I've been fascinated with hoarders and returners for a while now and have started accumulating information for a documentary. If you'd like to share any thoughts, anecdotes or experiences on these topics please comment or email me.
Interesting BBC article on hoarders and a ABC article on returners.
haha, JUST this weekend, my wife and I purchased memberships to a nearby fitness facility.
We were seduced by the free hotdogs they were giving out in the parking lot. After the hotdog and the tour, we signed up and had that dreamy look on our faces, imagining our toned and ripped physiques....
Immediately the next morning we were stricken with buyer's remorse(or what I will call, physio-reality) and went back to cancel our memberships. At the same time, I dropped my business card into the "win a year's free membership" jar and when I got to work this morning.... I had won!!! HAZAA!
Posted by: Matt Pie at July 5, 2006 2:11 PMwell lets see. I am a collector, a nester, I save it all. throwing stuff out is like flossing my teeth. I hate it but know I should do it. I am not sure if it is because I am the opposite of my mother. Growing up in a house that was Doctor clean (you could perform open heart surgery on the floor), and with a mother who through out EVERYTHING. Mom where is my painting I made...I threw it out...mom where is my homework, I threw it out. It got so bad that my brother and I would hide things that normal kids did not have to hide like our toothbrushes and favorite socks!.
So I am not sure if it is my brain or my up bringing...I would like to be a returner...I really would...I just cant!
Posted by: Taylore at July 6, 2006 3:16 PM
