https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 11 Nov 2026 05:26:15 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-695232 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:30:07 +0000 Arden 695232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't have done anything, except maybe let them know to come by on a certain day and I'd give them my own recycleables. </p> <p>Why on earth would I report them - they aren't hurting anyone and clearly they are struggling and just working to get by. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-695173 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 18:04:43 +0000 tysonja 695173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't have done anything. Maybe I would leave my cans/bottles in a cardboard box nearby for them the next week.</p> <p>I had lots of friends who used to dumpster dive outside grocery stores and drug stores for boxed and canned food and other items when we were in college. just poor college students! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-695137 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:48:34 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 695137@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't have said anything (though would have been compelled to buy them lunch or something). Situations like that break my heart. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-695094 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:27:05 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 695094@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't do anything either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-695092 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:25:58 +0000 Sweet T 695092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would let them be. They aren't hurting anything and I'm sure it isn't their first choice to be there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-695021 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:48:08 +0000 immabeetoo 695021@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd give them a thumbs up - obviously they're hard up but are working hard to make ends meet. Especially if its from the trash so then they're recycled instead of pitched! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694959 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:08:28 +0000 deerylou 694959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We live in a complex with a shared dumpster, and I notice the same woman, once a week, coming in to collect cans. Sometimes, she'll park in my DH's parking spot once he's already left for work, but I still don't say anything. Part of me wonders about her financial situation, since she owns a pretty nice truck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694939 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:59:41 +0000 runsyellowlites 694939@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: Same here!</p> <p>@Sugar.Biscuit: I would probably go buy them a sandwich from a near by store/deli &amp; ask if they needed help finding resources for whatever situation they may be in. Figure that's one less meal they'd have to worry about getting for themselves &amp; I'd rather offend on the side of helping than not &amp; wonder.</p> <p>(My mom started a ministry home for women so I've become accustomed to getting involved in people's less than ideal situations) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694937 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:59:08 +0000 Bao 694937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would have just let it be...that's sad though :/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694935 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:57:09 +0000 DigAPony 694935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd also leave them alone. They aren't hurting anyone and it's none of anyone's business. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694927 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:52:43 +0000 MrsH 694927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am sheltered because I've never seen anything like this. I'd just let them be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694892 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:38:08 +0000 LovelyPlum 694892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I lived in the south, this happened all the time. I was really freaked at first, so I called 911 to ask about it. They said that it happens all of the time, and unless they were causing a scene, there wasn't much they could do. Happens where we just moved, too. Now we just bag the cans separately in the recycling so that if someone wants them, they can just take them off of the top. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694220 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:15:31 +0000 babynumber1 694220@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: That was my first reaction too.... But I am also a bleeding heart social worker! We think alike. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694212 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:11:07 +0000 Boheme 694212@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would probably try to adopt them lol... I'm a bleeding heart social worker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694170 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:54:02 +0000 teamjse 694170@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happened to me when I was living in an apt complex, I was taking out the trash at night and there was a guy sitting inside the trash bins sorting/throwing out cans and bottles. It scared the CRAP out of me and I ran up to my apt. </p> <p>A few weeks after that, I got a notice from our management company asking us to report these situations because technically they're stealing resources from the city. </p> <p>Either way, if they're not hurting anyone (apparently I don't care about the city's resources), I would ignore it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694109 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:30:58 +0000 pui 694109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would ignore it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694102 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:29:10 +0000 kiddosc 694102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't do anything either, they're not hurting anyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694098 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:27:53 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 694098@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: ditto.</p> <p>If they make a mess the business will make changes to how they secure their trash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694076 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:22:26 +0000 oliviaoblivia 694076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Live and let live. </p> <p>And hope their situation improves before the baby arrives. It's so hard to see people struggle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694074 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:22:04 +0000 Ash 694074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd let them be. It's a way to make money.<br /> They're not hurting anyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694070 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:21:23 +0000 pinkcupcake 694070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing - unless it's my trash, I don't think it has anything to do w/me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694069 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:21:03 +0000 JoJoGirl 694069@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shutterbug: Us too ETA wait, we're neighbors, it's probably the same people. Hahah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694067 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:20:34 +0000 JoJoGirl 694067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Belly or not, nothing. Sad they're driven to that. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694065 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:20:13 +0000 Shutterbug 694065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing - it's not illegal, is it? I basically expect someone to take the cans out of my recycling. When we lived in a bigger city there was a man on a bike who always did it, and then when we moved to the suburbs there's a couple in a car who do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694062 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:19:28 +0000 Mrs.Someone 694062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Let it be, they are clearly in a rough place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694056 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:18:09 +0000 regberadaisy 694056@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nothing, it's none of my business. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-would-you-do-26#post-694054 Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:17:32 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 694054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Didn't know where to put this.</p> <p>Came across and man &amp; woman dumpster diving for cans today. I mean he was in the dumpster sorting through everything &amp; she was outside grabbing the cans he was collecting. Oh btw she looked about 6 months pregnant. This is not something I come across much at all. Normally I would call the place &amp; let them know but when I saw her belly I just let them to their thing. </p> <p>What would you have done?</p> <p>Eta: I would call if they were diving for papers not cans. </p>