I work at a bookstore that buys books for cash directly from the public.
We get maybe eighty or ninety people a day lugging in horrendously filthy boxes filled with roach droppings, mold, ancient dust and, oh yes, books.
Among these books there is the occasional "find".
But, mostly (and disappointingly) it is 97% garbage.
Today a fellow brought in three boxes full of typical dusty and unkempt books to sell his aunt was "getting rid of" that he thought he'd convert into easy cash.
I took his i.d. and phone number and then looked at the boxes.
THEY WERE ALL JEHOVAH'S WITNESS BOOKS! Bound volumes going back to the 50's, all the booklets, books, concordance, interlinear, bibles, etc. you can think of.
I had a very PECULIAR feeling!
At first I wanted the bound volumes. Why, I don't know. It _____somehow___seemed like I should want them. Then, I thought about it harder and realised it was all garbage and none of it was worth keeping!!
That was a VERY PLEASANT FEELING.
I offered NOTHING (nada) (zip) (zero) for the JW books and a token amount for a few civilian magazines and strength and health magazines.
I told the fellow this:
"I'm sorry I can't offer you anything on these religious books. They have no retail value at all. We base our price on the retail value, you see. We sell at half that.
He was disappointed, but, took the news and the offer.
What I did next was more satisfying than you could ever imagine. It was like the most wonderful catharsis I've ever felt! I DUMPED ALL THE BOOKS IN THE "RECYCLE" BIN (i.e. the dumpster outside the store).
I feel like I struck a blow for freedom somehow.
Boy it felt great!
Free at last; free at last...thank godamighty free at last!