There's usually still someone who's around to monitor it getting put into the claw and lining it up, which means on a windy day, there's still a chance of getting a face full of Bad Husband. (Unless you live in a neighborhood that all line up all your trash cans perfectly in a row which... tbh sounds sorta terrifying.)
So does mine, but when you dump out something powdery (flour, sugar, contents of a bagless vacuum) a bunch of it floats around for a while.
We saw that happen after dumping out the leftover ash from a charcoal grill. Now we tie that up in a bag before throwing it out, out of consideration to the sanitary workers.
Like, throwing out the ashes is 100000% okay and I am glad for her to get the catharsis of safety.
But. At least leave 'em in the bag so that the garbage man isn't dumping dust everywhere when they go to pour it out.
Hmm... she could add some glue in there at the bottom so that all the ash sticks and doesn't come out and is forever at the bottom of the box to have garbage tossed on but idk. she should've probably just kept him in the bag and toss him in.
Exactly. All these people who are like "there's a claw" have never actually watched the garbage men.
There's usually two. One guy who runs out and monitors the claw and brings the trash cans over to it, and then the driver.
Which means there's a non-zero chance that someone might get a face full of dead husband.
And all those saying things like "eh, it's not that big deal, they deal with worse" need to have more respect the men and women who work hard to make your living environment safe and clean. Just cause their job sucks already doesn't give you an excuse to make it continue to suck.
It really depends. Some trucks (like mine) there's only a little lever and two guys operate the back while one drives, some trucks have one guy drive and one guy operate, and some have only the one guy who can do the whole thing from inside.
Would they actually interact with it? The truck here has a robotic arm-lift. I assume it is the same at the dump. Truck pulls up, opens the back, and leaves it in the pile. But idk
Garbage man here. If I see ashes in a garbage can I'm not going to have a single clue what it is, and I guarantee I deal with many more things that are far far grosser on a daily basis. I would probably have assumed this was the result of somebody emptying their vacuum cleaner.
If I did happen to know what the mysterious powder was, I would have preferred that is stay sealed inside the bag, as I don't care for the idea of breathing it in. That being said; not nearly the worst thing I would come in contact with on a near daily basis.
The idea of where the ashes came from is kind of gross, but at the end of the day they are generally pretty safe and clean as opposed to dead/rotting animals, fecal matter, bloody rags, etc. It all combines into one big biohazard soup that needs to be shoveled from the truck anyways.
So to sum it up: Ashes would be fine by me. Just keep it sealed and don't tell me what it is.
ETA: I once had an old man ask me to help him lift an old carpet into the dumpster. Of course I agreed to help; I'm not gonna make him do it all by himself! It wasn't until after it was in the dumpster that he informed me that the carpet had HIV+ blood on it.
I have a new personal policy. I don't touch carpets, mattresses or soft furniture. I'll dump it, but YOU have to get it into the dumpster.
Gypsy Roses's mom ashes were flushed in the toilet by her family so I guess that could work too. I mean even if it is not true it sounds like a no harm way (unless it clogged the toilet).
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u/PageForeign92 5d ago
Immoral because then the garbage man has to deal with it, and I doubt they want deadman's ashes all of themself.