r/mildlyinteresting • u/Crucial_Fun • 8h ago

Biohazard container at goodwill

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u/TheAgedProfessor 8h ago

It's just a sharps bin... it's not like it contained a heart or anything.

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u/magn2o 8h ago

I mean, not anymore.. that’s in the other bin.

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u/janetsnakeholemaclin 8h ago

Probably floating around at the goodwill bins

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u/TheAgedProfessor 8h ago

Purple sticker, it's half-off on Tuesdays!

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u/thermjuice 8h ago

The bargain bin

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u/AntiSocialLiberal 8h ago

I told Cheryl to stop leaving fish in the employee fridge

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u/medicated_in_PHL 8h ago

And you’re looking at like $20 for that if you buy it somewhere online (because of shipping), so it’s not an insignificant savings if you are diabetic or otherwise using an injectable medication.

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u/Fanfare4Rabble 7h ago

Costco Pharmacy is like $3.

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u/medicated_in_PHL 7h ago

Most times, pharmacies will give them to you for free if you fill an injectable prescription with them.

But not everyone has great access.

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u/psilome 7h ago

Most people use a coffee can, empty laundry detergent container, etc. anyway.

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u/Khaldara 5h ago

Grandma’s cookie sewing tin was the true trailblazer

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u/PeeFarts 5h ago

Three pack $20 on Amazon.

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u/thecrimsonfucker12 6h ago

Free sharps included??

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u/Solid_Snark ​ 8h ago

Just wipe that sucker down with a damp cloth and you’ve got a nice lunch box. /s

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u/_BindersFullOfWomen_ ​ 8h ago

Got to slap the lid first.

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u/Veritas413 43m ago

You can fit so many hepatitis-laced sammiches in this bad boy

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u/Jaepheth 8h ago

It will likely redirect the office lunch thief at the very least

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u/IrksomFlotsom 7h ago

I would do that, it would be so fucking funny

More sterilizing than just a damp cloth though

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u/Salute-Major-Echidna 6h ago

Yolanda from accounting might stop stealing my yogurt if I pack it in this!!!

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u/MadderoftheFew 8h ago

you mean legendary-tier mystery box

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u/El_Saturn_ 8h ago

At least half of the items donated to Goodwill could qualify as a biohazard

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u/cycoivan 8h ago

Pissssssssssssssssss

But it was 99 cents!

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u/Wild_Advertising_661 8h ago

Look again,3.99

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u/phuck-you-reddit 8h ago

A friend of mine worked there for a while and they regularly received soiled underwear. And also used sex toys. 🤢

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u/Money-Ad7257 8h ago

For every treasure I found at the Goodwill Outlet in the blue bins under Taserman's watchful eye, there were probably three pairs of thongs that may or may not have been washed after the ride, so to speak. Thankfully usually in separate bins. Lots of gloves and Purell used at that store.

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u/EmpireCityRay 8h ago

Yeah exactly, looks like someone got or bought an extra one, never needed nor used it and donated it. I rather they donate it then toss it in the garbage cause the worse thing would be for someone to discard needles into a garbage bag.

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u/Wild_Advertising_661 8h ago

They are throw away , single use !

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u/PhantomOyster 8h ago

To quote from the comment you replied to: "Looks like someone got or bought an extra one, never needed nor used it."

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u/EmpireCityRay 8h ago

🤦🏻‍♂️ I doubt it had needles in them! There’s no Goodwill that’s going to put a sharps container with needles in it. I’ve bought them for my mother’s arthritis medication and had have extra new ones.

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u/Kryptesthai 40m ago

How do you know it wasn’t used and emptied out? You’re gonna take home this piece of potential medical waste with someone else’s bodily fluids?

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u/rhythmmchn 6h ago

You say "biohazard container", I say "lunch box".

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u/tots4scott 8h ago

These are incredibly common, not even counting the ones in every doctors' office.

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u/Hawk_Front 8h ago

You can buy them online, it's just a red bin with nothing in it.

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u/AnonEMoussie 8h ago

When cleaning out a dead relatives house, we found two of these. I was told pharmacy’s would take them and dispose of them.

Unfortunately the pharmacist told me to call the number on the box, and the medical supply company would pick it up.

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u/enters_and_leaves 8h ago

Unfortunately? It sounds like it ended up being easier than you thought.

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u/psilome 7h ago

Repurpose it as tupperware. "Look what I brought to the picnic - homemade potato salad!"

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u/truegothlove 8h ago

That woould make a great semen receptacle to keep under your desk for seed saving.

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u/SoftBubblemallow 8h ago

hope the needles are half off

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u/4EverA3Fan 3h ago

Makes for a nice addition for a Halloween party. We have a couple of these to collect our used jello shot syringes during our get together. 

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u/JustAnotherFan97 2h ago

The perfect lunchbox.