To be a bit protective over my skip

[Ragingoverlife]

Basically

I've just shouted at a man looking to take yet alone more stuff out of my skip. Which I've been trying for weeks to fill up.

Had the skip around 4 weeks it's going today half full because I can't cope with people taking stuff out of it or putting more stuff in it.

Random neighbours going out late at night putting their crap in it.

I've had people put dog poo in it 4 nights in a row until I put a note on then magically watched a couple remove it.

I've had workmen employed by the local council to do work outside my house place their waste in it. Which has now made me look insane when I've complained because they've taken what the men left thats worth money but the rest of it is in there. And the council have been charged for waste removal and the job but both the waste removal and the job have been paid by me (service charge every week for lights)

I've had scrap men hovering for weeks around it watching like vultures etc every day something new is taken.

I know metal has scrap value. But I want the skip company to be able to take anything useful for scrap not some opportunists waiting to make money out of my rubbish as I've employed them.

If you ask me and I say it's fine. Go ahead. But I find it an invasion of privacy someone looking in your rubbish, or adding to it..

I also left a note on the skip saying to stay away from my skip but it blew inside grrrr.

I basically feel like I've opened my own 24/7 recycling plant that I get no benefit from.

For added drip feeds I'm 33 weeks pregnant and hormonal. Please take that into account

So yabu- you've chucked it it's public property, people can do what they want

Yanbu - they are a bunch of cf'ers and I would shout at them all too.

Yanbu. I don’t understand why people seem to think skips are public property, and that anyone who wants to can put things in and pick things out.

I think if you’ve chucked it, then don’t worry. I’d probably feel it a bit like you and want the skip people to have the benefit of the scrap. But they probably know what people are like.

I thing YANBU to not want people to put their rubbish in the skip, you have paid for.

We used to have a village skip once a year, so everyone could get rid of a bit of stuff. One year the local pub owner stripped out his kitchen and filled the skip the first day. We’ve never had a village skip since then.

I think I'd implode. I hope no one drank at the pub for months! Ha!

I don't think the skip company do sort through the rubbish though do they? They just go and dump it at a big landfill, so much better for the environment if people take what's useful first.

If you really don't want people in it, get a decent cover for it. Our skip was covered and securely tied down so people couldn't just randomly put stuff in it.

YANBU. I think it's so rude when people take from or add stuff to other peoples skips - I wouldn't dream of doing it.

I have no issue with people taking stuff OUT, it is rubbish (to you) after all. But don’t dare put something IN my skip as that might mean I run out of room for my crap!

From my knowledge, there's lots of rules and regulations around waste (my partner works for the council) so you can't just chuck it all in landfill. In general house hold waste Recycling gets sold, food waste gets sent to pig farms etc.

But I would hope that not all is thrown straight in landfill only what is necessary which would be the same as if I took it to the local recycling centre.

Why would you be annoyed at people taking stuff out??
Obviously it’s dick behaviour when people try to add stuff when you’re literally paying but why wouldn’t you be happy about something being out to better use than landfill?

I just searched to find out as I was curious. It does seem that stuff gets sorted through, that's really useful to know. I wonder if they do get paid for scrap value though. I'd never considered it.

Definitely recommend a good tarp over your skip as a deterrent though.

Ooh. I love it when people take things from my skips. It means there's more room for me to fill it again. I was a bit perplexed when someone took 4 old PC cases as they don't really have much metal and I'd already stripped anything useful (power, cables, HDD etc) The only thing left really was outdated parts and mostly plastic cases but I assume they still had a way of making money from them.

I've never had anyone put anything in without asking. Nextdoor once put a dog crate in after asking a visiting child for permission. I'm guessing they either thought the child belonged to me or that the child would ask me but they were too shy so just nodded but nextdoor then sent a box of lovely homemade cupcakes to thank us.

This is the second thread in days about someone losing their shit over a skip

I wouldn’t just put things in a skip - someone’s paid for that to be there for their stuff to be disposed of, it’s well cheeky to just add to it. Unless it was someone I knew well and I had asked.

But... I kind of think anything already in there is fair game tbh, my mum’s kitchen table came from a skip about 35 years ago... dunno what would have happened to it when the skip was emptied, but I doubt it would have been 35+ years of use.

I think it's just the assumption that its okay that gets me. If someone pulled out a scooter etc and knocked and said would you mind if I took this for my grandson for example I'd say go ahead. But just for people to make money it annoys me! But I think it's personal preference.

I shall have a hunt for this thread.

I understand you. I remember having a skip and I was constantly watching it and was shouting at people I saw messing with it! I am not usually like that. Having a skip does seem to attract cheeky people taking advantage of it though.

Putting stuff in - issue and bloody rude.

Taking stuff out - crack on, it's in the slip for a reason!

Ooh I love a skip (for my obsessive decluttering).

I don’t mind people taking things out, it makes more space for me. I always put things that I think people might want at the edge closest to the pavement. It’s feels like a nice bit of community spirit when people ask for things from the skip, but honestly, it’s rubbish, I don’t mind if they just help themselves.

Adding things to someone else’s skip is cheeky, but I don’t get too irate as long as it’s not too big / bulky, or something prohibited.

I think YABU to send it back half full if you’ve still got stuff to add to it, but if you’ve finished then get it gone and enjoy not having all the irritation.

For what it’s worth, pregnancy hormones / baby brain make it totally allowable to feel utterly enraged about very random things. I cried about the wheelie bin when DD was newborn.

But it was in the bin! It’s a faux little dance to get them to come and knock, are you going to say ‘no I would rather that perfectly working scooter stayed in the bin and became scrap metal’.
If you’re going to say yes anyway what’s the issue?
Its rubbish to you by its very nature of being in a skip. You are literally paying for the privilege of getting rid of it but you don’t want someone else to make use of it?

I'm with you op.
Dm passed away and I've bought her house and moved in, had a skip to clear the house and had people going through it, been a bit upsetting because it's my mum's stuff (I can't keep it all) kept coming home to find items on the floor where people have been rummaging through the skip.
Ndn has taken an ornament from the skip and put it in his garden, so now I get to look at my mum's ornament that was in her house in his garden 🥹. Trying to tell myself that my dm would like him to have it but really I wanted it all gone, out of sight out of mind.
Otoh I did tell the neighbours to throw anything in once I'd finished, that I don't mind, might as well fill it.

YABU about people taking stuff out of your skip. I don’t see an issue with that as you’ve clearly indicated you don’t want it anymore.

YANBU about people putting stuff in your skip. That is not okay; you have paid for it and it’s for your things.

I personally don't care if people take stuff out of the skip but it is really bugging me when they are putting stuff in.

I have no issue of people taking stuff from my skip, but very peeved if someone dumps stuff in it! The trick is to order it the day of your clear put unless it's for a building job. I've had one dropped Friday and collected Monday in the past, practically stood guard

I really don't see the problem with people taking stuff from a skip. You've thrown it out! I love it if people can make something of my unwanted stuff. Reuse is better than recycling and if my tatty table becomes another family's mealtime gathering place I think that's wonderful. Saves me having to try and list it all on FB or similar.

I had loads of skips when I was having building work done, I'd have loved it if people had taken stuff out - they filled up very quickly and were expensive!

I have loads but I don't have the time to sort through it. I had given myself the time to get one 6 yard skip filled but now it's half empty so I've effectively wasted money. It's not even the scrap metal it's the foraging and coming back daily. I don't want people looking in my skip at what I'm throwing.

When I moved into my house I found 80s porno's in the loft. I refused to put them in the skip without smashing up the evidence I was mortified lol incase anyone thought they were mine 😆.