I'm not so sure you would be saying this if you had accidentally
thrown $120 out with the trash and someone took it before you
realized what had happened and could retrieve it.
Way to take the moral high-ground there.
/dale
On Jun 2, 2005, at 2:22 AM, jdy wrote:
sorry i see it differently. cars and trash are like refried beans
and sour grapes. no comparison.
judy
----- Original Message -----
From: Dale Ghent
To: The Charles Village Chat List
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 3:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Chat] trash picking
Generally, garbage or refuse that someone leaves out for pickup is
still their property. Rifling through someone else's garbage,
before it's picked up by the trash hauler, is considered trespass.
Taking someone's "garbage" if you're not the authorized trash
hauler is, basically, theft. Ownership of trash ends when the
hauler receives it.
So, I would think that Judy is in the wrong twice... once for going
through trash, and second for taking something from it.
Think of it as screwing with someone's car parked on the street.
Would you do that?
/dale
On Jun 1, 2005, at 2:34 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Judy--
I would hope that you would try to find out whose garbage you were
rifling and return the money to that person.
I personally have no problem with people picking up visible items
left outside as trash--if no one wants that banged-up table and I
can use it in my yard, so be it. But I have a BIG problem with
people who "pick" through small trash, since what you call trash
picking is one way people steal identities. Not everyone is
careful enough about what goes into the trash, and people intent
on stealing identies will rifle trash looking for credit card
bills, bank statements, and other identifying numbers.
Thus, if I saw you or anyone else picking through my trash, I
would be very angry, would chase you off, and might in some
circumstances call the cops. I have certainly called neighbors
when I have seen people going through their trash.
Again, I hope you will try to return the money.
Emily
-----Original Message-----
From: jdy
Sent: Jun 1, 2005 1:22 PM
To: Charles Village Discussion List
Cc: The Charles Village Chat List
Subject: [Chat] trash picking
to all you folks who look down on us alley shoppers,
i got a real bargain yesterday. $125.00 stuffed in a pencil box.
in the same aisle was a small Tupperware container overflowing
with pennies and some foreign coins.
sorry-- sale is over.
:~) judy
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