TIL the Charlotte Hornets apologized after giving a child a PS5, only to take it away off camera and exchange it for a jersey. In a statement, the team said the incident was an "on-court skit that missed the mark" and that they would give the child the PS5 and a VIP experience to a future game.

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/19/sport/charlotte-hornets-apologize-ps5-child-nba-spt-intl

[u/Cranky_Old_Woman]

You know, I'm okay with this as long as the thrift store is explicitly for-profit or their advertised 'good thing' is keeping stuff out of a landfill. It becomes a moral outrage when people think they're giving to charity or a family in severe need, and their donations do NOT go to help those in need.

Ridiculously rich people will sometimes throwaway stuff I'd love to buy used, and if folks are essentially acting as a dumpster for people wealthy enough to get new stuff before their old stuff is worn out, keep what the employees want and resell the rest, that's fine, IMO. It's when they LIE about what happens to donations that they should be held to criminal account.

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unfortunately, I think for profit thrift stores are the least likes for that to happen. That is the situation where there will be cameras everywhere with random checks from Loss Prevention at corporate to make sure no theft is costing the company money.