The only use I could see was a cluttered mess in her cupboards.
She always bought dollar clothes at garage sales or the thrift shop.
She would ask us what we paid for various items of clothing and then get furious if we gave honest answers.
We eventually learned that the correct answer was “these pair of jeans? oh they cost me $2 grandma!”
I knew people like that too. It's funny now that you can put it into perspective, but was frustrating at the time. Good people, but they came from a very different world.
I remember going into the drugstore with my brother to read comics when I was a kid and the druggist starting to hover: "Are you going to buy that? Are you planning on buying anything?" There's a lot that's wrong with today, but it is nice that kids can go into a bookstore nowadays and just browse.
Stereotyping annoys me. I have been frugal in many areas. I don't waste. I believe it's a sin. We have grown children with good careers who buy second-hand. There's nothing new under the sun and no generation is better than the next.