I've been hanging on to an old broken vacuum for more than a year. My dad got it for me from a yard sale. It worked for a while, was fixed twice and then I gave up on it. Yesterday I put up an ad on Craigslist, giving the vacuum away for free, including the fact that it was broken, but I didn't think it was ready for the landfill. I got three emails right away from people who were interested.
This morning I got an email from a Ms. Betts, who said this:
Subject: vacuous
so somebody else can maybe repair your old vac after you went to target and bought the latest fake hepa chinese made super attachmo dynmno sucks-right? thats very 1st world hyperconsumer peak oil(whats that?) of you.
Touché, Ms. Betts. Touché. You're right. It's not the best solution. I'm sorry for upsetting you.
I'm not asking for an environmentalism award or anything. I just wanted a broken vacuum out of my house as fast as possible, perhaps going to someone who could actually fix it. I've tried twice and failed.
Some people might have tried to sell it for parts. Some people would have tried to pass it off as working and then sell it. I think most people would have gone the easiest route, chuck it in the giant green trash cans that the city provides.
I think we all forget that the posters on the Internet are still people. Ms. Betts, I'm doing the best I can.
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