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21 August, 2024
Eggs-tra poor form
Woodford Lifeline opened to an unpleasant surprise on August 10, discovering smashed eggs inside all four of their donation bins.
Shop employee Emma Houghton, said she left on Friday afternoon, and when she returned on Saturday to sort through donations, she found a few of them ruined by broken eggs that had been thrown into the bins.
“A lot of people tend to bring donations when they know we’re open, so we were lucky that there weren’t many donations, but a couple of bags did get ruined,” she said.
Ms Houghton estimated that at least half a dozen eggs were thrown into the four donation bins, noting there were no eggs on the building or around the bins, just inside.
While the clean-up took around half an hour, Ms Houghton said the egging didn’t disrupt operations, as the team guided people to alternative donation spots while the bins were cleaned.
“I just wanted to make sure people knew we were still accepting donations because they sometimes don’t see the bins and assume we aren’t taking donations and just leave,” she said.
In her desire to inform the community that the shop was still open for contributions, Ms Houghton posted on Facebook, which garnered more attention than she expected.
“I was very surprised because I just wanted to let people know to keep bringing donations in, but then I had to be like, ‘Calm down, guys, it’s okay, we’re all good, I just need to let you know,’” she said.
“I think people really care, and everybody loves the town, so when something like this happens, it really shows how much people care.”
The comments on the post all echoed the same sentiment, calling the egging “disgusting behaviour.”
Despite the public outrage, Ms Houghton said these things are just going to happen because “kids will be kids.”
“It would be nice if it didn’t happen, but we can’t do anything about it,” she said.
“It’s just one of those things where we have to go, ‘Well, we’ll put it in the books and call it a day.’”
Ms Houghton said this is the first time she has ever seen this happen in the two years she’s worked there.
Woodford Lifeline can be found at 126 Archer Street, Woodford, open from 8:30am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday, and 8:30am to 3:30pm on Saturday.
