Roma going through Bins in Dublin

lima

I discovered a Roma man rummaging through my bins this morning, and all the other bins on the road in the Ranelagh/Rathmines area. I took a photo of him and went into the guards on my way to work to complain

I have never seen this before, is this common in Dublin?

anncoates

lima wrote: »

and went into the guards on my way to work to complain

It's bin done before.

Did they refuse to do anything?

Tzardine

He is either hungry or is fed up being Romanian and is looking for a new identity.

There's two sides to this.

One is: That poor man, having to scrummage through bins to survive!

Two is: Make sure your credit card bills/bank receipts are destroyed before they go into the bin.


Whichever is the truth is up to you

Gee Bag

Ranelagh/Rathmines is my bin rummaging patch!

Bloody foreigners have no respect!

lima

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

There's two sides to this.

One is: That poor man, having to scrummage through bins to survive!

Two is: Make sure your credit card bills/bank receipts are destroyed before they go into the bin.


Whichever is the truth is up to you

Actually I just put about 100 pages of old bills etc. into my green bin, after soaking them in water for 24hrs and ripping them into pieces before putting them in the bin. It is black bin day though so he was looking through the actual rubbish bin, thankfully, but still worried

anncoates

Rojomcdojo wrote: »

There's two sides to this.

One is: That poor man, having to scrummage through bins to survive!

Two is: Make sure your credit card bills/bank receipts are destroyed before they go into the bin.


Whichever is the truth is up to you

Dey turk our potato peelings and used teabags!

nelly17

Is that illegal?

Panthro

He's looking for something he can take a pic of and stick it up on "You Laugh you lose".
Peeps will do anything for a few thumbs up these days.

Gee Bag

anncoates wrote: »

Dey turk our potato peelings and used teabags!

........ but they'll never take our soiled tampons!

Son Of A Vidic

lima wrote: »

Roma going through Bins in Dublin

Since it obviously enabled you to identify him so easily, the question is. Why did he have his passport with him while engaging in such activities?

lima

lima wrote: »

Actually I just put about 100 pages of old bills etc. into my green bin, after soaking them in water for 24hrs and ripping them into pieces before putting them in the bin. It is black bin day though so he was looking through the actual rubbish bin, thankfully, but still worried

I'd say a fair few people just throw everything into the black bin, or else would put bills in the black bin to make them a little harder to find. Good shout on the soaking, I'll have to start doing that myself!

CardBordWindow

Were they looking for children?




......too soon?

Tzardine

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Since it obviously enabled you to identify him so easily, the question is. Why did he have his passport with him while engaging in such activities?

Maybe he was in a Romania jersey and driving a Dacia.

Anyone

Maybe he was checking the bins to make sure people split all the recyclables?

Oink

lima wrote: »

Actually I just put about 100 pages of old bills etc. into my green bin, after soaking them in water for 24hrs and ripping them into pieces before putting them in the bin. It is black bin day though so he was looking through the actual rubbish bin, thankfully, but still worried

Not trying to be smart here, but what has you worried?

Ciaran_B

I live in Rathmines and they go through the big bin at the end of the car park of my apartment building. Normally on a Saturday or Sunday. I've seen them remove a lot of clothes over the last few months. Good luck to them, I say.

Duggy747

I had students knocking over my bins the other night. Unfortunately, for one of them the waste bin was full of animal faeces from my pets which they got covered in when they tipped it over.

When I caught them I also made them pick it all up with their bare hands and told them afterwards that they were handling rat shìt :pac:

HalloweenJack

I've seen Roma doing this in other countries. They're just looking for stuff that they can use for whatever purpose. They are very resourceful that way.

I've seen massive Roma camps and their "houses" are made up of stuff salvaged from skips and landfills.

Absoluvely

Duggy747 wrote: »

When I caught them I also made them pick it all up with their bare hands and told them afterwards that they were handling rat shìt :pac:

Should have told them you couldn't use the toilet during the water restrictions.

wretcheddomain

They're going to have to learn to stop rommaging through other peoples bins.

kingtiger

HalloweenJack wrote: »

I've seen Roma doing this in other countries. They're just looking for stuff that they can use for whatever purpose. They are very resourceful that way..

yeah right, they would never be looking for any old bank statements \ driving license info \ PPS number

just the modern day equivalent Rag and bone men, they are just misunderstood :pac:

Rasheed

This is why I burn my rubbish in the back field and dump things I can't burn in the bog. Never see the Romas on my bog.

HalloweenJack

kingtiger wrote: »

yeah right, they would never be looking for any old bank statements \ driving license info \ PPS number

just the modern day equivalent Rag and bone men, they are just misunderstood :pac:

They usually have a special stick with a hook at the end of it for reaching the bottom of big containers and also have a little cart loaded with stuff they've found.

But believe what you want to believe.

lima

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Since it obviously enabled you to identify him so easily, the question is. Why did he have his passport with him while engaging in such activities?

He was clearly Roma.

Newaglish

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

Since it obviously enabled you to identify him so easily, the question is. Why did he have his passport with him while engaging in such activities?

What would his passport tell you exactly?

kingtiger

HalloweenJack wrote: »

They usually have a special stick with a hook at the end of it for reaching the bottom of big containers and also have a little cart loaded with stuff they've found

yeah instead of the stick they probably just lower and small child down (like the charity clothes)

and as for the cart that has been replaced by and old 1990ies C class merc

greentea is just wrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe2c7sM9APQ

General General

lima wrote: »

Actually I just put about 100 pages of old bills etc. into my green bin, after soaking them in water for 24hrs and ripping them into pieces before putting them in the bin. It is black bin day though so he was looking through the actual rubbish bin, thankfully, but still worried

My mate sells & rents out document shredders, he has a mobile document shredding facility too (this is a van with some document shredders in it).

He f`cking hates people doing this 'soak & rip' sh!t..

General General

Newaglish wrote: »

What would his passport tell you exactly?

Nice point.

General General

nelly17 wrote: »

Is that illegal?

It is 'n' you're Nelly.

Super-Rush

Maybe you should ask in the Dublin forum.