a couple of idiots

[El Barto]

Folgers Idiot:

SC: Do you carry "some type of folgers that I can't remember" coffee?
Me: No, we only carry Folgers 1, Folgers 2, and Folgers 3?
SC: Are you sure?
Me: Yes
SC: Could you go check?
Me: Sure *if it will get me away from you*

2 minutes later I return with one that had a very similar name.
Me: Is this it?
SC: No, I wanted "mystery flavor that probably doesn't exist" Folgers
Me: I'm sorry, we don't carry that one, we only have Folgers 1, 2, and 3.
SC: oh



The I can't get me Garbage can to the curb on time Idiot:

The other day some moron pulls up in front of our garbage can near the front entrance and starts unloading bags and bags of trash into the can. My boss just happens to have been outside smoking a cigarette when the moron was doing this, and this was the second time my boss has caught him doing it, so my boss was pissed. I wasn't outside so I didn't hear the conversation, but it went something like this:

Boss tells moron he can't do that
Moron yells
Boss rights down moron's license plate
Moron gets mad about that and yells
Boss threatens to call the police if he sees him doing that again
Moron gets pissed and leaves

But wait, there's more. When moron left, he went across the street and started loading the rest of the trash into the Gas Stations trash cans, which are even smaller than ours. The gas station manager sees this gets pissed off and comes out side, see above conversation.


The Heat makes me stupid idiot:

This one is actually my Dad's story and from 2 days ago when it was 95 and humid.

Idiot: It's really hot out. Have you been out yet?
Dad: *no, I haven't been out today, I live here*

[mattm04]

I have a trash guy story. About a year ago the town my grocery store is in created a new trash plan. It became more expensive for residents to throw away general trash. The idea was this would increase recycling. The basic idea was you were alloted a certain amount of trash per week but if you wet over that you had to pay a higher price for a special bag. Well the "free" amount was along the lines of 1 30 gal trash bag. Most households used 2-3 bags, espically if it was a large family/kids.

The bottle redemption room is off one of the main entrances and at the time had only one camera in the entrance but not one in the room. We finally had the DM agree to have a camera installed because most days we got about 2 yards of customers household trash. Other businesses in the plaza reported numerous people dumping their trash in their dumpsters. The work order was put in as low-priority but it got bumped up to "next business day(mon-fri)" when one customer(s) left us with over 8 yards of trash. The DM had a separate roll-off dumpster delivered because of the sheer amount of trash he left. We didn't catch the guy because a sign hanging from the ceiling had one end fall down and temporally blocked the cameras view.

[huckster]

dumpster diving

We have the usually dumpster bins. One for cardboard and one for everything else. I was taking out the trash and went to toss some boxes when I saw some gooey liquid all over the cardboard. I moved the top layer and found this huge smelly garbage bag. Then they flies came out and my stomach contents started creeping up. I was poking it with a stick when I called another manager over because whatever was in that bag used to require oxygen and I think I saw a leg of sorts. Fearless Joe rips the bag open to discover a headless, processed deer. Who the hell in their right mind throws a deer carcass in a cardboard bin? If they took the time to put it in a garbage bag, couldn't they put it in the garbage bin?

[SuperB]

I don't understand how people just don't get that it costs the business money when they do that. We get that alot up here with the campers and the cabin owners who don't have service. We charge $3 a bag and often get attitude. A reasonable person gets it when we explain that if we didn't lock the dumpster up and charge per bag we'd be paying $XX to dump everyone else garbage and wouldn't have room for our own but there are those who want to argue that it's just "one bag". Yeah, one from you and one from each one of your neighbors...it adds up buddy.

[draftermatt]

We had a guy that wanted to take scrap metal out of our bin to use for art.

Problem is, people buy scrap metal, and my company sells it.

[Catwoman2965]

I see that alot in my apt complex, esp after the weekend, when people are moving in/out - i've seen furniture, sofas, chairs, televisions, mattresses, etc. just dumped right next to the dumpster, or in some cases, THROWN IN. do they not get that that stuff isn't garbage? amazing - but i guess they figure if they're leaving, there's no way to trace them.

i know they will punish you if caught; one of my neighbors got fined (not sure by the town or complex) for putting his bag of trash on the ground next to the dumpster, as it was full and overflowing. Apparently they went in, found something with his name, and he got a $50 ticket!

[Tigress]

We have the usually dumpster bins. One for cardboard and one for everything else. I was taking out the trash and went to toss some boxes when I saw some gooey liquid all over the cardboard. I moved the top layer and found this huge smelly garbage bag. Then they flies came out and my stomach contents started creeping up. I was poking it with a stick when I called another manager over because whatever was in that bag used to require oxygen and I think I saw a leg of sorts. Fearless Joe rips the bag open to discover a headless, processed deer. Who the hell in their right mind throws a deer carcass in a cardboard bin? If they took the time to put it in a garbage bag, couldn't they put it in the garbage bin?

A couple of years ago, there was a news story in NC about a bunch of mobile PETA units volunteering to take people's unwanted animals (claiming that they'd find them good homes), euthanizing them right in the van, and then dumping their carcasses in commercial dumpsters. They also picked up strays and did this, but some of the "strays" had collars and tags on them!

One of the many reasons I hate PETA with a passion.

[Ringtail Z28]

I remember when I used to live in an apartment complex across the street from a swap meet. People from there would pack the dumpster at my complex with all of their trash and after it was packed they would just continue to pile it on, creating a mountain of garbage.

The Target I worked at was less than a mile away, so even at work I couldn't get away from the trash from the swap meet. They would just pile it the parking lot and speed off.