Had a crazy good week where three things I gave away all got picked up the same day

I cleared out my garage last Tuesday and listed an old bookshelf, a broken bread machine, and a bag of orphan socks on the swap. By Thursday evening everything was gone and I didn't even have to meet anyone because they all just took them from my porch. Has anyone else had a week where the giving side just somehow worked out perfectly?

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river_hall4418d agoMost Upvoted

Wait, aren't orphan socks just single socks with no matching pair?

paule5317d ago

Isn't it funny how we think of orphan socks as just the lost ones from the dryer, but really they're more like the stuff we leave behind on purpose? I've noticed this pattern where we all have this invisible pile of things we're ready to let go of, whether it's a single sock or a plant that's not gonna make it. The weird thing is, one person's trash is another person's treasure, just like that plant your coworker saw get grabbed. It's like we're all just waiting for someone else to make the first move.

jessicajohnson18d ago

My coworker once put out a half-dead plant and someone grabbed it within an hour.