What I've been seeing during my rounds makes me sick

Yesterday my mom and I were out and passed one of those huge tv's that sit in the wood frame, it had to be at least 36 inches or more - I think they are the ones over 42 inches. When we went past it the first time it was upright, when we came back down the road it had been knocked over and the back busted out by some no good scrappers that have NO respect for themselves, the business or the homeowner. We were in absolute shock at the mess they had made, glass in the yard and street. I felt soooooo bad on top of the I was feeling. That wasn't the first one we saw but the others were smaller. I mean, take the **** tv with you and take what you want and throw the rest away at your curb. Have some respect for what we do out there, take pride in your job, have respect for the homeowner who has to clean that up because the garbage man isn't going to clean that up. I have also seen sinks - porcelain ones, that have been shattered at the roadside to get the knobs and pipes from them. THIS is what gives ALL of us a bad name. Deplorable, absolutely deplorable.

I couldn't agree more .

Same here. See it all the time.

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

If I saw a scrapper actually doing something like that, I'd be screaming out the window shaming the crap out of him. He wouldn't want to see my car come around the corner again.

take a picture, get plate#, call cops.

Juat hit them with the truck.

I'd like to drop a 36" screen from 10 feet right on the scum bags head.

My parents live in an apartment complex, and when people move out or clean they throw their furniture/tvs/etc by the dumpster....the maintenance guy comes along with a saw, cuts it up, and dumps it in the dumpster. Before I know what TVs were worth I saw him dump a couple in the dumpster. So, once I started scrapping, I started dumping my tubes there. Nobody has said anything. I once gutted a tv (in 3 minutes) next to the dumpster, and dumped the junk in, threw the good in my car to bust up at home. I have seen people break up tvs on peoples lawns though, which is really sad/pathetic. Especially the big screens. If you can't take it all and deal with it leave it alone. Just sayin.

Not very safe, the gas release will affect you. Just do the right thing.

Originally Posted by TheRecycler

Not very safe, the gas release will affect you. Just do the right thing.

That "gas" is about as harmful as the "gas" that pops when you open a jar.

Originally Posted by Gnraxlrose88

My parents live in an apartment complex, and when people move out or clean they throw their furniture/tvs/etc by the dumpster....the maintenance guy comes along with a saw, cuts it up, and dumps it in the dumpster. Before I know what TVs were worth I saw him dump a couple in the dumpster. So, once I started scrapping, I started dumping my tubes there. Nobody has said anything. I once gutted a tv (in 3 minutes) next to the dumpster, and dumped the junk in, threw the good in my car to bust up at home. I have seen people break up tvs on peoples lawns though, which is really sad/pathetic. Especially the big screens. If you can't take it all and deal with it leave it alone. Just sayin.

maybe you can get him to set aside stuff for you. that way he doesn't have to lift it. Maybe you can help him or buy him lunch occasionally

It pisses me off becuse then people who have waved at me before as I drive by, think that I am the ass that made the mess! We have twice a year clean ups, and as that time comes to your neighborhood so do the jerks that leave messes and make us all look bad.

I would be embarassed to even be seen tearing something apart on someone elses lawn. Some scrappers just have no morals. If it doesn't fit, it gets left behind.

Last night I took an 8' piece of ductwork just for the switch that was mounted on it. I probably could have popped off the cover and removed the 4 screws, but that's a scumbag move IMO. I feel bad enough if I make noise while loading it up, let alone to be seen cherry picking from a pile of metal. I even felt bad leaving behind a few smaller round ducts so I took them too. When I was done, I put the barrel back on the grass where there was no room before I got there..