Monday, June 22, 2009

A Bra Bin?

On BBC this morning: What do you do with your unwanted bras? Good question that. You know how you sometimes go on a shopping spree and buy stuff and then never wear it because you're thinking to yourself: What was I thinking? I do hope I'm not alone in this... Anyway, here is the perfect opportunity to make it right. I can drop these bras in a blue bra bin and then they go to Africa. So my impulse buying spree won't be a total waste right? But the more I watched the more agitated I became, almost like a bra strap that keeps cutting into your shoulder. This is a little cheeky I think. Listen to this: They take your bras and once they have I think she said seventeen, they donate a pound to some charity. The rest gets shipped to East and West Africa to be sold on a street market? Really? This lady blatantly takes my old stuff, sell it on the open market and pocket the cash. At least that what it sounds like. I am not adverse to any entrepeneurial activities but this? I would feel cheated if something I donate to people in Africa for example gets SOLD to them? Apparently they need to cover their costs. Have they not heard of fundraising? This is a really fun idea. You could get some very interesting celebrities involved, shedding their bras in the name of charity.