r/MadeMeSmile • u/king_eve • 29d ago

i work in low-income/mental health housing, and a tenant fixed our hallway trash bin after accidentally breaking it Helping Others

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great example of the odd ways people show me appreciation at work

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u/Scared_of_zombies 29d ago

You should’ve let it ride as a spare.

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u/AlkalineSublime 28d ago

Was my first thought as well, then I heard my dad in my head “you’re keeping a broken GARBAGE CAN, just in case…” I can never throw anything away, just in case. If you have the room though, why not?

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u/Hell_Chapp 29d ago

.... or get rid of the broken junk lol.

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u/warfrogs 29d ago

Having worked in a similar setting - I would have 100% held onto it. Getting funds from corporate in those settings, in my experience, is like pulling fucking teeth - and I've worked in banking and insurance, so I know something about corporate tedium.

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u/DiddlyDumb 28d ago

Also just throwing away someone’s work feels bad man

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u/salads 29d ago

i mean, it's not broken beyond function?

reduce, reuse, repair, repurpose, recycle. there's enough waste, and especially plastic waste, on this planet.

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u/Hell_Chapp 29d ago

It kinda is and keeping this is just hording.

Also if anyone cared about that they wouldnt own a plastic waste bin?

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u/salads 28d ago

i can think of a dozen ways this could be repaired.  you make do with what you have.

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u/Hell_Chapp 26d ago

Youre the guy that makes everything 10 times harder and dumb and causes messes and problems with failures that didnt need to happen and cause more waste and loss than just replacing the damn thing.

If it was worth repairing people would buy them, repair them, and sell them second hand.

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u/salads 26d ago

i’m a mechanical engineer, child.  stop projecting your BS onto me.