he may be doing too much!

annep Tue 18-Dec-18 23:39:42

lol. I hope they weren't eaten!
very easy to donate the wrong carrier bag. My rear seat always has return items and often laundry. I always double check.

NannyJan53 Wed 19-Dec-18 06:42:21

Don't you just love getting older hmm

gmelon Wed 19-Dec-18 08:58:14

I once took a gift of chocolates to the staff in my local charity shop.
I explained it was in appreciation of their friendly service.
They looked at me as if I plotted to poison them.

On another occasion my Grandmother took her six pairs of highly prized real velvet curtains to the charity shop and all the charity donations to the dry cleaners.
She never got over it.

Parsley3 Wed 19-Dec-18 10:08:30

Ah,yes. ?
I tell my family to never assume that I know what I am doing. Everything takes twice as long as I double check where I am going and what I am doing.

EllanVannin Wed 19-Dec-18 10:20:21

Oh Lord,I thought it was just me------feel better now hahaha

annep Wed 19-Dec-18 12:24:29

Noo Gmelon thats terrible!

Tooglamtogiveadamn Wed 19-Dec-18 18:26:47

That was —silly— absentminded of him!

Tooglamtogiveadamn Wed 19-Dec-18 18:27:20

Strikethrough fail tchblush

Tooglamtogiveadamn Wed 19-Dec-18 18:34:18

That was silly absentminded of him!

MrTumble Thu 20-Dec-18 11:44:12

Reminds me of the time I took the wrong bag my

Grannybags Thu 20-Dec-18 12:02:13

Ha ha! Not just me then!

Elrel Thu 20-Dec-18 13:59:19

The day DS was permanently excluded from school I accidentally threw a carrier bag with his PE kit in the refuse bin which was collected next morning. Not such a big deal as he'd not need it again but it had included a pair of fairly new trainers.

Elrel Thu 20-Dec-18 14:01:12

At the theatre this week DD discovered she'd put on my coat as we hurried to leave. Being slower I hadn't got my arms into hers!

MissAdventure Thu 20-Dec-18 14:03:43

My mum and I, (or me and my mum, depending on how it important it is) helped someone who had a seizure in the middle of the shopping centre years ago.
I did first aid, whilst mum found a security guard to help.
Once we got home and unpacked all our shopping, we realised we'd taken the poor woman's stuff as well as our own! blush

cavewoman Thu 20-Dec-18 16:08:16

MissA Good Samaritin -not! grin

MissAdventure Thu 20-Dec-18 16:16:25

We ate their icecream. blush

arosebyanyothername Thu 20-Dec-18 20:49:47

I managed to ‘post’ my DH’s newly bought shorts to the recycling bin instead of his bag of old shirts. The helpline phone number was very helpful though and as the.bin was pretty full they sent a collection van out and I got his shorts back! Phew!

PamelaJ1 Thu 20-Dec-18 21:47:48

None of my business but I am curious as to why you had a bag full of phone cases.
I’ve only owned 3 mobiles and I’m still using one of them. I didn’t bother having cases for the first 2. My DH has only had one, a fold up one that doesn’t need a case.
Am I missing out?

Willow500 Thu 20-Dec-18 22:03:52

That's very funny Katek grin

The coat saga reminds me of the annual Christmas party at the WI I belonged to where all the coats were taken upstairs to then hosts bedroom and left on the bed. As we were a bit late leaving I went to get mine and Mum's only to find a huge black coat in place of hers (she was only 5ft 1 and tiny). She had to go home in it then we had to ring round the next day to find out who had her's - I've still no idea how the lady who'd picked it up had managed to get into it!! grin