Confession

I put some stuff out on the curb for pickup not long ago, I made sure I saved a nice sturdy box and put all the things I was willing to part with, that were taking up room, that I do not process myself in the box. I feel that if I am not going to try to make a buck on something I should give someone else the opportunity to.

The people who posted the flyer came by and picked up the stuff, that was great, but they left the box.

Now I know this must seem like no big deal to people who are picking up stuff, but so far as I am concerned, they should have taken the box as well. So now, I am not going to put anything else out for this particular company because so far as I am concerned they did a half ass job and are benefiting from my giving them free stuff.

So before anyone clips anything, or only takes part, or tries to cherry pick their pick ups, stop and think about how the person that put it out there for you is going to feel about this. It would have been easier for them to just throw it away in many cases, yet they saved it, and put it out for you. And now you want to pick and choose what you take and leave?



At the very least you can pick up even the stuff you don't want, and drop it at the dumps. It's the difference between conducting yourself in a noble way, or the drive by money grabbing I so often see in the cut throat scrap business. I know that I might ruffle some feathers with this post, and I realize that people who are cherry picking are still working very hard and trying to make their business their living. I also realize that you might not think about things through the eyes of the person you are picking up junk from, but you might want to think about it now.

Also think about this, if you advertise that you are picking up junk, and clearly state you pick up certain items in your flyer, then you should be taking all those things at the very least away. If you put up a flyer and state you only take such and such items, and specifically mention you clip chords, then that's one thing, but if you are actually advertising by flyer or otherwise that you pick up junk, and you leave what you think of as junk behind, then what you are doing is wrong.

Scott