I've been cleaning out my room lately, picking out things that I can either sell or donate. There is a bulletin board at work where people post things they want to sell, and I posted my old toys and books on there for cheap, hoping that I could at least make some money off of it and keep myself afloat.
While I've gotten quite a number of people inquiring about my things and actually buying stuff off of me, there are also a few people who have gone out of their way to email me to tease and berate me for selling things they deem useless at cheap prices--even though most people have given me positive responses.
One of the things that the 'hate mail' has made me think about is the fact that people very easily look down on other people who they consider are being cheap. The people who have been teasing me make six figure sums annually. On the other hand, I'm making less than a tenth of that, yet I'm being teased for being cheap because I'm selling my old toys and books in order to pay for school and generally make ends meet without my parents' help so they can have one less thing to worry about. It's incredibly rude that people will go out of their way to berate you, behind the guise of an email address, because you're watching dollars.
I feel so incredibly upset that my parents have poor health and make minimum wage but treat people with respect, whereas some chump making a six figure salary will take time out of his day to insult me. It's probably childish for me to rant that life isn't fair, but there is nothing I want more than for my parents to have their health and not have to worry about finances. I carry a heavy heart everyday about it, and I don't appreciate it when people take that for granted and judge me instead.
I've taken up the issue with Human Resources and hope that this will go somewhere because it's not right for people to talk to me in an unprofessional and disrespectful manner. I hope this experience makes me a stronger person as well and teaches me how to stand up for myself against other people.
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Go you. I'm glad you're going to bring it up with HR and stand up for yourself. :)
I'm soooo with you! a pox on whoever had the very poor taste to e-mail you.
I feel you. I had the same thing happening to me when I was having a moving away sale.
It's like these people actually take time out of their lives to make someone else feel bad. What is the purpose in that?
Don't take it to heart. There really is something seriously wrong with someone who would go out of their way to do this.
Powerful post...
Your parents raised a wonderful and caring daughter.
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