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[deleted] t1_ja13od6 wrote

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plazman30 OP t1_ja33m55 wrote

My work gave me a really cheap water bottle that didn't even make it a year,

There's nothing more annoying than getting a water bottle, coffee cup or a travel coffee thermos. They're all going to be cheap crap and probably own plenty of them already. I recently took a dozen water bottles to Goodwill. My son got one for joining the scouts. He got one for joining the National Honor Society. He got one as a gift for getting into high school. The other son got one for marching band, for joining the school e-sports team, for joining the concert choir. That's 6 water bottles just for my 2 kids. Then I had a half dozen work had given me over the years from various events.

All of these are cheap plastic water bottle with no insulation that sweat all day. Rounded them all up, took them to Goodwill, and bought 4 nice insulated water bottles that are well built. Told everyone not to accept water bottle any more.

I also have an entire shelf of branded ceramic coffee mugs. Coffee mugs are really BIFL items. Unless you drop it, it's going to last forever. But do I really need that many coffee mugs? There are 1 or 2 I might keep, like one with the 90s rainbow Apple logo. But what do I do with a coffee mug from a company I worked for 20 years ago that doesn't even exist?

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