Doing renovation of a branch bank that got flooded (I work for the bank). Restoration company stripped it out and cleaned & dried, now I have a gc putting it back together. Real small town. We have a 10 yd dumpsrer in back for the scrap. Got to the site today and found that the dumpster is half full of boxes of wet files. Branch manager is there with me, and she doesn’t know anything about it, so i climb in the dumpster to do some research.
Finally found a box with some old client files from a local CPA office, right on the next street. So I graba folder of the records and tell the manager I’m going to get things sorted out. Unfortunately I was a little worked up, probably should have waited an hour or so. Walked in the office … “Who’s the manager here?” Got the #2 lady and started talking. She explains that they had a rented truck with the files,a nd the city dump closed for the weekend before they could get there, so she went to our place and talked with one of contractors. He said it was ok to put the stuff in our dumpster.
Need to point out that I’m paying for the dumpster directly. And the contract with the gc is T&M + overhead, so he’s in no danger of losing money. No matter what the contractor spends, he’s covered. And if he spends less, he doesn’t make a bigger profit.
Anyway, the lady tells me that the contractor (actually a sub) told her that she could use the dumpster for $100. So she asked if she should make out the check to the company, and he said it would be better in his name. So they paid him. I apologized for the ruckus, and she asked if they owed more!
I went back and talked with the gc’s super, and he wasn’t aware of the deal. He’s going to make the sub return the money. I can’t beliebe the guy basically extorted the cpa and put cash in his pocket.
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Sounds like that ought to be the end of that relationship.
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R. Buckminster Fuller
My plans exactly.
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call the names on the files you found and tell them about Id fraud and let them complain to the cpa
yeppers
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You gotta give that sub credit for thinking fast, anyway. He played that CPA lady like a trout and almost got away with one - lol.
I did 400 sq ft of tile floor for my neighbor last year and had a dumpster in her driveway for a couple of days. We're in a great neighborhood so I wasn't too worried about strange stuff showing up in it. The second morning, an old screen door and some scrap wood "appeared" but that was it. My neighbor was indignant!!! She didn't even calm down when I told her that we were lucky that more stuff wasn't in there. - lol
Around here the haulers do that themselves.
Pick up a container from a jobsite and if there's any room in it at all, call a GC or two that they're friendly with. Stop by the jobsite on the way to the dump, and make a little pocket change.
I don't believe the waste management companies have any problems with it either. If its overweight at the time of the dump, they backcharge the contractor who was paying for it to begin with.
Had it happen to me a few years back. Somehow, a half full 20 yd container cost me $60 in overage charges.
Lemme tell you....I got my $60 worth outta just about every ear that worked in that joint.
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I try to keep a close eye on the dumpster folks. Always keep their quotes and go over their bill closely. When they give you a discounted rate of $3/day, but the bill sneaks it back up to $5/day. When they have 15 different line items of misc crap that suddenly tags on another $50. If it isn't in the ballpark that I agreed to, I'm going to give them the ear full you already mentioned.
jt8
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We were building a 2 car garage with upstairs apartment on Sea Island, now mind you this is a gated community, minimum lot price of 1mil +. Get to work one morning and find two 27" stereo TV's in the dumpster. One had a busted case from being tossed in, the other one looked good. One of the guys took it home, hooked it up, it worked perfectly. He bought a cheapie universal remote and had an early Christmas.
Seems like the upscale neighborhoods are worse about using dumpsters than the others around here anyway.
Trust your neighbors, but brand your calves.
TCW Specialists in Custom Remodeling.
I framed a house about 10 years ago and Monday morning I get to the job and the dumpster is full with what looks like someone cleaned out their garage and attic with everything that you can imagine.The little white garbage bag sitting at the top of the dumpster I pulled off and opened it and it looked like Sunday breakfast. The very first piece of paper out of the bag was the address of the people who illegally loaded the dumpster.Pretty smart, Huh? Should've seen their faces when we pulled up to their front door with the cops and how stupid they looked unloading the dumspter.Joe Carola
Edited 11/15/2006 7:52 am ET by Framer
Same thing with our company dump truck. When bags of trash got tossed in there, we would find the address from their mail, then we delivered them like the newspaper...early in the morning--by air--WHAM...right to the front door. Now that's service.
These people are nothing but low life scumbags in plain english who do this stuff. The people who loaded the dumpster that I was talking about was lucky that the Builder didn't press charges on them. He just told them to take it all out of the dumpster.They should've thrown themselves in the dumpster just like the rest of the trash.Joe Carola
Yup. Bottom line, it is stealing.
On a couple jobs we let some of the neighbors throw stuff in a not completely full dumpster for good neighborly relations purposes (like they put up with the noise and dust/dirt nextdoor without complaint so we tried to do them little favors to keep things friendly -- housing inspectors are but a phone call away and in the city there's always something they can hassle you with if a complaint comes in). But the neighbors were always courteous enough to ask before just throwing crap in.
"Let's get crack-a-lackin" --- Adam Carolla
I agree with you there. I've done that also. The only time I don't let that happen at the moment is if I’m almost done with the job and I have more stuff to load and I want to fit my stuff in first. I’ll tell them that if there's any space left over, then they can put something in.I've seen it happen before where a Builder or GC lets someone use the dumpster and the people take advantage and throw so much stuff in that there's no more room for the builder's stuff and he would have to get a small dumpster or tell them to take some of their stuff out.
Joe Carola
I own a commercial building (mostly occupied by trades - hardwood flooring / electrial etc)
One day I found a used refrigerator sitting next to my dumpster and a 'new' refrigerator shipping carton stuffed inside the dumpster. Along with the address of the refrigerator on some paperwork. Hey, these folks ain't the brightest people.
I found some 'muscle' and we loaded the old refrig and box into the back of my pickup. We then "delivered" the merchandise back to it's rightfull owners by tipping it out of the truck smack dab into the middle of their front yard. I knocked on their front door (remember, my "muscle" was waiting next to the truck- I ain't stupid either!!).
I told the woman who answered the door that I "found her stolen merchandise" and in the spirit of good citizenship wanted no reward for returning it to her.
She never said a word. I think her jaw was broken cause it just hung there !!!!!
Me and "muscle" stopped for a couple brews and many more laughs!!!
That reminds me of a story....
One Friday afternoon get a call. Can you pick up a fridge at this hoity toity town? This afternoon? Sale can't close until it is picked up. OK, load it in my pickup. Look at it. Decide to see if it will run. Sure enough. Great! Beer fridge.
Send a bill off.
No check. Call.....nothing doing.
So after a couple of calls I load up the fridge and return it to the guys office. He is a stockbroker. So he's got a pretty nice office. In a tower. Nice carpet. Secretary out front. Couple people waiting in the front area. Drop it right in the pathway. Have the secretary call for him. Just told him nicely that I was returning his fridge. Walked out with only my handtruck.
Got a nasty call on my cell for that one.
I love stories like that!
blue
priceless ;>)
In 1971, I was in the Navy, stationed at Mare Island, and newly married. We lived in an apartment building that was just this side of being a slum.
One day, I took the trash out to the dumpster and found an old dresser sitting there. It looked pretty sad - partially covered with some kind of adhesive backed fake wood vinyl and at least two coats of paint. Since it was still pretty sound, I scratched thru the vinyl and paint and discovered that it was QSWO.
Since our living room furniture sonsisted of a used couch, two second hand lamps, and moving boxes covered with bedsheets for end tables, free furniture was definitely appealing.
I dragged the dresser into our apartment and we spent a couple of weeks stripping, sanding, and refinishing it. We shared it for the next 3-4 years and it went into our daughters bedroom when we bought our first house. Today, it's in the guest bedroom and still looks as good as it did after we worked it over. - lol
Just recently, had a 20 yd delivered to empty an estate. We filled it the first day. Came back the next morning, and it was about half full. Got to love the recyclers!
A friend works for a large regional electrical contractor. They had an equipment yard in a large midwest city. Had to have their dumpster removed. Even with fences, locks on the dumpster, etc. It was always full of other debris.
On more than one ocassion, the other debris, was part of a homicide investigation !
Brudoggie
I've got a dumpster at one of my rental places. It was getting pretty sad looking. Rusted out in a couple of places, lots of scrapes and dents. Yesterday a brand new one had replaced it. Looks really nice. BUT!! it is half the size of the old one!!
Think I should pay only half the bill??
outside my daughter's apartment in the Logan Square area of Chicago
What is your contract with them? Hereabout it is by the size by the pickup. Should be cheaper if its only half the size unless maybe they're going to pick it up twice as much.
jt8
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A good friend of mine was making an extra $20k+ per year doing the same thing when he was stationed in Guam. Most of the stuff was gotten at the dump and a little cleanup/paint was much sought after by the locals and military personel.
After four years, when he returned the states to put down 50% on a house in San Diego. He said that it was the only way to afford a house on military pay.
i've got a refridgerator one for you...One couple here had their fridge on it's last legs. They happened to be invited to dinner at a friend's place just half mile down the road one night. When they got there, on the porch was an old fridge, and inside was a brand new one. So some of that night's conversation was about fridges. Turned out that the one on the porch was still working fine but the hosts just wanted a new update with water dispenser in the door.So the guests got permission to take the old one home with them. They did.The next AM, the hosts woke up to find the broken down old unit from their guests sitting smack in the middle of their front lawn. From the way I heard it, the phone lines almost melted down and the guests were "invited" back over to remove their "trade-in" and pay for the disposal fee themselves.
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Yet another refrigerator story...Blizzard of 1977. I help a buddy clean out one of his rentals. The fridge is trash and the range is a mess. We load them into his F-250 and proceed to fill the empty bed space with empty beer bottles that filled the rental.Where to dump all that junk at 11:00 p.m.? Working for the same outfit was a smarmy, backstabbing pencilpusher named Lynn. Lynn had a 200'+ driveway. Remember the blizzard part? We had deep snow that year - lots of it. Lynn's driveway looked like a trough with six foot snow/ice walls on either side. My buddy backs in the driveway, I drop the tailgate and get back in the cab. He backs up real fast, locks up the brakes, slips it into first and the appliances and bottles unload all by themselves. We motor on our way pretty proud of ourselves. Lynn didn't make it into work the next day. He couldn't simply push the appliances off to the side because of the D-E-E-P snow. And all that glass, darn! The crew had a good laugh and nobody ratted us out. Lynn had that one coming. Every time I bump into one of the old crew that story comes up.
Yup. Bottom line, it is stealing
Geez! You just took away my only perk!
blue
"we would find the address from their mail, then we delivered them like the newspaper...early in the morning--by air--WHAM...right to the front door. Now that's service."
Ok simple. I dispose of all of my trash illeagally in your dumpster, then I place my enemy's name and address on something in a conspicuous location near the top. Two birds, one stone :)
I had a dumpster delivered to a new SF home I was under a tight schedule to get done. Brought in a 40 yrd since it was only 1.00 more a day than a 30yrd. I figured I would only fill it about 2/3 with the debris I had from the house. After 3 days the neighborhood had discovered it and I had to climb in and rearange the matresses and desks and lamps so I could fit the rest of my garbage in. I asked a couple of the neighbors I was on good terms with if they had seen anyone and they all said no of course since they have to live there. This was the same house that when we poured the driveway 2 kids from across the street came over with a sharp rock and wrote their full names in the concrete. I even stayed on site till I could walk on the cement without leaving prints. They must have been waiting for me to leave.You should have seen the look on their parents faces when I showed them. LOL It cost them over 1000.00 to get that fixed!!
Ok simple. I dispose of all of my trash illeagally in your dumpster, then I place my enemy's name and address on something in a conspicuous location near the top. Two birds, one stone
Youre giving me some good ideas. I know a few a-holes that deserve this....
blue
Ok simple. I dispose of all of my trash illeagally in your dumpster, then I place my enemy's name and address on something in a conspicuous location near the top. Two birds, one stone
Youre giving me some good ideas. I know a few a-holes that deserve this....
Wait, you're not going to do that to poor Framer, are you? THAT would make u a scumback, I have no doubt.
I just couldn't resist. I'll get back in the dumpster now.
>> Blue said, "Ok simple. I dispose of all of my trash illeagally in your dumpster, then I place my enemy's name and address on something in a conspicuous location near the top. Two birds, one stoneYoure giving me some good ideas. I know a few a-holes that deserve this...." <<>> You said, "Wait, you're not going to do that to poor Framer, are you? THAT would make u a scumback, I have no doubt.""I just couldn't resist. I'll get back in the dumpster now." <<What dumpster did you crawl out from to keep bringing me into this with Blue instead of directing it at me? Blue and I can handle each other without some nobody like you to try and get us going.What’s your problem with me? Are you one of those little wimps that get together with other little wimps and feel brave, or can you direct your comments right to me?Obviously you’re another scumbag who loads dumpsters also and didn't like being called a scumbag?
Joe Carola
It was intended merely as a joke, nothing more, poking fun at how serious this thread had become.
"I'll get back in the dumpster now" = I will crawl back under my rock = self depreciation.
With apologies to Peter Gabriel...all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the insidein my dumpster
the light the heat
in my dumpster
I am complete
in my dumpster...
Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06
You can joke about a man's truck. You can joke about a man's tools. Sometime you can even job about a man's wife.Just don't joke about his dumpster.
Or his dog. Especially if his dog is better looking than his wife.
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Dare I say - or more faithful?
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Joe, yer taking yourself entirely too seriously here.You are in danger of letting your temper buy you a warning. Cool yer jets for a while, ok ?=0)
Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06
What dumpster did you crawl out from to keep bringing me into this with Blue instead of directing it at me? Blue and I can handle each other without some nobody like you to try and get us going.
Actuilly Joe, I might need a little assistance from Rick to handle you. You don't sound like you're going to be coaxed into the dumpster and maybe the two of us can hoist you over the side.
S blue
blue
You are devious! <g>
The plot of this tale sounded familiar, then I remembered Arlow Guthrie's song 'Alice's Restaurant Massacree'.
Man we got dumpster divers here that would love your job site.
In some neighborhoods around here a ten yard dumpster takes weeks to fill up, even though it is nearly full every night.
I worked on a Midas Muffler shop once and not much wood from the demolition went to the landfill. That thing got picked clean every night. Saved us at least three dumpster charges we had in the bid'
Dave
That's a good deal as long as they aren't also helping themselves to the lumber pile.
jt8
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Yup thats recycling. The carpet people here dont even worry about getting rid of takeouts. There are people waiting when they get back to the shop.
I rented a 10 yarder to strip some wood siding. the driver who picked up the dumpster says to me "this one cant weigh a full ton". I said "you can tell?" He said "sure, within a couple hundred pounds."
I got an adjusted bill for 4 ton.
-never paid that one
in south Miami we'd place a 20 yard'er..
fill it every day and the divers would empty it every night...
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Unfortunately, if I had tried that with the container company I had dealt with, they likely woulda taken "my f*#@kin' thumb Charlie"!
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I prefer to be polite and return trash bags that I find in my dumpsters.....but I can't figure out how every time I return them that the bags tear and the trash gets scattered in the yard. Must be cheap bags.John
J.R. Lazaro Builders, Inc.
Indianapolis, In.
I have several dumpsters that I supply as part of the lease... Have'n stopped people from empty'n the back of pickups full of trash into my dumpsters... I have to say... most people just don't know... don't have a clue that these things cost $$
at my loft project now i keep a small dumpster out front (a freebee for my other business with this company) some local paper boy dumps his papers in it everyday so everyone leaves with a todays paper... and i keep a few for protecting floors ect... I can count on people home trash fill'n it up about once a month...
I now have a hand lettered sign that says "free wood" i put all my scrap and used nail filled wood on the curb... it never lasts but a few days it gets culled then culled again... a few have even offered to pay a few $$ if we'd cut it up to burn size for them... funny how few people will stop and get the "free" wood while we are around... they wait til we are gone... funny...
pretty sure i've removed more from dumpsters than I've ever put in em...
p
>> Have'n stopped people from empty'n the back of pickups full of trash into my dumpsters... I have to say... most people just don't know... don't have a clue that these things cost $$ <<That's has got to be the furthest thing from the truth. How can any grown man or woman think that a dumpster is free and they can unload a pickup full of garbage in it? They’re either stupid, drunk, drug addicts or just low life scumbags that don't give a sh!t......Joe Carola
Edited 11/16/2006 7:10 am ET by Framer
Neighbour across the street moved out after living there basically housebound for fifty years. Her kids brought in a big bin and spent a couple weeks of hard slogging, dragging stuff out of the house and loading the bin. But some dumb-#### in the neighbourhood helped her out by dumping a battery and about four gallons of used oil (in containers), fortunately without putting in the extra effort to toss them into the bin. I had to haul them to the household hazardous waste depot for her. Unfortunately they left no helpful address information, so I'm left mad without knowing whose #### to kick.
Damn! I've been doing it wrong all these years. Whenever I see a dumpster I stop and peek in to see if there is anything good being throw away! Got a bunch of good stuff that way.Yesterday I went to the landfill to get rid of some old shingles and my wife told me to come back with LESS stuff than I was taking.Steve.
LESS stuff than I was taking.that why I,m not allow to go to the dump.
Joe,
The funny thing is that I have neighbors around me that don' have a garbage hauler. What the HeJJ do they do with the garbage?Take it to work? We are allowed to burn but not all garbage is combustible.I wonder where it goes?
one renter I cleaned up after used the 2 car garage as storage..
garage became full.. they left..
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Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
>> The funny thing is that I have neighbors around me that don' have a garbage hauler.<< How is that possible?>> What the HeJJ do they do with the garbage? <<Move to a place where they have a garbage hauler.Joe Carola
There was no garbage service to my parents' house for years, and I've never seen two people generate so little trash. They literally would take one or two kitchen bags to the landfill every other week. They are still frugal with trash, among other things, even though there is now garbage pickup every week.
Brings back memories of a remodel i worked at.
Garbage all of a sudden started showing up in the back alley, first one truck load, next day another, third day someone got caught, claimed he only dumped the last load, did'nt matter, he had to take it all away.
He had already been paid to haul this garbage away by someone else.
It was cheaper to dump it on someones elses jobsite.
I'd like to think their trash goes somewhere, but the old washer and dryer are still out on the porch after a year or so...
How can any grown man or woman think that a dumpster is free and they can unload a pickup full of garbage in it?
I agree with you, but people may not realize that you get charged for the weight of the dumpster and not just a flat fee. Adding a "few things" wouldn't cost anything if it were already paid for, right? Well, maybe that's the thought process.
they know it isn't free...
the would rather steal from the dumpster renter than pay for their own service or the transfer station fees..
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Forget the primal scream, just ROAR!!!
>> I agree with you, but people may not realize that you get charged for the weight of the dumpster and not just a flat fee. Adding a "few things" wouldn't cost anything if it were already paid for, right? Well, maybe that's the thought process. <<The weight has nothing to do with it at all, Period!!What low life scumbag throws garbage in someone's else's dumpster??There's no other way that they can think about it. They're taking up space in someone else's dumpster, Period!!Okay, I'm the scumbag here and I see a dumpster, so I say to my scumbag self, "Scumbag, can I throw stuff into this dumpster that isn't mine? Are the people paying for this dumpster? Are they paying for weight? Can I take up their space so that they can't fit what they need to fit in there? Alright, all of the above. Yes I can,me the scumbag can throw my garbage in someone else's dumpster.........Joe Carola
Can I take up their space so that they can't fit what they need to fit in there
What if the dumpster isn't going to be full? Is it okay then?
Have you ever dumped your ashtray, or a soda bottle in the builders dumpster? Would that make you a scumbag?
blue
>> What if the dumpster isn't going to be full? Is it okay then? <<If you read my other post you would realize that I said if someone ASKED FIRST if they could throw some stuff in the dumpster and I wasn't finished yet, I would tell them that when I'm finished if there's some room left over that they could do it. I'm not going to let someone throw stuff in my dumpster and then there's no room left for my stuff and I have to get another dumpster.>> Have you ever dumped your ashtray, or a soda bottle in the builders dumpster? <<Don't smoke its disgusting. If I did smoke I would empty it my own garbage instead of dumping them in the street or a parking lot somewhere and throwing them out the windows like all these other scumbags smokers do. Do you smoke and throw your cigarettes out the window and dump your ashtray in a parking lot somewhere or in the street like the other scumbag smokers do? Any jobsite that I'm on and a builder has a dumpster, they want every trade to throw their soda cans or coffee break and lunch garbage in.If there's no dumpster, then where provided with a garbage can or garbage bags. That doesn't make the sub-contractors scumbags for throwing a soda can in a builders dumpster. That's just common sense Blue.Are you really trying to say that sub-contractors coffee and lunch break garbage is the same thing as people from the neighborhood illegally dumping their garbage in someone else’s dumpster?Did you even bother to read what this thread is about? It's about scumbag people in the neighborhood driving around and throwing their garbage in someone else's dumpster. It's not about a builder’s sub-contractor’s throwing their soda can or ashtray in the dumpster.You trying to start an argument, or are you one of those scumbags that throws your garbage in someone else's dumpsters and think that your entitled to do? You seem like your defending these actions.
Joe Carola
Gee this is a touchy subject for you. Were you thrown in a dumpster when you were a kid?
>> Gee this is a touchy subject for you. Were you thrown in a dumpster when you were a kid? <<Not a touchy subject for me at all. Never been thrown in one either or ever met anyone that could possibly do it to me also. Since your saying that, I guess your on of those who load dumpster that aren't yours. Maybe you should throw yourself in while your at it! If not, mind your business.Joe Carola
Assuming what somebody does or does not do just makes YOU look like an azz. And this is an OPEN forum so it's EVERYBODY'S business.
In a way I think you should be at least be a bit happy that the people are putting their trash in dumpsters, even if they aren't paying.Often when I'm on my way to work I see couches, mattresses, appliances, along with the household trash and reno debris dumped along the side of the road during the night. The more bashful types have no issues doing the same to undeveloped lots with any sort of access.The thing that irks me is that it only costs $3 to $10 to take a pickup load to the transfer station, and they probably spent close to that on gas to drive it out to a secluded place to get rid of it for free.
Edited 11/18/2006 4:37 pm by QCInspector
I often visit a family member at a local private cemetary. They have a dumpster there for local visitors' waste, dead flowers and old plants plus yard waste from the caretakers. You wouldn't believe the type of household trash I find there on a regular basis. Last time someone threw in an old dishwasher. What is wrong with these people.
>> Assuming what somebody does or does not do just makes YOU look like an azz.And this is an OPEN forum so it's EVERYBODY'S business. <<Do you really think that I care if you think that I look like an #### for assuming that you’re a guy that loads someone else's dumpsters? Yes, it is an open forum. If you thought it was a touchy subject for me, why did you make a post like that to me? You’re an ####!Did you think that I was going to tell you that I love you or something?I told you to mind your own business and don't respond to me. I guess you think that I'm your business because you don't like the way I respond about scumbags who load someone else's dumpsters. Again, why don't you mind your own business and let me talk to who ever I want to talk too without you making any smart #### comments to me. Or do you want to keep dancing?
Joe Carola
All right youse guys, don't MAKE me come over there...
Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06
Funny how I'm getting my ba!!s busted for the way I speak about people who load someone else's dumpster...........Joe Carola
Funny how I'm getting my ba!!s busted for the way I speak about people who load someone else's dumpster...........
I kinda think the word "scumbag" is somewhat of an over-reaction. Especially since you've probably dumped some of your truck garbage into a builders dumpster without permission.
I'm just trying to determine where the quantity break is before one ends up in scumbagville.
blue
>> I kinda think the word "scumbag" is somewhat of an over-reaction. Especially since you've probably dumped some of your truck garbage into a builders dumpster without permission. <<Blue,Your amazing!Scumbag isn't an over reaction at all for people who do this. It might be to you because you do it, obviously. I've never dumped a truck load of garbage in any builders dumpster before without permission. I guess this is a normal thing for you.>> I'm just trying to determine where the quantity break is before one ends up in scumbagville. <<You should know what it is. What is the quantity that you usualy put in?Also, I guess you would have to use your fork lift to get me in a dumpster, huh?Joe Carola
Edited 11/18/2006 8:15 pm ET by Framer
Also, I guess you would have to use your fork lift to get me in a dumpster, huh?
No. I read the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People." I wouldn't be thinking of forcing you into the dumpster...I'd coax (coerce) you in.
Would I be accused of being a scumbag if I managed to persuade you into the dumpster?
blue
>> Would I be accused of being a scumbag if I managed to persuade you into the dumpster? <<No, but I guess I would be your friend after I went in to pull you out.Joe Carola
I'm with you on this one Joe.
Nothing pisses me off more than theft, which this is.Remodeling Contractor just on the other side of the Glass City
Joe, this is not aimed at you or anyone else,I just clicked on your thread. I was talking to a Police Officer in an alley in a less than desireable part of town. I remarked about people throwing trash everywhere and in others dumpsters.He said he pays more for a larger dumpster so people WILL throw it in his dumpster rather than toss it in the alley. I realize this doesnt have anything to a site specific dumpster but I found it interesting.
Cripes carola,I don't care for dumpster thieves either, especially the one that dumped a 5 gal bucket of paint upside down in one of my dumpsters and let it leak unto the driveway. I've got a bill for them if they show up again..............but it might be time to take a little break from this thread? you're looking a little fanaticaljust a thoughtwondering how many guys it would take for framer. ;)
Barry E-Remodeler
>> ..............but it might be time to take a little break from this thread? you're looking a little fanatical <<Maybe I should because I'm surprised to find out that it sounds like this Fine Homebuilding forum has people here that aren't Fine Homebuilders and defend peoploe who load dumpsters that aren't theirs.Joe Carola
wondering how many guys it would take for framer.
LOL. I could get him into that dumpster, if the owner gave me permission. I stayed in a Holiday Inn once!
blue
PS This thread is bringing tears to my eyes!
<G>That could be a problem if it's Framer's dumpster
Barry E-Remodeler
>> .............but it might be time to take a little break from this thread? you're looking a little fanatical <<This was your first post to me.Now, you say this to Blue, "That could be a problem if it's Framer's dumpster"Now, it might be time for you to take a little break and stop bringing me into to this, right? Or do you want to keep trying to start stuff with Blue and me, or do you want to go back and forth with me for no reason?Joe Carola
Your self righteous anger over trivialities is funny. I smile AT you every time you express it.
Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06 ~ LukaSamT
He's a good guy though...Did I ever mention sheet rock screws to you?;)
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I'll tell tho', somebody put fish guts in my dumpster on a hot day and I'm gonna kill 'em!
be no lie
You know what lobstah leavins smells like after a day in a black plastic bag in summer sun?But if I put them in the compost heap and throw petmnoss over them, no smell that is noticeable...some people stink though
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That, he is.
Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06
That he is.
Otherwise why try to wise him up?
Sheetrock screws, I love 'em. framed my last house with 'em, better 'n nails.
Ducking now!SamT
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--- There's no other way that they can think about it. They're taking up space in someone else's dumpster, Period!! ---It wasn't until I bought my own house and started fixing it up, and had to pay for disposal of the large quantity of resulting debris, that it ever even crossed my mind.I don't think the majority of people who *aren't* doing renovations, and especially renters who don't have to pay for household garbage pickup either, give any thought to the idea that someone has to pay for the use of the dumpster, and that putting their stuff into it costs someone else money. But then, most people don't have the quantities to dispose of that you guys are talking about, either. Certainly I've never put more than an empty fast-food bag into someone else's dumpster.I could see ignorance being the genesis of a one-time incident with a large or noxious deposit in someone else's dumpster -- assuming they don't live in an area where abuse is rampant and dumpsters are routinely locked (I never saw locked dumpsters until I moved to the Bay area). Getting their deposit returned to them seems a fitting lesson.Rebeccah
>> I don't think the majority of people who *aren't* doing renovations, and especially renters who don't have to pay for household garbage pickup either, give any thought to the idea that someone has to pay for the use of the dumpster, and that putting their stuff into it costs someone else money. <<How does an adult whether they're renters or not think that they can fill their garbage bag up and walk across the street, or get in their car and drive to a dumpster whether it's on a construction sight or someone else's house that just got a dumpster delivered to their house to clean out their garage, attic, basement or whatever else they want to throw their own personal stuff it think that it's alright?I had to get a dumpster this past summer because my basement flooded and I had to throw everything out. Does that mean that everyone can come over like gang busters and throw their garbage in there because they think that the dumpster is for the whole neighbor hood? Obviously people do.It's not on their property. If there was no dumpster there, can people just start walking around the neighborhood and use someone else's garbage cans? No. So why is it that when a dumpster gets dropped off it’s like a free for all for all these low life’s? It's no different then before the dumpster got there, it's not your property to throw out your garbage.I can't even believe that this is even a rational thought for anyone. It's not even worth trying to figure out what’s on theses peoples minds because they're 100% wrong for throwing garbage in someone else’s dumpster.
Joe Carola
Well, it is possible that at least some of those scumbags mistook that dumpster for a public one. In my city we can arrange to have the city drop off a dumpster for the weekend in our neighborhood. It is free to everyone in the neighborhood and we are encouraged to use it rather than leave trash in our yards as both an eyesore and a fire hazard. Of course we are paying for it with our taxes, but all it takes is a phone call to get on the schedule. We used to get 5 free passes to the dump, but I guess that was too much work for some people. I don't know if other cities are like mine, but perhaps a sign on the dumpster marking it as "Private, no dumping" would help your problem.
>> Well, it is possible that at least some of those scumbags mistook that dumpster for a public one. <<Aimless,These scumbags don't mistake it as a public dumpster at all. A dumpster isn't a public dumpster if it's on your property in your own driveway or even an empty lot when framing a new house.Like you said, where your from you get a dumpster dropped off in the neighborhood that's free for everyone. I'm sure it's not dropped off in someone’s driveway. Where are they dropped off? Even if it is, your neighborhood knows about it. There are no public dumpsters dropped off around here and these scumbags know that and they will use your dumpster anyway.No matter which way anyone looks at it, there's no excuse at all, and these people do it anyway and know that they're doing something wrong unless they're drunk or on drugs.
Joe Carola
"if it's on your property in your own driveway"
Point taken. I was thinking that it was in the parking area of the street - it never occurred to me that people would pull their truck up onto the property to dump illegally. Kind of makes you wish you could put retractable tire spikes around the perimeter :)
--- How does an adult whether they're renters or not think that they can fill their garbage bag up and walk across the street, or get in their car and drive to a dumpster whether it's on a construction sight or someone else's house that just got a dumpster delivered to their house to clean out their garage, attic, basement or whatever else they want to throw their own personal stuff it think that it's alright? ---As I said, the quantities of garbage dumped that people are talking about here are beyond anything reasonable.The specific situations discussed here have all been extreme (in my mind) situations, where there is no question that what they did was wrong and they had to have known it was wrong. I was repsonding to the more general question of how anyone under *any* cirsumstances could not know it's wrong to put *any* garbage into a dumpster that they themself had not specifically ordered. Two other posters besides myself can think of situations where people might not obviously *know* that it's wrong, even though it still is -- one where the quantity is small, and the other where the dumpster is in a public location in a locality that does have some "public" dumpsters. I am saying that in those two situations, if someone has never themself had to pay for disposing of their garbage, it is even more likely that they will never have even thought about it.--- I can't even believe that this is even a rational thought for anyone. It's not even worth trying to figure out what’s on theses peoples minds because they're 100% wrong for throwing garbage in someone else’s dumpster. ---My point was that an awful lot of people DON'T think, at all. Not that doing this is rational. And yes, people do put stuff in other people's garbage cans, too, including mine on occasion. And I'd rather they do that, in moderation, than just dump their food wrappings on the street in front of my house, which they do as well. Here's another twist. In my neighborhood, there aren't enough garbage cans on the street and/or they don't empty them often enough. A neighbor sent around a petition last year because her next door neighbors were in the habit of dumping large quantities of household garbage into the public garbage can in front of her house and business (she has a tarot card reading business that she runs from her house) rather than getting a larger can from the local waste disposal company, and she wanted to get the garbage can removed, or at least moved across the street. Naturally, I thought this was horribly inconsiderate of her neighbors. Why didn't they just order a larger can if they were going to produce that much garbage? I mean, come on!What I didn't know, and didn't find out until that house went on the market a month or two ago, is that that house is a rental. I would be willing to bet that the owner simply ordered the cheapest level of garbage service, and the renters simply made the best of an inadequate situation -- maybe they said something to the owner, and maybe not. I'm sure they would never consider contacting the waste disposal company themselves to order a larger can, not feeling it is their responsibility, if indeed garbage collection is supposed to be included in the rent (as I suspect it is). It's quite likely that they don't even know who the waste disposal company is, although obviously it's not that hard to find out.All of this is just by way of illustrating that *some* of these cases *can* be explained by sheer thoughtlessness, rather than evil intent. Doesn't make it right, and as I said before, when the perpetrator can be identified, there is a very effective means of making the thoughtless actually give the matter some thought.Rebeccah
And I'd rather they do that, in moderation, than just dump their food wrappings on the street in front of my house
I'm not sure, I haven't got a clarification yet, but I think these types of people still qualify as scumbags.
blue
"My point was that an awful lot of people DON'T think, at all."Exactly !!The normal steps seem to be...1. Not thinking at all. Period. Blatantly dump.2. Get a clue in some way, and CHOOSE not to think about it.3. Get enough clues that it becomes impossible not to think about it. So begin to surreptitiously dump.4. Get caught, or confronted. Blame someone else. 50/50 chance no more dumping will be done...
Get over it....... The angry going eat you up. ~Brownbagg '06
I keep a couple of signs that say, "FREE" to save on disposal costs. Sofas and used carpets and broken chairs...somebody always wants it./
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put a sign up on that stuff with a price tag on it...
it'll disappear faster...
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True story, guy I know had an old freezer that worked fine, he put it on the side of the road with a "FREE" sign on it, no takers.
A week later he changed the "Free" to "$50" and overnight it was gone.
Your not kiddin. I emptied out our last house and left some things that were still useable out of the dumpster. They were slowly going away until I put a FREE sign on them.
No one touched another thing on the lawn.
I keep a couple of signs that say, "FREE" to save on disposal costs. Sofas and used carpets and broken chairs...somebody always wants it./
Just a matter of finding a new owner prior to your neighbors complaining about the garbage in your yard.
jt8
"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The dumpster companies try to rip off the CG's all the time with overweight fees. Had one company dump a container of cardboard boxes from a customer's move in and send me a overweight invoice! I told him he should have recycled it and send me the cash! After 6 months and a collection agency we paid the original amount less the overweight charge. Maybe we should invest in jobsite dumpster scales?
oh wow. He be hosed.
Real trucks dont have sparkplugs
My big issue with this is client confidentiality and possible fraud/identity theft issues. This paperwork should have been shredded before disposal. I would talk to the owner of the CPA firm and let them know what happened. They could be leaving themselves open for some big lawsuits if this comes out.
" There'll be no living with her now" - Captain Jack Sparrow
Almost all the stuff was old blank tax forms (never had seen a W-3 before) and old tax books and tax seminar material. I think I found the only box with information, and I took it back to them as evidence. They were surprised it was in there.
"When asked if you can do something, tell'em "Why certainly I can", then get busy and find a way to do it." T. Roosevelt
I'd have a serious talk with him about "What if this information about this incident were to become part of a nespaper article?"
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An added note to this, I believe those kind of files, if not because of the law but because of the scum that's out there, may contain personal information that should've been shredded.
There was a case around here where a doctor (plastic surgen) set a computer out on the curb for trash. Before setting it out he "removed" the data by removing the memory chips.Someone scavaged it and "repaired" the computer and saw all kinds of patient records.Went to a TV station with the information. Just in time for sweeps month.Doctor tried to sue the person that picked up the computer and the TV station, but was not succesful.
The athletic booster club I use to be president off
held a 3 day softball tournament, we had just
groomed the fields cleaned and refurbished
restrooms, and concession stands, man it was
looking nice. last day was gonna be on a Sunday
starting at 1 pm. , got a call bright and early Sun. morn.
"Man you ain't gonna beleive this come down to the
field right away"!!! I arrived at the ball park a few minutes
later,there was a pile of trash, junk, used tires that was about
8' high on the pitchers mound , the food stand and benches were
covered with "glued" pages from an xxx poro mag. did I mention this
was a church leage tourney.called some club members and got it
picked up anf straightened up before 12 , whew.
Couple years ago I was replacing all the doors and windows in a rental unit. Got there one day about half way through the job and the 30 yarder was full. The owner came by and we started rooting around and found some garbage with a return address. Called cops. Cops took garbage to address. They admitted putting the stuff in the dumpster. Cops said that charges could have been pressed, though I don't remember which. Owner declined to press charges, but only on the condition that all the garbage was removed.
Came back the next day and the dumpster was only half full. Again.
"I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul." Invictus, by Henley.
We were demoing a doctor's office in a medical square. I had the roll off dropped off on Friday for start on Monday. I showed up Monday morning 6:30 am to a 20 yd box full of boxes and packing materials. Apparently a new doctor was setting up shop just across the square and moved in during the weekend. At 7 am when my crew arrived, we loaded all the stuff from the box and moved it right in front his entrance.
At 8:30 he comes across looking for the owner. I introduced myself as the person in charge that day. He proceeded to tell me how rude I was for putting his trash in front of the door. He said he got permission from the "head guy" on Friday to put his stuff in there. I informed him that the only "head guy" there on Friday was me and I certainly did not give him permission.
After realizing he got caught in his lie, he proceeded to tell me how unprofessional it was to do that and he would have been happy to reimburse me for the cost of the dumpster. I asked him why didn't he just take responsibility for his trash from the start and like a professional not impose his crap on other people.
He informed me he was "friends" with the owners and he was going to let them know about my behavior. The owners and I had a great laugh at dinner at my house that evening.
I was simply amazed at how this person who was totally in the wrong felt completely justified at his actions to the point of trying to blame me for all the problems.
Incredible.
Bruce
Well, his is a 'doctor' and you were just..................a laborer to him.
As Tim Holt told Walter Huston in The Treasure of Sierra Madre, "the worst ain't so bad when it finally happens."
Can't help but hear "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie playing in my head as I read this thread
we use to get rollaways for our broken concrete samples, but due to all the employees bringing they trash from Home. How do you tell the owner to quit
....one big pile is better than two smaller piles.....rather than bring that pile up we decided to throw ours down....
I was going to say the same thing... I might even get it out tonight.
Two stories... First I have a 30 yd. roll off at my house 2 or 3 times a year. It will sit for a couple of weeks, but the heighbors don't complain in lieu of free dumping of the odds and ends. I do however return deposits of house hold waste to others by way of midnight delivery with a note saying " next time pay or I will call the cops". Have not had to go to the same house twice! One of my heighbors chooses not to pay for trash service and trys to sneak his trash in with several other houses after they leave for the day. I love watching him try to get home in time to get his trash cans before the "victims" get home from work! Some peoples kids!
That would be good for a segment of 'caught on tape'!
As Tim Holt told Walter Huston in The Treasure of Sierra Madre, "the worst ain't so bad when it finally happens."
Definitely a classic. Just not Thanksgiving without spending 18 minutes listening.
The bigger concern for me would be to know if that accounting office had any of MY FILES or information there that was being exposed to the public eye and not burt or shreddded. This is how identity theft happens.
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i had a 30 yd. roll off in my drive when i stripped the exterior siding off my house. it was aluminum with the pressed backer that was glued on with a miracal adhesive. below that was pink, i meen pink! colored brick coat. so the aluminum i loaded in my truck, strapped it down and drove like a madman forty miles to a scap yard. they say we cant take it with the backing so i drive home. figured it wouldnt take to long to remove the backing and started with a razor scraper and one piece done in 20 minutes. next piece was a trip to the E R for 16 stitches on the underside of my arm.
so a couple days later i said not worth the hundred bucks or so for scrap money so put it all in the dumpster. then all the brick coat on top. plus a few pieces of aluminum on top of that.
later that day someone starts pounding on the 32' extension ladder that i am on trying to tyvek before the rain starts and asks if they can have the scrap. so i climb down and say sure. all of a sudden four kids climb out of this van and dive i meen dive in the box. their dad i guess says dont worry we do this all the time they wont get hurt. great. so i say to the "dad" jokingly there is a lot of tin below the brick coat and these kids were like animals pawing at that stuff to get to the tin. after a couple of hours i look in the box and there is not one piece of tin anywhere and the brick coat barely covered 18" of the bottom of the box.
when i replaced my furnace and ductwork i set it outside on the drive for my tinner buddy to take and not but 20 minutes later the same family comes and without them saying a word i said take it and it was gone.
I cleaned out an old house and left some old carpet at the curb. People next door come over and ask for the carpet. I say sure, take it. About two years later I bought the house they were in and that same carpet was still there. It went in a roll off this time, with the rest of the trash they left.
Ben,
That is pretty gross, huh? Even though I new about that in since high school.
You and Ben have your minds in the...dumpster. : )
>> After the red haze cleared, somehow EVERYTHING they had thrown in was now neatly stacked on their porch.
I got a very irate call later.
"We're going to report you to the BBB, you're the worst, most dishonest builder ever, blah, blah, blah..." <<
This is what I'm talking about. They're 100% wrong and they will respond like that. You just have to ask these scumbags why they would do that and see what their answers are and then ask why they would respond back to you like that and make themselves bigger scumbags.
When the people loaded my friends dumpster(who's also the builder)with everything from their garage, house, basement, attic....etc and I found the first bag with their name in it, my friend called the cops and we all went to their house.
When they came back to take all their garbage out, I asked them why the fork they would do something that and what the hell are they thinking about while their doing that. They had nothing to say. They were embarrassed and just took their stuff out.
Your situation, the guys is a bigger scumbag for even arguing with you.
Hey Joe, I'm with you on this one. I build homes and used to frame like you. Seems like every monday some home owner or contractor (read scumbag) dumped their stuff in my dumpster over the weekend.
you people haven't lived--untill your dumpster guy calls you up and tells you that you owe him an extra $200---- because somebody HID A MOTHER EFFEN ENGINE BLOCK in your dumpster.
I think I am kind of with Carola on this one. LOL,
Stephen
I've lived in my neighborhood for some time and seen quite a few of these thing that have happened to contractors working around here.
The trash collection around here if free. -- Twice a week. People still dump their trash into contractors dumpsters. Go figure.
The worst was a contractor working behind my house that came back one Monday to find 10 or 12 bags of asbestos in his dumpster. Cost him $10,000.00 to get rid of them. Would have been $30,000.00 in fines if he hadn't spotted it himself.
>> Cost him $10,000.00 to get rid of them. <<Why did it cost him 10,000.00 to get rid of if it wasn't his and someone illegally dump it there?Joe Carola
once in the dumpster it's yur problem..
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Joe- to really define the term scumbag, it's got to be not just those that dump their trash in your dumpster but will sneak the fish guts from their fishing trip in your dumpster in the summer heat.
be seeyou invented scumbags
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Rez,Here ya go.http://www.randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19980429Joe Carola
Interesting you should mention that. I've found deer carcasses, fish, and this summer somebody cleaned out their freezer (meat). They left a 35 gal. trash can full of meat in the summer heat. Talk about stink.John
J.R. Lazaro Builders, Inc.
Indianapolis, In.
time to put cameras on our dumpsters
Barry E-Remodeler
HID A MOTHER EFFEN ENGINE BLOCK
Hey! I'll take that engine block! If I can't sell it on EBAY, I'll scrap it. Currently, I'm being offered $90 per gross ton for steel.
Which brings me to another thought: if someone tosses something of value, like an engine block; does that make him a scumbag or a hero?
blue
You're a pot stirrer from way back Blue.;)
Barry E-Remodeler
Edited 11/20/2006 9:03 pm by BarryE
You're a pot stirrer from way back Blue.
;)
I'm caught.
Sorry.
blue
no reason to be. I just can't remember if you learned it from AJ or you were the teacher. lol
Barry E-Remodeler
I didn't know AJ was a pot stirrer but I've always had this tendency. In junior high, I once stirred the pot with the bully of the school and couldn't weasel out of a fight with him with the entire school watching. I conjured an interesting plan and lost the fight (naturally) but didn't get hurt and didn't lose my pride.
I shoulda learned my lesson about pot stirring then.
blue
I need a lesson - how do you lose a fight without getting hurt. That's a valuable lesson. I'll send you an engine block in trade if you'lll pay the shiping
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I need a lesson - how do you lose a fight without getting hurt. That's a valuable lesson. I'll send you an engine block in trade if you'lll pay the shiping
I don't need that engine block, but I'll give you my scheme.
My first ploy to avoid the fight, after I realized it was going to happen was to tell the bully that we couldn't fight in school. He predictably invited me outside. I countered with "we can't fight on school grounds". Dang, he challenged me to meet him at the park. I was out of options.
The park was about 1/2 a mile away and off we went. By the time we got down the stairwells, the word was out and half the school was heading for the park. Luckily, I was in the lead about 1/2 a block...looking brave...or stupid, depending on your point of view.
The 1/2 mile walk gave me time to think. I knew I was in trouble because I wasn't exactly the biggest or strongest guy around and this big brute had flunked a grade and made it a point to beat people up for fun. I had no escape. I had to fight him or the entire school would be calling me a big sissy, which is what I was. Sometimes, we don't like to face the truth, but there I was in all my glory.
So, I decided that I'd make my stand on the other side of the wall by the pool. I figured that I'd get there first and the normal routine was that both guys would face off, mouth off to each other, then one would pound the craap out of the other. In this case, I pretty much knew I was going to be the pulp and I wasn't looking forward to being embarassed in front of the entire school. So, I did the only thing that I thought might work:
When he came around the corner, I suckerpunched him.
The only problem was that he was much too tall and I had to do a vertical leap to even get close to him. I aimed squarely at his jaw, hoping to take him out with one swipe.
Alas, I think I missed, or perhaps I hit him as hard as I could but it didn't hurt him. I was close though and I immediately went for the wrestle move. In a flash, he had me in a headlock and I quickly yelled "I GIVE UP!"
The bully immediately realized that he had won and was looking around for congratulations, but no one was there yet. That didn't stop me from celebrating my survival and the one or two friends that had been walking with me quickly spread the word that the fight was over and we parted company and I survived with just a little bit of dignity. At least my face wasn't rearranged.
Nowadays I'd have turned that corner behind the brick wall and sprinted so fast he'd have thought I was beamed up.
Keep your block. That was my goal and it should be yours too.
blue
B+ for survival with no damage always beats an A minus for winning if you loose a tooth doing it.
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I don't know if this has been covered or not but I have had the experience of pulling in my driveway and finding the neighbors crawling around and searching through the trash in my dumpster.They were removing things to take home such as old mattress, chairs, non-working lawn mower, magazines, what have you.I guess the saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure" comes to mind.^^^^^^
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One other thing I do on smaller jobs is use my dump trailer. I can usually park it next to the house away from the street. Most "scumbags" won't walk or drive across someones lawn.
I wonder if that's why the church lady got upset with my use of the word one day
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Had a job, gutted a barn and half filled a 40 yard dumpster. had a long way to go. came in monday and the owner filled it up with tree limbs and such saying he figured there was plenty of room. Told him it will be an added charge for another dumpster at some point. called the refuse company to haul it away. next morning, the cops are looking at the dumpster. they are scratching off paint to reveal id numbers. turns out the dumpster was hot. so now I have a 40 yard dumpster full of trees and no where to put a new one, the old one had to stay as evidence before the case was settled. ended up doing dump run to keep working. lifes an adventure eh?
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It's the feeling of falling further behind."
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