Trolls trashed me for digging through dead NYC woman’s garbage — but I’m giving new life to her treasures
A little trash talk from haters is to be expected — especially when you’re rooting through a dead woman’s wardrobe.
A New York City woman named Nichole has been blasted for thrifting from the dearly departed, but the garbage-to-glam stylist says naysayers simply need to “get over it.”
“So apparently this woman died in December and they’re just now cleaning out her apartment,” the secondhand clotheshorse, from the Upper East Side, explained in a new TikTok video.
The consummate thrift-shopper stumbled upon a heap of jettisoned goodies that had been tossed onto a city sidewalk Thursday.
“There’s furniture, housewares, lamps, trash,” she gushed. “There’s so much stuff, I can’t believe it!.”
But as the brunette got busy picking through the late lady’s belongings, which included a collection of chic blazers, a nosey onlooker began rebuking her for rummaging.
“Oh my god, the manager at this restaurant is freaking out and yelling at me for digging through this — trying to get me in trouble,” said Nichole.
“But in New York, you’re legally allowed to dig through trash, and this is on a public street and a public sidewalk,” she added. “So, get over it.”
Nichole did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for a comment.
But she’s right.
Anna Sacks, the self-crowned “trashwalker” of the Upper West Side, who ditched a traditional 9-to-5 for a life of sustainable scavenging, previously told The Post that dumpster diving is a “meditative” act of anti-waste.
Ted Rao, a social security and disabilities lawyer in the Big Apple, also championed junk hunts as a positive means of helping the hungry.
The 47-year-old attorney recently called out a Crown Heights bagel shop for allegedly dousing its daily leftovers in chemicals in order to stop him from salvaging the scraps for those in need.
“If there is waste, if there is garbage, let’s not just throw it out,” he told The post.
Nichole echoed those sentiments in her viral vid, while also detailing the reprimand she’d received from the outraged restauranteur.
“She called me desperate for trying to dig through and save some of this before it goes to the garbage,” groaned the beleaguered fashionista.
But the nasty name-calling didn’t stop her from fleeing the scene with an armful of fab finds.
“I’m walking away with just one basket full of stuff,” said Nichole, gripping a wicker tote filled with the dearly departed darling’s wardrobe and doodads.
Online, she was hailed an “angel” for giving new life to the graved gal’s personal effects.
“So sad,” lamented Nichole, noting that she could have snagged even more freebies had it not been for the nosey scolder.
“But I’m happy I could save a little bit.”
