Dumpster Diving

Dumpster Diver

One of my worst nightmares are the increasingly multiplying “Hoarders and Dumpster Divers!”

Maybe due to the economy, but I’ve been dealing with it for years now. Most, I say that loosely are relatively bright and intelligent people, but with a bad case ofOCD.

I once had a Doctor that rented in my second building some years ago that would just collect magazines and old plastic soda bottles. I couldn’t imagine he was drinking all that crap. They were mostly in the kitchen where you could barely move and the magazines were waist high and there were specific paths around them to the bedroom, bath etc. The guy was really soft spoken to the point of being creepy… He also had a giant Jesus cross in his window. It really made the whole look of the building kinda retarded…Made it hard to rent. The cat ladies freak me out too…Shit everywhere, with tons of fur and kitty litter in  everything…Yeeech WTF!

I’m just afraid someone is going to light up the building one of these days!

I just had this on my mind cause the trash is a continuing problem in my building. I have a hard core “Stoner” Dumpster diver that periodically…like 2-3 times a week goes through all her treasures and discards only the worst items, but ends up filling up all my trash barrels…I hate confrontation, but it’s heading in that direction. Trash has become the highest maintenance issue since she’s moved into the building…Anyway thought I’d just vent to ya….

Tomorrow I’ll be on my bike and I frankly don’t give an “F” when I’m freewheeling merrily along…

These are some picts of the dumpster diver/ hoarders in one of my buildings!

Hoarder

Compulsive hoarding

(or pathological hoarding) is the acquisition of, and failure to use or discard, such a large number of seemingly useless possessions that it causes significant clutter and impairment to basic living activities such as mobility, cooking, cleaning, showering or sleeping.

Messy person...

It is not clear whether compulsive hoarding is a condition in itself, or simply a symptom of other related conditions. Several studies have reported a correlation between hoarding and the presence and/or severity of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Hoarding behaviour is also related to obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD). Hoarding unnecessary possessions may be referred to as syllogomania or disposophobia.
Dumpster diving is the practice of sifting through commercial or residential trash to find items that have been discarded by their owners, but which may be useful to the Dumpster diver. The practice of Dumpster diving is also known variously as urban foraging, binning, alley surfing, aggressive recycling, Curbing, D-mart, Dumpstering, garbaging, garbage picking, garbage gleaning, dumpster-raiding, dumpstering, dump-weaseling, tatting, skally-wagging, skipping, or trashing.

Another use of the term refers to a “sport” mostly practiced by youngsters who directly dive into the dumpsters, often filming it to show others who dares the best dives, as one could do at the beach or pool when diving into water. It carries the risk of injury on broken glass or other dangerous or disgusting objects.

The term originates from the best-known manufacturer of commercial trash bins, “Dumpster,” and the fanciful image of someone leaping head first into a dumpster as if it were a swimming pool. In practice, the size and design of most dumpsters makes it possible to retrieve many items from the outside of dumpsters without having to “dive” inside.

Dark Matter

Original note from tenant

In the far flung Universe there is  but one force that binds all things together. Scientist’s have spent years and even lifetimes searching for this “Dark Matter” Little did these soldiers of science realize or even imagine that this great discovery could be directly under their noses!

They may have even smelled it from time to time with out ever knowing their “Eureka” was hidden in plain sight, with in their wanton grasp.
Little do they know but I the “Manager” of lowly accommodation and in common vicissitudes have arrived at the grandest of epiphanies! The “Holy Grail”; the ultimate discovery of the Universe…Ladies and Gentleman I bring you “Kitty Litter!” It is the Anti-matter, the force that defies gravity and keeps all matter from spiraling downward as it should.

As I write this soliloquy, Plumber number two is defying “God” and painstakingly trying to unbind that superglue of “Mother Nature” as the residue gently sifts down to pipes below and blocks up the each and every drain below.

This is what Building Managers call…”Plumbing Hell”

The other bad element is “hair!” Human or animal. Usually by way of the toilets. Toilets deliver debri directly to the main soilstack. Once you’ve clogged the soil stack you’ve clogged the whole building and it becomes an emergency.

What will only only make matters worse is if Mr. Einstein decides to play super hero and dump draino down the drain which in turn will eat right through the cheap plumbing that the previous plumbers install to further their grand scheme of planned obselesance as an investment in future repair costs!

If you want to keep your own Mr. Roper happy:

A. No! Kitty litter down the drain.
B. No! Hair down the drain.
C. Please never stuff or plunge body parts down the sink… Forgetaboutit and save those for the fishing trip.

Plumbers Butt