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04/29/2004: "Big"

The donation period ended at one o'clock yesterday, and, all in all, it was a disaster. It was lmuch like being on the scenen of a natural disaster, with dazed people wandering around picking ineffectually at the refuse, and exhausted volunteers going forward on grit alone. The flow of incoming stuff was overwhelming, and unless we can get it under control, the next sale will be even worse. Too many poeple were dropping off too much stuff all at once, and if they were unattended, they just dropped their donations where they were and left. I think a lot of people have figured out that on certain days, at certain hours, we can't screen the donations at all, and they are deliberately dumping their crap. The bright side is, if we can manage to deal with the donations we've got, we should have an excellent sale.