I stopped by our local Goodwill store the other day. It’s strange. In elementary and junior high school, if you wanted to taunt somebody you would tell them that their mom has to shop at Goodwill. Then sometime in the late 1990’s it became cool to shop at Goodwill. There was always bragging rights whenever someone found a great bargin at Goodwill with hip clothing which was “almost new.”
So I browsed around the store. There’s always those t-shirts which someone got at their work/school/church function which was only really meaningful to that person. And yet, it must have not been that meaningful since the shirt was given up.
I’ve noticed that each of these t-shirts have a story behind them…and unanswered questions. The Dell Spherion shirt? Was it received at some company function celebrating a milestone? Did the little league shirt get many grass stains on it due to heavy play? I managed to snag a “Crieve Hall Church of Christ Bible Bowl 1999” shirt, a novelty within itself. I wonder if the former owner of the shirt answered many (or any) questions at the Bible Bowl.