Dear H&M,

Wtf dude!?! I’m pretty pissed with you right now. This New York Times article that describes how your company damages unsold items at the end of the season so that they cannot be resold and then disposes of these unworn goods as though they are trash is just heartbreaking.  [Deep breath]

How you gonna throw away new clothing like it’s pox ridden blanket? Like there aren’t tons of people, in all of the countries where your products are sold, that are in desperate need . What’s really good with that? No one in your organization could come up with a better idea for what to do with “leftovers”. Ummm… I hate to state the obvious but just donate the things! If you insist on slashing each piece with a razor, you could just as easily use a permanent marker to blot out your name on the tags like other companies do.

Or would it really be that awful for your image to see a homeless person wearing last season’s nondescript pea coat? Is this really better? I dunno dude, it kind of makes you seem like an unfeeling jerk. It’s bad business! I’m no H&R Block specialist but I’m pretty sure you could get a tax kickback for donating massive amounts of coats to cold children!

In the future, please be on the lookout for me and other scavengers. Armed with a needle, thread, AND A HEART, I’d be more than willing to sew up those ridiculous slash marks and donate the goods myself.

Your deeply disappointed and possibly former customer,

Jillian

UPDATE 1.7.10: H&M says they’re sorry, they didn’t mean to do it. The public doesn’t buy it.