A strange sight at Home Depot
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Somehow the phrase, "Dog in the manger" keeps floating through my brain... Just in case . . . The allusion is to one of Aesop’s fables, written about 600BC, in which a dog was taking a nap in a manger. When an ox came and tried to eat the hay in the manger, the dog barked furiously, snapped at him and wouldn’t let him get at his food, food that, of course, was useless to the dog. At last the ox gave up and went away muttering, “Ah, people often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves”. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
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I have taken the incentive to post these.......... Strange sight at Home DepotPosted by CRMiller z9 CA (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 04 at 0:39 Today when I was at Home Depot, there was a cart full of half dead plants (needed water) and some irises that were out of bloom. They were headed for the dumpster. The lady working there was taking the plants out one by one and spray-painting them! Not the pot, the leaves and stem. I didn 't stop to ask her about them because I was in a hurry. I don't like that they throw away plants that were under watered, but spray-paint them bright orange?!! I'm not saying this is a good policy at all but it is, unfortunatly, necessary because of the many points the others have brought up. It prevents employee shoplifters from getting stuff put into the dumpsters for them to pick up later. It helps prevents dumpster diving (if i dumpster dive and hurt myself i'm sure i could sue Home Depot somehow). I like the one person's story about how shoes had to be cut in half before being tossed in the dumpster. So this practice is 'necessary' for the store to cover their back. However there are other routes they could take. In the case of something that has real value (like a pair of unused shoes) they could easily start donating these items to the local church. But where do they draw the line at what they can donate away? Some churches might be thrilled to get a bunch of half dead plants. Others would be offended. And how about all the other 'junk' that people love to dumpster dive for? It would take a lot of time/effort to have a whole 'recycling' comitee put together to determine what should be donated and what should be junked. And if people don't believe the shoplifting excuse, just think about the scenario of a donut shop. If you walk in right before closing time, why won't they give you all the leftover donuts for free since they're just going to throw them out? Lets say they did. The some employee realizes that there are always X stale donuts left over at the end of the day. Therefore he should be able to steal X fresh donuts right as they're baked and no one is harmed since they would have just been stale at the end of the day. This is essentially true until the day when they needed those X donuts and they run out. The only way to maintain a surplus and the whole idea that all items are valuable is to destroy them in the end. It's wrong but it does protect their ass as intended. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
(Zemedelec)
Somehow the phrase, "Dog in the manger" keeps floating through my brain... Just in case . . . The allusion is to one of Aesop’s fables, written about 600BC, in which a dog was taking a nap in a manger. When an ox came and tried to eat the hay in the manger, the dog barked furiously, snapped at him and wouldn’t let him get at his food, food that, of course, was useless to the dog. At last the ox gave up and went away muttering, “Ah, people often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves”. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
(Zemedelec)
Somehow the phrase, "Dog in the manger" keeps floating through my brain... Just in case . . . The allusion is to one of Aesop’s fables, written about 600BC, in which a dog was taking a nap in a manger. When an ox came and tried to eat the hay in the manger, the dog barked furiously, snapped at him and wouldn’t let him get at his food, food that, of course, was useless to the dog. At last the ox gave up and went away muttering, “Ah, people often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves”. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
(Zemedelec)
Somehow the phrase, "Dog in the manger" keeps floating through my brain... Just in case . . . The allusion is to one of Aesop’s fables, written about 600BC, in which a dog was taking a nap in a manger. When an ox came and tried to eat the hay in the manger, the dog barked furiously, snapped at him and wouldn’t let him get at his food, food that, of course, was useless to the dog. At last the ox gave up and went away muttering, “Ah, people often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves”. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
(Zemedelec)
Somehow the phrase, "Dog in the manger" keeps floating through my brain... Just in case . . . The allusion is to one of Aesop’s fables, written about 600BC, in which a dog was taking a nap in a manger. When an ox came and tried to eat the hay in the manger, the dog barked furiously, snapped at him and wouldn’t let him get at his food, food that, of course, was useless to the dog. At last the ox gave up and went away muttering, “Ah, people often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves”. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
"madgardener" wrote in message ...
I have taken the incentive to post these.......... Strange sight at Home DepotPosted by CRMiller z9 CA (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 04 at 0:39 Today when I was at Home Depot, there was a cart full of half dead plants (needed water) and some irises that were out of bloom. They were headed for the dumpster. The lady working there was taking the plants out one by one and spray-painting them! Not the pot, the leaves and stem. I didn 't stop to ask her about them because I was in a hurry. I don't like that they throw away plants that were under watered, but spray-paint them bright orange?!! I'm not saying this is a good policy at all but it is, unfortunatly, necessary because of the many points the others have brought up. It prevents employee shoplifters from getting stuff put into the dumpsters for them to pick up later. It helps prevents dumpster diving (if i dumpster dive and hurt myself i'm sure i could sue Home Depot somehow). I like the one person's story about how shoes had to be cut in half before being tossed in the dumpster. So this practice is 'necessary' for the store to cover their back. However there are other routes they could take. In the case of something that has real value (like a pair of unused shoes) they could easily start donating these items to the local church. But where do they draw the line at what they can donate away? Some churches might be thrilled to get a bunch of half dead plants. Others would be offended. And how about all the other 'junk' that people love to dumpster dive for? It would take a lot of time/effort to have a whole 'recycling' comitee put together to determine what should be donated and what should be junked. And if people don't believe the shoplifting excuse, just think about the scenario of a donut shop. If you walk in right before closing time, why won't they give you all the leftover donuts for free since they're just going to throw them out? Lets say they did. The some employee realizes that there are always X stale donuts left over at the end of the day. Therefore he should be able to steal X fresh donuts right as they're baked and no one is harmed since they would have just been stale at the end of the day. This is essentially true until the day when they needed those X donuts and they run out. The only way to maintain a surplus and the whole idea that all items are valuable is to destroy them in the end. It's wrong but it does protect their ass as intended. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
"madgardener" wrote in message ...
I have taken the incentive to post these.......... Strange sight at Home DepotPosted by CRMiller z9 CA (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 04 at 0:39 Today when I was at Home Depot, there was a cart full of half dead plants (needed water) and some irises that were out of bloom. They were headed for the dumpster. The lady working there was taking the plants out one by one and spray-painting them! Not the pot, the leaves and stem. I didn 't stop to ask her about them because I was in a hurry. I don't like that they throw away plants that were under watered, but spray-paint them bright orange?!! I'm not saying this is a good policy at all but it is, unfortunatly, necessary because of the many points the others have brought up. It prevents employee shoplifters from getting stuff put into the dumpsters for them to pick up later. It helps prevents dumpster diving (if i dumpster dive and hurt myself i'm sure i could sue Home Depot somehow). I like the one person's story about how shoes had to be cut in half before being tossed in the dumpster. So this practice is 'necessary' for the store to cover their back. However there are other routes they could take. In the case of something that has real value (like a pair of unused shoes) they could easily start donating these items to the local church. But where do they draw the line at what they can donate away? Some churches might be thrilled to get a bunch of half dead plants. Others would be offended. And how about all the other 'junk' that people love to dumpster dive for? It would take a lot of time/effort to have a whole 'recycling' comitee put together to determine what should be donated and what should be junked. And if people don't believe the shoplifting excuse, just think about the scenario of a donut shop. If you walk in right before closing time, why won't they give you all the leftover donuts for free since they're just going to throw them out? Lets say they did. The some employee realizes that there are always X stale donuts left over at the end of the day. Therefore he should be able to steal X fresh donuts right as they're baked and no one is harmed since they would have just been stale at the end of the day. This is essentially true until the day when they needed those X donuts and they run out. The only way to maintain a surplus and the whole idea that all items are valuable is to destroy them in the end. It's wrong but it does protect their ass as intended. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
"madgardener" wrote in message ...
I have taken the incentive to post these.......... Strange sight at Home DepotPosted by CRMiller z9 CA (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 04 at 0:39 Today when I was at Home Depot, there was a cart full of half dead plants (needed water) and some irises that were out of bloom. They were headed for the dumpster. The lady working there was taking the plants out one by one and spray-painting them! Not the pot, the leaves and stem. I didn 't stop to ask her about them because I was in a hurry. I don't like that they throw away plants that were under watered, but spray-paint them bright orange?!! I'm not saying this is a good policy at all but it is, unfortunatly, necessary because of the many points the others have brought up. It prevents employee shoplifters from getting stuff put into the dumpsters for them to pick up later. It helps prevents dumpster diving (if i dumpster dive and hurt myself i'm sure i could sue Home Depot somehow). I like the one person's story about how shoes had to be cut in half before being tossed in the dumpster. So this practice is 'necessary' for the store to cover their back. However there are other routes they could take. In the case of something that has real value (like a pair of unused shoes) they could easily start donating these items to the local church. But where do they draw the line at what they can donate away? Some churches might be thrilled to get a bunch of half dead plants. Others would be offended. And how about all the other 'junk' that people love to dumpster dive for? It would take a lot of time/effort to have a whole 'recycling' comitee put together to determine what should be donated and what should be junked. And if people don't believe the shoplifting excuse, just think about the scenario of a donut shop. If you walk in right before closing time, why won't they give you all the leftover donuts for free since they're just going to throw them out? Lets say they did. The some employee realizes that there are always X stale donuts left over at the end of the day. Therefore he should be able to steal X fresh donuts right as they're baked and no one is harmed since they would have just been stale at the end of the day. This is essentially true until the day when they needed those X donuts and they run out. The only way to maintain a surplus and the whole idea that all items are valuable is to destroy them in the end. It's wrong but it does protect their ass as intended. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
"madgardener" wrote in message ...
I have taken the incentive to post these.......... Strange sight at Home DepotPosted by CRMiller z9 CA (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 04 at 0:39 Today when I was at Home Depot, there was a cart full of half dead plants (needed water) and some irises that were out of bloom. They were headed for the dumpster. The lady working there was taking the plants out one by one and spray-painting them! Not the pot, the leaves and stem. I didn 't stop to ask her about them because I was in a hurry. I don't like that they throw away plants that were under watered, but spray-paint them bright orange?!! I'm not saying this is a good policy at all but it is, unfortunatly, necessary because of the many points the others have brought up. It prevents employee shoplifters from getting stuff put into the dumpsters for them to pick up later. It helps prevents dumpster diving (if i dumpster dive and hurt myself i'm sure i could sue Home Depot somehow). I like the one person's story about how shoes had to be cut in half before being tossed in the dumpster. So this practice is 'necessary' for the store to cover their back. However there are other routes they could take. In the case of something that has real value (like a pair of unused shoes) they could easily start donating these items to the local church. But where do they draw the line at what they can donate away? Some churches might be thrilled to get a bunch of half dead plants. Others would be offended. And how about all the other 'junk' that people love to dumpster dive for? It would take a lot of time/effort to have a whole 'recycling' comitee put together to determine what should be donated and what should be junked. And if people don't believe the shoplifting excuse, just think about the scenario of a donut shop. If you walk in right before closing time, why won't they give you all the leftover donuts for free since they're just going to throw them out? Lets say they did. The some employee realizes that there are always X stale donuts left over at the end of the day. Therefore he should be able to steal X fresh donuts right as they're baked and no one is harmed since they would have just been stale at the end of the day. This is essentially true until the day when they needed those X donuts and they run out. The only way to maintain a surplus and the whole idea that all items are valuable is to destroy them in the end. It's wrong but it does protect their ass as intended. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
"madgardener" wrote in message ...
I have taken the incentive to post these.......... Strange sight at Home DepotPosted by CRMiller z9 CA (My Page) on Sun, Mar 21, 04 at 0:39 Today when I was at Home Depot, there was a cart full of half dead plants (needed water) and some irises that were out of bloom. They were headed for the dumpster. The lady working there was taking the plants out one by one and spray-painting them! Not the pot, the leaves and stem. I didn 't stop to ask her about them because I was in a hurry. I don't like that they throw away plants that were under watered, but spray-paint them bright orange?!! I'm not saying this is a good policy at all but it is, unfortunatly, necessary because of the many points the others have brought up. It prevents employee shoplifters from getting stuff put into the dumpsters for them to pick up later. It helps prevents dumpster diving (if i dumpster dive and hurt myself i'm sure i could sue Home Depot somehow). I like the one person's story about how shoes had to be cut in half before being tossed in the dumpster. So this practice is 'necessary' for the store to cover their back. However there are other routes they could take. In the case of something that has real value (like a pair of unused shoes) they could easily start donating these items to the local church. But where do they draw the line at what they can donate away? Some churches might be thrilled to get a bunch of half dead plants. Others would be offended. And how about all the other 'junk' that people love to dumpster dive for? It would take a lot of time/effort to have a whole 'recycling' comitee put together to determine what should be donated and what should be junked. And if people don't believe the shoplifting excuse, just think about the scenario of a donut shop. If you walk in right before closing time, why won't they give you all the leftover donuts for free since they're just going to throw them out? Lets say they did. The some employee realizes that there are always X stale donuts left over at the end of the day. Therefore he should be able to steal X fresh donuts right as they're baked and no one is harmed since they would have just been stale at the end of the day. This is essentially true until the day when they needed those X donuts and they run out. The only way to maintain a surplus and the whole idea that all items are valuable is to destroy them in the end. It's wrong but it does protect their ass as intended. |
A strange sight at Home Depot
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However there are other routes they could take. In the case of something that has real value (like a pair of unused shoes) they could easily start donating these items to the local church. Often the things that have real salvage value are also things that the retailer gets credit from the distributor. To get that credit, they have to ensure the distributor that they have destroyed the items in question. Donating them to charity means they don't get credit from the distributor. Even when that's not the case, it's not usually feasible to keep a list of which things need to be destroyed, and which don't need to be destroyed. And even if you do, you're right back to the point where people are throwing things out just so they can be salvaged. Another issue that hasn't been brought up is if the retail store has a customer-friendly, no questions asked policy on returns, they run the risk of people dumpster diving, and returning the same items over and over again. Yes. There is a lot of waste out there. But the things we're talking about aren't because the retailers are uncaring people who want to waste the resources of the world. The things we're talking about happen because there are too many dishonest people in the world looking for ways to screw the retailers -- especially the big retailers. They justify it by saying, "who cares if I keep dumpster diving behind the Home Depot, and keep returning the same merchandise over and over again. They're a big company." Figure out a way to eliminate dishonesty, and then retailers can stop these practices that appear to be wasteful. Shrinkage isn't a small problem. It's one thing to give away waste, like Starbuck's coffee grounds, or the barber's piles of hair. It's quite a different story when you start talking about merchandise that's no longer saleable. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Blatant Plug: Spend your Amazon gift certificates he http://www.holzemville.com/mall/associateshop.html |
A strange sight at Home Depot
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However there are other routes they could take. In the case of something that has real value (like a pair of unused shoes) they could easily start donating these items to the local church. Often the things that have real salvage value are also things that the retailer gets credit from the distributor. To get that credit, they have to ensure the distributor that they have destroyed the items in question. Donating them to charity means they don't get credit from the distributor. Even when that's not the case, it's not usually feasible to keep a list of which things need to be destroyed, and which don't need to be destroyed. And even if you do, you're right back to the point where people are throwing things out just so they can be salvaged. Another issue that hasn't been brought up is if the retail store has a customer-friendly, no questions asked policy on returns, they run the risk of people dumpster diving, and returning the same items over and over again. Yes. There is a lot of waste out there. But the things we're talking about aren't because the retailers are uncaring people who want to waste the resources of the world. The things we're talking about happen because there are too many dishonest people in the world looking for ways to screw the retailers -- especially the big retailers. They justify it by saying, "who cares if I keep dumpster diving behind the Home Depot, and keep returning the same merchandise over and over again. They're a big company." Figure out a way to eliminate dishonesty, and then retailers can stop these practices that appear to be wasteful. Shrinkage isn't a small problem. It's one thing to give away waste, like Starbuck's coffee grounds, or the barber's piles of hair. It's quite a different story when you start talking about merchandise that's no longer saleable. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Blatant Plug: Spend your Amazon gift certificates he http://www.holzemville.com/mall/associateshop.html |
A strange sight at Home Depot
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However there are other routes they could take. In the case of something that has real value (like a pair of unused shoes) they could easily start donating these items to the local church. Often the things that have real salvage value are also things that the retailer gets credit from the distributor. To get that credit, they have to ensure the distributor that they have destroyed the items in question. Donating them to charity means they don't get credit from the distributor. Even when that's not the case, it's not usually feasible to keep a list of which things need to be destroyed, and which don't need to be destroyed. And even if you do, you're right back to the point where people are throwing things out just so they can be salvaged. Another issue that hasn't been brought up is if the retail store has a customer-friendly, no questions asked policy on returns, they run the risk of people dumpster diving, and returning the same items over and over again. Yes. There is a lot of waste out there. But the things we're talking about aren't because the retailers are uncaring people who want to waste the resources of the world. The things we're talking about happen because there are too many dishonest people in the world looking for ways to screw the retailers -- especially the big retailers. They justify it by saying, "who cares if I keep dumpster diving behind the Home Depot, and keep returning the same merchandise over and over again. They're a big company." Figure out a way to eliminate dishonesty, and then retailers can stop these practices that appear to be wasteful. Shrinkage isn't a small problem. It's one thing to give away waste, like Starbuck's coffee grounds, or the barber's piles of hair. It's quite a different story when you start talking about merchandise that's no longer saleable. -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Blatant Plug: Spend your Amazon gift certificates he http://www.holzemville.com/mall/associateshop.html |
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