The Free Box - 6/29/08

I love the free box at my place of work. It's like a ghetto social experiment to see what people give away for free and what people take from the box. The most surprising part isn't what people take (almost everything); it's finding the items that so have so little value that no one wants them at all.

The last time I checked the free box - all the way back in March - it contained a Goldschlager hat, a bunch of women's deodorant, and a VHS tape of Mission: Impossible. And now?



The hat remains! In my experience, people will take anything from the free box, and yet, we've found an item with absolutely no commercial value. No one wants this hat.

Joining the hat (and soon to be taken, I'm sure) are a hardcover version of Howard Stern's Private Parts, a Sony Walkman, a half-used bag of coffee, and a coin bag that one would use if one worked at a business with a cash register. We have no cash register, nor do we work with any money at my job.

I considered taking two of these items. Fortunately, common sense quickly took over.