Freecyle

I like it. It's a nice concept. You get to give away your unwanted stuff, because there is pretty much always someone out there who wants it. You would be shocked how many people responded to me when I offered an inflatable palm tree. Yes, a freakin' inflatable palm tree. There is truth to the statement "one person's trash is another person's treasure" (or whatever that saying is).

In case you are new to the concept of freecycle, you would post a message to a message board that says something like "OFFER: boys 2T clothes" and people will e-mail you if they are interested. It's up to you to decide who you would like to give your item(s) to. Saves landfill space and sorta makes you feel like you did a good deed. Or at least for me. I'm not much for getting stuff from freecycle, but am no means above it. It just seems like there are not often things that I would need or want. I did once get a case for Tyler's Leapster, which I was VERY excited about. Saved me $15! Like I said, cool concept, especially as we all try to live in a more eco-friendly world and embrace the concept of recycling.

Anyway, back to my point...if you can consider this a point.

If someone is OFFERING you something for free, don't you think you would at least try to seem appreciative or grateful? I can not believe how many people will write back to me with the response of "interested" or "can I have this". If it were ME I might try to use the words "thank you" or "greatly appreciated" or something along those lines. I try to overlook spelling errors (even though you would think most people could spell "interested") but I have trouble overlooking rudeness. Is it too hard these days to be polite?????