Not a bin

[fireheart]

Dear customers,

See the long silvery pole-thing that's about 50cm long and is attached to a pole in front of the hairdresser in our little complex? See how it has a KESBAB* sticker on it?
That folks, is called an ashtray. NOT a bin.

Therefore, do NOT throw paper or drink lids into it. There is a bin just inside the store and a smaller bin by the desk for you to throw receipts into. Ditto for drink lids.

This will ensure that the front desk does not smell like burning plastic or flaming poo and therefore requiring a staff member to use a bin of water from the flowers to douse it.

Thank you,

Fireheart.

(on that note, the first time my grocery manager saw that, he decided to go all out and wanted to douse it with the fire extinguisher on the wall nearby, until my boss stopped him and told him that was overkill. He did take the bin of water, but had another coworker bring along the extinguisher anyway )

*=Keep our Environment Safe And Beautiful.

[blas]

Oh my goodness, I hated when people at the gas station would throw away lotto tickets or wrappers into the ash tray.

Naturally, then something would start to smell, or someone would walk in and say "Your ashtray is on fire" and it was like good grief.

[Raveni]

Don't use the fire extinguisher unless you douse the flaming* idiot who put the rubbish there and/or started the fire by continuing to use it while full of flammable stuff. Those things cost money to recharge.

*=a pun, not a gay joke

[fireheart]

Don't use the fire extinguisher unless you douse the flaming* idiot who put the rubbish there and/or started the fire by continuing to use it while full of flammable stuff. Those things cost money to recharge.

*=a pun, not a gay joke

I'm aware of the pun.

It's mainly been receipts that have set it off, as you get that mix of cigarette butts and paper, but the one I had to deal with was a drink lid.

[Solumina]

We have bins with ash trays on top and people still put their trash in the ash tray. I just don't get it.

[BrenDAnn]

Thankfully, our ash tray has a small enough hole in it that no trash can go inside of it. Of course, we've still had to douse the occasional smoke/fire because people don't stub out cigarettes before tossing them in. Ever smelled wet, burnt cigarette butts? The ones I truly and honestly don't understand are those that smoke while pumping gas. I mean--one must truly have a death wish to do that!

[ShinyGreenApple]

That's probably how ours caught fire the other week. Only it had to have been deliberate, because there's not exactly room in one of these that says "trash friendly"



The stink came in through the GM door and we could smell it all up in the pharmacy. Eurgh.

[PepperElf]

on the positive side... the smokers are using the ash tray.
the ones who can't even walk 2 feet to the ash tray are the ones who use to piss me off.

[LillFilly]

We have bins like the one Apple showed a picture of, the ones SHAPED so you can't fit trash in....Only people pull the top off and throw their trash into the barrel at the bottom!

[Jester]

Out in front of The Bar, we have a standup ashtray that is basically a big ole vertical pipe, which is impossible to throw all but the smallest of trash into. It is designed for one purpose: cigarettes. So that is not a big problem for us. However....

the ones who can't even walk 2 feet to the ash tray are the ones who use to piss me off.

Just the other day, I saw an older guy coming into The Bar. He stopped right before he got to the door to put out his cigarette. While standing right next to the ashtray, he threw his butt on the ground right in front of the doors and ground it out with his shoe.

Dude, really? What the fuck? You're standing right next to the ashtray and you can't be bothered to throw your butt in there? You have to make the front of our bar look like crap?

Asshole.

[fireheart]

Out in front of The Bar, we have a standup ashtray that is basically a big ole vertical pipe, which is impossible to throw all but the smallest of trash into. It is designed for one purpose: cigarettes. So that is not a big problem for us. However....

That's the case with ours, except that there's enough space to cram things like drink lids and receipts into it.

[Jay 2K Winger]

That's the case with ours, except that there's enough space to cram things like drink lids and receipts into it.

Yeah, the "smokers' oasis" poles (or whatever you care to call them) that I've seen still have a small enough opening that people will cram paper stuff in there.

...which sometimes then catches fire, and you have to start dumping water inside in the hopes it will put it out.

[MoonCat]

These are the same people who throw cups, bottles, pizza boxes, hamburger wrappers and other assorted food items into recycling boxes that clearly state 'FOR PAPER ONLY, NO TRASH.'

[Yarnil]

These are the same people who throw cups, bottles, pizza boxes, hamburger wrappers and other assorted food items into recycling boxes that clearly state 'FOR PAPER ONLY, NO TRASH.'

Ehhh.... Pizza boxes are cartboard, right. Shouldnt they be put in the paperbin?

[JustaCashier]

Yarnil, I can't speak for elsewhere, but in my city, it's long time recycling program does not allow for pizza boxes to be put in the cardboard recycle, due "contamination", in regards to the grease and stuff that's soaked in/stuck, that somebody was too lazy to lick off of the box.

In the last year or so though, they've added food composting to the yard composting that's been around as long as basic recycle. Those who are on the program, (we aren't on it at my apartment bldg ), can just toss food contaminated cardboard, paper towels, napkins and such, in the compost bin.

Mike