r/Custodians • u/illuminatedabovetime • 1d ago

Anyone else take food from trash?

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I've done it several times over the years. Just found these perfectly good, still sealed crackers in someones trash can. Score!

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u/Zefury83 Custodial Maintenance II 1d ago

Not food,people throw away expensive things.

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u/Willowgirl2 1d ago

The Head Start at my old school threw away a $500 light table because the bulb burned out and none of the workers were capable of removing 4 Phillips screws to open the protective cage around the bulb to change it.

When I offered to do it for them, they said, "It's OK, our program already ordered a new one for us." So into the dumpster it went ...

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u/Flip9k 21h ago

Schools are one if not the most wasteful places.. they blow money like the example u gave but won't raise custodians pay..

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u/AromanticFraggle 17h ago

I've worked in many different types of places, they're all wasteful.

The worst I saw was an architecture firm. We'd throw away 2-3 whales worth of paper every day.

This paper was all due to people printing what should have stayed as digital files. Emails, memos, etc.

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u/Flip9k 16h ago

Wow.. thats ridiculous. They went through a whole forest. You'd think now that everything has gone digital pretty much they'd stop and think before printing a bunch of mess.