Any ideas where I can donate spare toiletries?

If ALL the kids r buying you toiletries doesn't that tell you something. ?......

.STINKY

 

I also got chocs too, I wonder what they are hinting at there?

 

We never bought our teachers owt..... ever....creeping little gits

 

That you're open to bribes?

If Shenk & me had bought our teachers stuff, we would have been eaten alive by our fellow pupils.

 

I thought teachers only got apples.

 

They're very sweet. I got some toiletries stuff (donating this year as I've got about 4 years worth of stuff in the cupboard under the sink from Christmas and summer holidays), lots of chocs/other edibles, candles and some make up. Last year I had a child that went a bit overboard with presents (not that I was compaining), she got me a matching scarf, gloves and purse (the latter two were real leather too).

I always get my class a present too. Last year I got them a Horrible Histories book set (they are slightly obsessed by them and there were only 2 tatty ones in the library they used to form a queue to borrow). This year I've got them a table football

 

Why not do something different
Ask them to contribute the money they would have used on unwanted gifts to a charity ?

 

I don't think my school would allow me to. Also, I think parents might feel put out and get a bit funny about it. The child can spend their own £1 on a box of chocs or the parent might give them a quid, they'd probably feel obligated to donate more though. Also, it would sound like I was asking for/expecting gifts then. I think the children like the idea of giving a wrapped up present too.

 

Absolutely!

I started a thread, a few months ago, about two blokes who sit in front of me in East stand lower, who basically stink like a pair of sewer rats.
Your excess toiletries would do a job!

 

I remember that thread well!! Are they still there? I'm sitting ESL tomorrow

 

You will get the odour drift, assuming there is some air movement!

The boys are still there.......have been for quite a few seasons, and problem is, I don't really want to move myself.

Maybe if I use a mathematical theory such as a positive and a positive equals a positive, then if I turn stinky, things should then improve?

 

What gives you that impression? Hehe

 

I thought it would be good to show the kids that greed is not good
Sounds like it is.

 

I need football

 

We do a lot of fundraising around Christmas through our Christmas Fair, non uniform days, raffles etc. If the kids want to buy me a little box of chocolates then it's no skin off your nose is it? If they buy me toiletries then it isn't wasted, they enjoy seeing me open it, I enjoy the good feelings of donating and people needier than I get to enjoy it. Win win to me.

 

It's Christmas Day, a nice young lass full of festive cheer, mulled wine and mince pies asks for some advice. A miserable b'stard spots yet another opportunity to make someone else feel as bad as he does.

NYL: "Hi everyone. I've got some unwanted Christmas presents. I'd like to give them directly to someone less fortunate than myself who would appreciate them. Any good ideas would be welcome."

MB: "Give 'em to a charity shop you idiot."

NYL: "I know I could do that, but I'd prefer to give them directly to people who would use them and enjoy them."

MB: "Are you bloody stupid! Nobody wants your stuff. Give it to a charity shop and stop wasting everyone's time."

And so it goes. Every day, without even a let up on Christmas Day. Another decent person trying to do another decent thing gets another kicking. And it doesn't matter how tough you are, or how easily you can brush things off, you leave the conversation feeling worse than when you started it. The work of the miserable b'stard is done.

 

Spot on. I wanted to post something similar, but you're far more eloquent.

 

There's more left in him yet...

 

mrx sinks back into his natural mode.....no surprise, and at times, very annoying.

Nothing will ever change.

 

It's a great gesture especially at this time of year, hope you find a good home for your stuff.