do you, as a customer of a restaurant, feel you are entitled to use of their dumpster?

[MN.HAWK]

I'm not talking you can bring your weeks worth of trash to the place and dump it, but are you ok, as a customer cleaning out your car and tossing it in a restaurants dumpster because "I just ate here". ? I wanted to come back with "yes, and we provided you food, drink, and clean up, for that price, not waste removal". But I realized I was making something of nothing and told him as much.

It wasn't and isn't a huge deal I'm just always taken aback when people do things like this. I take my trash out at home and don't expect other people to pay for my waste products. It really gets me when it's more than a few things from a car like a soda bottle (in today's case it was more than a "normal" days worth of trash IMO, seemed considerable) but when someone has obviously come and dumped unwanted household items in the dumpster. I think seeing things like that morning after morning got my reaction today as I went outside and saw him dumping his bag o' trash.

 

[hawkssox1]

I'm not talking you can bring your weeks worth of trash to the place and dump it, but are you ok, as a customer cleaning out your car and tossing it in a restaurants dumpster because "I just ate here". ? I wanted to come back with "yes, and we provided you food, drink, and clean up, for that price, not waste removal". But I realized I was making something of nothing and told him as much.

It wasn't and isn't a huge deal I'm just always taken aback when people do things like this. I take my trash out at home and don't expect other people to pay for my waste products. It really gets me when it's more than a few things from a car like a soda bottle (in today's case it was more than a "normal" days worth of trash IMO, seemed considerable) but when someone has obviously come and dumped unwanted household items in the dumpster. I think seeing things like that morning after morning got my reaction today as I went outside and saw him dumping his bag o' trash.

Drinking a little early aren't we.........................................................................................................................

 

[BABiscuit]

I say no, but I am no expert on dumpster law.

 

[fivecardstud14]

 

[MN.HAWK]

I say no, but I am no expert on dumpster law.

unwanted dumping is why many have gone to fencing in their dumpsters. Also a better look to it as well if you have a drive up or your dumpster area is more visible.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

I've never seen anyone do this personally.

I mean I occasionally and I see others occasionally clean out their car at a gas station and use their trash for that purpose. But I've never seen someone bring like a trash bag from home and dump it in someone else's dumpster.

I don't think eating at a place gives you that right.

 

[whatsup12579er]

If you place trash cans outside, you are offering your customers to throw away anything they like and you will dispose of it in your dumpster. Just because they bought a burger and fries from you does not give them permission to use your dumpster.

I would get a "NO Dumping" sign.

 

[NoleSoup4U]

The problem is that restaurants can use up a dumpster pretty quickly. I probably wouldn't do it.

 

[MN.HAWK]

If you place trash cans outside, you are offering your customers to throw away anything they like and you will dispose of it in your dumpster. Just because they bought a burger and fries from you does not give them permission to use your dumpster.

I would get a "NO Dumping" sign.

There are mulitple signs on the dumpster that say no dumping. I don't have trash cans outside, but if a customer brings a small bag inside and asks if we can get rid of it for them, I will. But I'm talking a small bag with a couple pop bottles and common car trash. Today's incident wasn't an entire bag of garbage from home, but it also wasn't something a person would walk inside a restaurant and ask them to dispose of either. It was somewhere in between 'no big deal' and "really?!"

 

[iCRUNCH]

that's the restaurants version of "leave a penny or take a penny"

 

[Fan In Black]

F no.

 

[naturalmwa]

I can't imagine ever wanting to touch one of the actual dumpsters. But depending on the type of place maybe? I have cleaned my car out at a gas station and put it in the normal trash cans.

 

[theIowaHawk]

Absolutely not.

 

[FranklinHawk]

There are mulitple signs on the dumpster that say no dumping. I don't have trash cans outside, but if a customer brings a small bag inside and asks if we can get rid of it for them, I will. But I'm talking a small bag with a couple pop bottles and common car trash. Today's incident wasn't an entire bag of garbage from home, but it also wasn't something a person would walk inside a restaurant and ask them to dispose of either. It was somewhere in between 'no big deal' and "really?!"

Do you really have people do this? I can't imagine taking any amount of trash into a food establishment and asking them to dispose of it for me.

Oh, and no to them having the right to use your dumpster.

 

[22*43*51]

I'm not talking you can bring your weeks worth of trash to the place and dump it, but are you ok, as a customer cleaning out your car and tossing it in a restaurants dumpster because "I just ate here". ? I wanted to come back with "yes, and we provided you food, drink, and clean up, for that price, not waste removal". But I realized I was making something of nothing and told him as much.

It wasn't and isn't a huge deal I'm just always taken aback when people do things like this. I take my trash out at home and don't expect other people to pay for my waste products. It really gets me when it's more than a few things from a car like a soda bottle (in today's case it was more than a "normal" days worth of trash IMO, seemed considerable) but when someone has obviously come and dumped unwanted household items in the dumpster. I think seeing things like that morning after morning got my reaction today as I went outside and saw him dumping his bag o' trash.

Is there an added cost to you in this example?

It doesn't sound like it. If is not adding cost to your business I would think it wouldn't be worth mentioning.

Worse case you irritate a customer and lose repeat business.

 

[MN.HAWK]

Is there an added cost to you in this example?

It doesn't sound like it. If is not adding cost to your business I would think it wouldn't be worth mentioning.

Worse case you irritate a customer and lose repeat business.

If It fills up before dump day there absolutely is an additional cost to come have a truck tip the dumpster. This one guys bag, of what'd I'd describe as a large paper shopping bag, isn't going to push me over the top, but if every customer felt they could use my dumpster because they bought a buffet, then it most certainly would.

Like I said, it's not this guy today that bugs me - although his stance of feeling he wasn't doing anything wrong because he had lunch here surprised me, I was expecting a "sorry, man just had to get rid of that...."- it's the people who come in cover of night and load it up with old carpet, boxes of crap, household trash, etc. that they simply don't want to haul to the dump and pay for.

 

[MN.HAWK]

Do you really have people do this? I can't imagine taking any amount of trash into a food establishment and asking them to dispose of it for me.

Oh, and no to them having the right to use your dumpster.

quite often, a small plastic bag of bottles, coffee cups, napkins, etc. etc. They expect a McDonalds style "dump your trash and leave your tray" style bin and I don't have them. Trash cans belong behind the counter not in a dining area, IMO. So they have to ask if there is somewhere they can pitch it, or go straight to the bathrooms..... which is appreciated when it's the bag o' baby diapers.

 

[22*43*51]

it's the people who come in cover of night and load it up with old carpet, boxes of crap, household trash, etc. that they simply don't want to haul to the dump and pay for.

That is inexcusable.

Set up Trail-Cam, Photo SOTE, prosecute... Profit.

 

[whatsup12579er]

Do you really have people do this? I can't imagine taking any amount of trash into a food establishment and asking them to dispose of it for me.

Oh, and no to them having the right to use your dumpster.

You over-estimate the shame level of the human race...

 

[HawkFantastic]

If the dumpster is easily accessible then I've used a dumpster a time or more to rid myself of carbage. If they're behind gate/fenced in or similar then I stay away.

 

[HotelAlphaWilcoKilo]

it's the people who come in cover of night and load it up with old carpet, boxes of crap, household trash, etc. that they simply don't want to haul to the dump and pay for.

Paging Jon Miller!

 

[hawkifann]

If you place trash cans outside, you are offering your customers to throw away anything they like and you will dispose of it in your dumpster. Just because they bought a burger and fries from you does not give them permission to use your dumpster.

I would get a "NO Dumping" sign.

I pretty much agree with this. The garbage cans by pumps at the gas station are an open invitation. There's no inherent trash to filling up a car other than the receipt, so they're clearly inviting me to throw incidental trash from my car away. No problem there.

My feeling on a business dumpster is that I'd only be ok using for anything I'd throw away inside the establishment. If I'm at a restaurant and leave with what's left of my drink and I wind up finishing it as I'm walking to my car past their dumpster, I might toss it in. I'd throw it away inside, so why not out? On the flip side, I'd never bring a big bag of trash from my house to throw away inside the restaurant, so I'm not going to put it in their dumpster.

 

[KennyPowers_96]

Are you near Iowa City? Find a homeless guy to sit out back, maybe pay him with leftovers?

 

[unsubstantiated]

I have to admit that I have done this in the past with car garbage. Now that I drive a somewhat nicer vehicle, I dont let it accumulate. My garbage & recycling is about three steps from where I park.

I had a boss who made $225k annually, and his wife was an attorney. He bought his garbage to work (several large bags twice per week) so he wouldnt have to pay for it.

 

[Pinehawk]

At least they are putting it in a dumpster. I live just outside of town and you wouldn't believe the things that people throw in the ditch. Trash and cans obviously, but also old appliances, tv's, unwanted pets (found a dead one in a car carrier once). The other day someone dumped an entire dead tree in the ditch. It's huge and it will probably be there a long time.

 

[CuttyDoesIt]

The weirder thing for me is the guy is driving around with a full bag of garbage in his car

 

[CuttyDoesIt]

Also, not sure where your restaurant is, but when I was 17 my friends and I had some cases of beers and a couple handles of vodka in my car. My dad shocked me and said he needs to use my car the next day. i quickly drove to around town to ditch the alcohol and think i found some random dumpster. sorry if it was yours

#csb

 

[aflachawk]

I've never seen anyone do this personally.

I mean I occasionally and I see others occasionally clean out their car at a gas station and use their trash for that purpose. But I've never seen someone bring like a trash bag from home and dump it in someone else's dumpster.

I don't think eating at a place gives you that right.

Putting trash in a restaurants garbage and cleaning out your car at the gas station are quite different. The trash cans at the gas station seem to me to be there for that exact purpose. As far as the OP its nothing to get worked up about. Ignore it and enjoy life. Some people get stupid.

 

[herecomethehawkeyes]

I have used a dumpster situated at the end of a parking lot for a set of business offices that I was going to (one of which I was on my way to). It was a plastic wal-mart type bag that had some bottles and assorted trash in it.

I guess I wouldn't go out of my way to use one (meaning the dumpster is not accessible without going out of your way to get to it) and I would never throw more than a plastic hy vee/walmart bag worth of garbage away.

If that makes me an asshole, I am fine with it.

 

[The_Joker13]

No man.....hell no.

 

[ping72]

If you put a garbage can outside, it's fair game. A dumpster behind a building is very different....although if somebody puts a bit of trash in there I wouldn't get my panties in a bunch, but if they drop things like old TVs that cost extra to dump then I'm pissed.

I've always felt bad when you see a Goodwill or Salvation Army early in the morning with piles of trash that somebody "donated". No, they can't take your old refrigerator that doesn't work, but you did just cost them $100 to get rid of it; money that will no longer go to help somebody that needs it.