ugh ew yuck.

I live in public housing (which of course I hate HATE it. Hate the stigma, hate the nosey neighbors, I just hate it). and every fall/spring they do an inspection to see how your apartment is. No garbage, no electrical hazards, etc. Well EVERY inspection I get a letter telling me my apartment is cluttered, that my daughter has 'too many toys', that I have too many tapes etc. Then they bring themselves BACK to my apartment to reinspect after giving me about 12 hours to clean to "their" standards. I spend the day before hauling things to storage and putting it in my car until they are satisfied and then I bring it back to my house. My house isn't dirty, I dont have bugs, my cat is cleaned after....I HATE that they tell me how to keep my house.

ANYHOW I'm making my daughter clean her room because it desperately needs it. I went in there and I just started throwing stuff away....old toys she doesn't play with, marker sets that are broken, dried out etc. I took them to the dumpster and pitched them.

So I go outside to throw another bag of garbage away and what do I see? KIDS going through my garbage!!!!! They climbed into the dumpster and pulled my stuff back out to go through it! I feel so violated! I threw that stuff away for a reason! I'd be mortified if my kid went climbing through a GARBAGE DUMPSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I yelled at them to leave my garbage alone! I had thrown away some of my kids old underwear that she doesnt' wear and they wer LAYING IN THE PARKING LOT.

Why don't people watch their kids? What is wrong with them?!

Why do they care how many tapes and stuff you have?

Yesterday these homeless guys were sitting in front of my house going through our trash cans. It was odd cause as I was backing out of the driveway they were just waving:lol:

certain kids are stupid sometimes. they do things because they think its "cool" and they want attention.

Originally posted by SomersCompany3
certain kids are stupid sometimes. they do things because they think its "cool" and they want attention.

Or maybe they're so poor that their parents can't afford to buy them toys. They have to worry about feeding them and paying the bills first.

I don't see what's so wrong with it. If I was poor and had nothing, I might go though some garbage to see if there was anything worth taking out. It's not like you were throwing out old diapers or something that smelled really badly.

Originally posted by Nirvana
Why do they care how many tapes and stuff you have?

Yesterday these homeless guys were sitting in front of my house going through our trash cans. It was odd cause as I was backing out of the driveway they were just waving:lol:

That's what I'm wondering too.

I don't understand why people have to be like that. ohno:

Originally posted by Original Prankster
Or maybe they're so poor that their parents can't afford to buy them toys. They have to worry about feeding them and paying the bills first.

I don't see what's so wrong with it. If I was poor and had nothing, I might go though some garbage to see if there was anything worth taking out. It's not like you were throwing out old diapers or something that smelled really badly.


I dont live in low income public housing because I'm rich. :mad:

The things I'm throwing away are GARBAGE. Im not throwing away diamond rings and things like that. And aside from that there is actual REAL GARBAGE in those bins too.

Originally posted by Nirvana
Why do they care how many tapes and stuff you have?




They say it's clutter. The letter they sent me said I had to clean the "apartment clutter" out.

Originally posted by Nanny Fine
I dont live in low income public housing because I'm rich. :mad:

The things I'm throwing away are GARBAGE. Im not throwing away diamond rings and things like that. And aside from that there is actual REAL GARBAGE in those bins too.

I never said you were rich. I KNOW you aren't throwing away diamond rings, so stop putting words in my mouth. What I'm saying is that if it's garbage, it means you don't want it anymore. It's out of your hands. Some other kids MIGHT want those old toys because they might not have any of their own. That's why I said I don't think it's wrong. You don't have to get fueled up...you told us what was up and I gave you my opinion.

I don't know why you care. I take things that I like off curbs. I even found a hot pink barbe car that worked :D

Originally posted by Bty
I don't know why you care. I take things that I like off curbs. I even found a hot pink barbe car that worked :D

I dunno why I care, maybe I shouldn't.

But I Would be mortified and furious if I found out my little girl was climging through a gross, germ and insect infested garbage DUMPSTER digging out peoples broken things. This isn't just a dumpster with that stuff in it, there is real true disgusting garbage in there too.

Originally posted by Original Prankster
I never said you were rich. I KNOW you aren't throwing away diamond rings, so stop putting words in my mouth. What I'm saying is that if it's garbage, it means you don't want it anymore. It's out of your hands. Some other kids MIGHT want those old toys because they might not have any of their own. That's why I said I don't think it's wrong. You don't have to get fueled up...you told us what was up and I gave you my opinion.


Like the saying goes, one person's trash is another person's treasure. I don't see anything wrong with a kid wanting an old used toy, maybe they don't have any toys and want something to play with like all kids do. But perhaps it would be a bit more polite to ask if they can take the toys before they do... and I don't think having tapes around is "clutter" maybe you should just get a small bin to put them in or something.

Reading this makes me so sad. I agree with the posters who said maybe they're looking for treasure. If I were you Nanny I would put some of your cat doo doo balls in the same trash bags and maybe they'll keep their hands away from your garbage. :lol:

They also may be looking for bottles for the 5 cents maybe?

Originally posted by Nanny Fine
I dunno why I care, maybe I shouldn't.

But I Would be mortified and furious if I found out my little girl was climging through a gross, germ and insect infested garbage DUMPSTER digging out peoples broken things. This isn't just a dumpster with that stuff in it, there is real true disgusting garbage in there too.

Yeah, I guess when you put it that way......I don't go in dumpsters. I just pick stuff up off the street!

Originally posted by Bty
Yeah, I guess when you put it that way......I don't go in dumpsters. I just pick stuff up off the street!

And I also wanted to add that things we don't want or need anymore that are any good I take to Goodwill. So if it was worth saving it wouldn't be in the dumpster, it would be in the Goodwill bin in front of Walmart.

lol i'd bitch out those people and tell em i'll keep my apartment how i want

Once at my grandmother's old apartment complex, these kids were climbing in and going through all the dumpsters, pulling out old toys, and then trying to sell them on the street!

one mans trash is anothers treasure?

now you know how the stars feel. :lol:
no really im sorry you feel violated, that sux.:confused:

Oh meangya, I cant stand lil bastidos. :cuss: Anyways, picking through trash for toys is distgusting, no matter how poor you may be. Be thankful for what you got and make up your own games. Like she said..she threw out old underwear. Besides, if you do have old toys and such... take it to the Salvation Army, donate it, or wait til your towns pick up day.

Originally posted by Nirvana
Why do they care how many tapes and stuff you have?

Yesterday these homeless guys were sitting in front of my house going through our trash cans. It was odd cause as I was backing out of the driveway they were just waving:lol:

What is your avatar all about? That's creepy!:eek:

Originally posted by ¤MsConanOBrien¤
Oh meangya, I cant stand lil bastidos. :cuss: Anyways, picking through trash for toys is distgusting, no matter how poor you may be. Be thankful for what you got and make up your own games. Like she said..she threw out old underwear. Besides, if you do have old toys and such... take it to the Salvation Army, donate it, or wait til your towns pick up day. I agree, I don't think those kids were going after those toys because they had nothing to play with. This is 2003 not 1923! I know alot of very poor families with kids that have toys, with the assistance you get today thru churches etc their is no reason a child should not have anything to play with. Sounds to me like those kids were up to no good.

Yeah that is pretty gross. The idea of a bunch of little kids digging through a dumpster makes me laugh though. hahaha it makes me think of the Rugrats.

Originally posted by bandito
I agree, I don't think those kids were going after those toys because they had nothing to play with. This is 2003 not 1923! I know alot of very poor families with kids that have toys, with the assistance you get today thru churches etc their is no reason a child should not have anything to play with. Sounds to me like those kids were up to no good.

Exactly!! It's just not worth it, because you are going to get sick either way. That's just nasty. :barf:

Originally posted by bandito
I agree, I don't think those kids were going after those toys because they had nothing to play with. This is 2003 not 1923! I know alot of very poor families with kids that have toys, with the assistance you get today thru churches etc their is no reason a child should not have anything to play with. Sounds to me like those kids were up to no good.

I don't have any children myself but have five nephews(including two pairs of twin boys from my older sister and older brother) & two nieces and If I ever have kids, I will do my best to not spoil them that much. I will love them and tell them that they can't get everything they want and that they should show humbleness and humility and to give more to churches, orpahanages, children's hospitals, children's homes, & retirement homes.