By alyssaamarante - 13/06/2015 02:41 - United States - East Northport

Today, I decided to go thrifting to save some money. Ironically, I ended up having to pay for an emergency trip to the hospital because somebody was too lazy to wash the cat hair off their clothes. I'm severely allergic to cats. FML
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marcranger 28

You don't bathe thrift store clothes in hydrochloric acid before you wear them?! Or am I the only one who's that afraid of other people's germs?

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lolhailsatan 23

As a former secondhand shop worker, I will say that no, the store does not wash the clothes before they are sent out, big industrial size washers are mad expensive to buy and operate. However, if something has cat hair on it, we would lint roll the garment, or if it was completely covered, we would toss it. But anyway, i think it's common sense to wash the clothes before putting them on your body, so I'm saying YDI

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HedgeFox90 26

Clearly they've never been informed of how impossible it is to completely remove cat hair from clothing.

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faifai_fml 21

Who the hell doesn't wash used clothes before putting them on??? I mean, seriously, ew!!!

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sandman19 11

I'll tell you for sure that it's not the stores responsibility my mother is the manger of a thrift store and most people will bring their cloths in with stains all over and we just have to throw them out! Now at her store the cloths are sometimes washed at our own house to provide clean cloths to people. So please don't blame the store because people are to blame and the fact that the OP had a allergic reaction is just a unfortunate accident.

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Overlord247 20

Sorry OP, but YDI. If you are that allergic to an animal that's very often kept as a pet, then thrift stores are not for you. Also, even if the store washed clothes brfore putting them out, it's impossible to get every single hair off the item. So don't blame someone else for being "too lazy"

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xLifeisGoodx 10

The store's owner really should have paid your medical bills. It's their responsibility to wash the clothes they receive.

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WardenWolf 26

I'm just going to say this: you deserve it. If you know you have a allergies that severe, you should know better than to shop for furniture or clothes at second hand stores.

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Suaria 38

As someone who has worked at a thrift store, they have massive amounts of clothes so it would be highly expensive for them to wash every single piece of clothing.

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bad_boyfriend 10

What kind of disgusting person buys thrift store clothes and doesn't wash them before wearing them?

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qjdb 8

Eeuugghh You bought thrift store clothing and didn't wash them before you wore them, knowing you have a serious allergy? I am not allergic to anything except gravity, but I still wash brand new clothing, let some someone else's grungy hand-me-downs, before I put them into my body. Yuck Yeah. YDI. Big time

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carrissa3 13

My guess is that op was browsing and moving clothes around and just brushed by something that had cat hair

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Elisabetha Aarron 18

If they have a severe allergy you should take extra precautions and at least think about who may possibly have donated the clothes. If just by being around it makes them react maybe thrift store aren't the best place for them for this very reason, although some places do clean the clothes and some people do clean it before donating if you are that allergic then maybe spending extra for clothes to prevent these kind of situations is worth it.

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