Free accessories from the hotels
As a result, a family which only uses shower jel ends up stocking dozens of unwanted soaps. They never swim or gym so frequent, those tiny bottles shampoos and conditioner are never done. My mother used to do this, too. Combs up to a dozen. Countless razors yet untouched by anyone for ages since she never put these items in one place. We did not know that and buy new razors from time to time.
Combs are the worst. As for other items, after awaken by the truth, we can manage to finish them up and share them with others. But for combs, they are not easily breakable (unless you get terrible hair texture or hero's strength). Only charities serving the homeless are willing to take them. Members of the eco groups will just say, nope, my combs are just fine and I don't need one.
Free accessories from airplanes
To save cost, the airplane companies have cut budget for these freebies. However, you may still able to see a cute little bag at the back of the seat for certain airlines. Usually there are plastic combs, ear plugs, and even a small bottle of lotion in this cute little bag. Many people will take them home as a souvenirs. And they never get to use it, and only to remember the ear plugs when a construction sites turn up across the road. After a one dollar shop opens near my home, I have never used those free ear plugs anymore.
Promotional products
Usually it's pens, memos, bookmarks, key holders, mobile phone strapes, calendars, magnets, brooches and tote bags. For events with more budgets, sometime you may even get towels, tees, cups, place mats, wine openers and crystal-like accessories made of glass or plastic.
But no matter how useful they are designed, usually a big logo is printed on the surface, there are no sense of beauty and look just awful. Small freebies add up into a huge volume of stocks, and big freebies are the worst. As shown in the picture, the bright red calendars, and the plastic place mat obtained from the supermarket, ruin the taste of your lovely home.
Imagine putting them into a zen-like or Muji-like home. Gosh, it's definitely a mix-and-match from hell! You can ruin a perfect dream house like that in just one second.
But no matter how useful they are designed, usually a big logo is printed on the surface, there are no sense of beauty and look just awful. Small freebies add up into a huge volume of stocks, and big freebies are the worst. As shown in the picture, the bright red calendars, and the plastic place mat obtained from the supermarket, ruin the taste of your lovely home.
Imagine putting them into a zen-like or Muji-like home. Gosh, it's definitely a mix-and-match from hell! You can ruin a perfect dream house like that in just one second.
Not to mention the quality of these freebies are always bad. They deteriorate and rot faster than normal goods do. Especially for pens, the ink just stuck there and refuse to come out. But we still take them home and think at least some of them may work fine. We have endless cups in the kitchen, but yeah we will drop them on the floor one day, it seems it is wise to take one home as backups. And sadly the number of times you drop your cup never catch up with the numbers you take home, it seems it will take at least ten years to have it done.
Almost every family have endless memos on the desks. Since memos are useful, even there are still a few piles at home, we would happily get more. We rarely change our key holders, but we still take them out of no reason. New models of smartphones no longer have the holes for mobile phone strapes, but we never learnt to say no.
Almost every family have endless memos on the desks. Since memos are useful, even there are still a few piles at home, we would happily get more. We rarely change our key holders, but we still take them out of no reason. New models of smartphones no longer have the holes for mobile phone strapes, but we never learnt to say no.
"Free Goods" are ruining your dream home and turning it into a mess. Are you going to keep going like this?
Free gifts from the bank
If the design isn't too bad, such as crystal-like accessories of fruits and cute animals, we are happy to put them up on the shelves. However, for those gold-plated one which symbols money and the bank, even an elderly won't be too happy. For families which I have visited, they always put these free gifts in the most unreachable corners, or either put them in the unviewable storage spaces, covered in dust years after years.
Since they are gold-plated, it seems a waste to throw them away. A recycling company would not buy these, and nowhere to sell. In Asia, the banks sometimes made a 20cm high gold-plated statue of the God of Wealth as a free gift. Many people feel that by throwing the God of Wealth away, these may lead to poverty and lost of money fortunes, so they have no choice but to keep these unwanted statues one after one.
If you are living in Asia and you did get such unwanted gifts in the past, you can ask the bank manager to change the free gifts into a more useful supermarket coupons by applications before hand.
And for those at your home, throw them away, you have no other options. No one want them anyway. If you think it is a waste to throw away and decide to keep it forever, then they will only stay up to the day you pass away. You sure you want these unwanted items to pass on to your children or other family members?
Since they are gold-plated, it seems a waste to throw them away. A recycling company would not buy these, and nowhere to sell. In Asia, the banks sometimes made a 20cm high gold-plated statue of the God of Wealth as a free gift. Many people feel that by throwing the God of Wealth away, these may lead to poverty and lost of money fortunes, so they have no choice but to keep these unwanted statues one after one.
If you are living in Asia and you did get such unwanted gifts in the past, you can ask the bank manager to change the free gifts into a more useful supermarket coupons by applications before hand.
And for those at your home, throw them away, you have no other options. No one want them anyway. If you think it is a waste to throw away and decide to keep it forever, then they will only stay up to the day you pass away. You sure you want these unwanted items to pass on to your children or other family members?
Stationaries from your company/ex-company
All kinds of pens, highlights, clips, rulers, files, folders. Feeling they are useful and bring them home. Or the other way around, out of the rage of being unemployed, take all the things you can take even you don't need them at all!
Online Green Groups
Many people love to go to these groups and give away their unwanted items to other people who want them. Because these items are free of charge, many members will happily take them home. Very often, we see many members turn up in the reply comments for every single item. Do they need so many things I wonder? With all sorts of hobbies? I believe they are actually suffering from hoarder disorders with a super messy home, perhaps look pretty similar to a waste management transfer station.
Christianity
I was studing in a happy stress-free high school run by a church. Every year the school would distribute souvenirs after certain religious functions, such as keyholders of Ave Maria, Jesus, Sisters, Fathers, the Cross, all sorts of things linked to the Bible. When I graduated, these souvenirs added up into a bag of unwanted accessories. It was already ten years ago, and I am not so sure whether the church nowadays does the same thing. These freebies are never helpful to religious field service, even a Christian would not use these keyholders in daily life!
Buddhism
If you go to a restaurant or a store related to buddhism, the owners often put a bookshelve at the entrance with free booklets and bookmarks on it. Everytime my mother went pass these shops, she took a pile and distribute them to the friends. Not for religious field service, you won't be able to understand a word without proper guidance anyway. She believed that these freebies can give luck and protection to all people out of no reasons. Oh Great. After I received the fifth or the sixth buddha bookmarks, I have no choice but to give her a lesson. Even a non-believer like me know well that the booklets are for studied. They does not share the function of a cross in a vampire film!
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