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Causing a garment to slip off its hanger at retail stores.

I'll give money to the homeless. I'll volunteer 35 hours a week to work with DV victims. I'll pick up litter. I'll squander my 20's working with Holocaust survivors, but I cannot -- ABSOLUTELY CANNOT -- be bothered to bend down to pick up a shirt that I've knocked off its hanger. Well, maybe if I'm at Barney's.

— vagina jones from brooklyn | Clothing | 12.1.2009 | Comments (4)

You people are the bane of retail workers wordwide. For shame.

— Not your personal maid posted 12/1/2009

It always happens when I'm holding a bunch of other things and when I try to hang it up, a million other things fall down.

— Lissini posted 12/1/2009

Oh...I hate that one too. But I always pick it up. I hate to make more work for someone who already has a million things to do. It takes a nanosecond. :0)

— Al posted 12/2/2009

I hate this also, but I totally pick stuff up (unless it's clearly due to booby trapped hangers/merchandising). If the clothing hangs out on the floor it will get dirty and no one will buy it -- stuff like this is a huge source of lost income for independent retailers.

— Diana posted 12/3/2009

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