In Our Dumpster

 So there I was. 

Taking out the trash at work. 

And I go to throw the first things into the dumpster.

When I realize said dumpster is fuller than it should be.

Why?

-_- Because someone had come by and tossed some of their trash into it. 

Which is frustrating. 

Because our store usually ends up with a lot of trash. And the Garbage Truck only comes by like once or twice a week.

So it's not great if someone else fills up our dumpsters with their stuff when we need to fill them up with our stuff.

Like I've seen a variety of stuff over the years. Including old furniture and such. 

And I was immediately semi annoyed. 

Because like what had been tossed in the dumpster was a couple of wooden pallets.

Which threw me off for a moment.

Because we too use wooden pallets in the store. That's what all our store product comes stacked on. 

So, truthfully my first thought was "Why did we throw these pallets away?" 

Because we're supposed to return the pallets to our DC so that they can reuse them to put more product on to send back to the stores.

So we wouldn't throw them away unless they were completely broken...and these did not look broken.

Which was then when I realized "Oh. Someone ELSE threw these in our dumpster."

My next thought was I should pull them out so we could send them to the DC.

But then a split second later I was like WAIT A MINUTE.

Because my roomie had just been talking to me the other day about decorating for Halloween. And how she was considering tracking down a pallet to use for one of her projects. 

Which I was sad about because like I have tons of pallets at work....I just can't take them because we have to return them to the DC.

BUT.

THESE TWO PALLETS IN THE DUMPSTER WEREN'T OURS.

They were someone else's pallets.

Therefore FREE GAME!

Thankfully there was enough trash in the dumpster that the pallets were close enough to the top and light enough that I was able to lift them both up and stack them on the side of the building so that I could come grab them after work.

Though I wouldn't have been surprised if someone else would have taken them before I managed to get back out there. People like their craft projects around here. 

BUT.

Both pallets were still there when I got off work! Yay!

So I pulled around back to shove them into my car....

Only to encounter the slight problem of....I could only fit one of them in my car. 

Foo. 

My car was slightly too narrow to be able to lay them down flat so they had to go in at an angle...meaning only one would fit in.

Which overall was fine. The project really only called for maybe 1 pallet but I'd been planning on 2 in case the 2nd could be useful for scraps. 

Still. I picked the nicer looking pallet and shoved it in my car and took it home.

And roomie was sooooo excited when I brought her out to my car to show her my find. lol.

Solved a lot of time and potential issues in tracking down and finding one. So ha!

So one step down for her project.

Who knows how many more to go.

But yah. Good day for dumpster diving I suppose lol. Found a pallet that my roomie needed so it's all good. 

Until you next find these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!

-Sarnic Dirchi