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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 9, 2011 12:50:28 GMT -5
My mom send us a few gift cards and I can't find them. I know where they were, I THOUGHT I knew where I put them, but I still can't find them. The only other place I can think of is trash. I really don't want to go through it, bc it has tons of dirty diapers and other kinds of stuff, but I also want to "loose" the money So, how much would it take for you to go through garbage, whether it was your or someone else's? Lena P.S. My "other" plan is to bribe my DH to do it. He doesn't know that yet
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Post by doxieluvr on Feb 9, 2011 12:56:36 GMT -5
I have done it a few times. My hands are completely washable. If its a real dirty job, I can shower afterwards.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 13:02:26 GMT -5
Suit up with a pair of rubber gloves and get digging. I've done it many times. I'm a bit absentminded. Just two weeks ago I sat in our driveway digging through our recycling to find a paper I forgot to give to my father. The neighbors think I'm crazy. I like it that way.
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Post by bean29 on Feb 9, 2011 13:06:06 GMT -5
Maybe, I have done it before. Get out a pair of rubber gloves and get to work.
My DD told me on Sunday that she could not find her glasses. I think I threw them away thinking they were my old glasses. They were in the master bath - it did not occur to me they were hers. What was I thinking???
I looked through one bag, but it is really cold here this week, and DH forgot to put the garbage out last week so we had two weeks worth of garbage.
I stupidly thought well she needs new contacts anyways and scheduled an appt. The new glasses are $244 and the prescription is virtually the same as the old. Cost of contacts not known yet, as they are in the "fitting" stage.
I wish I had gone through the garbage. DD says new glasses are much more attractive than the old though.
Now that I paid for new glasses, those old ones will show up. I am not positive I threw them away but I am pretty sure I did.
I do budget into a FSA and an HSA for Medical costs. New Glasses and Contacts are budgeted for the 3 of us that need them, so it really is not the end of the world.
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Post by bean29 on Feb 9, 2011 13:10:31 GMT -5
Don't know if you are Catholic or not, but try saying a prayer to Saint Anthony. Grandma used to say he was the patron saint of lost articles. It has worked for me in the past.
Also look in those places you thought you stuck them a second time or have your DH look. Maybe they don't look like what you are thinking they look like - you are looking for the card, and they are in an envelope. They got slipped into a gift bag, or another gift box.
I recently lost a credit card. I was pretty sure it was in my wallet but I went through it a couple of times and did not find it. Put a hold on the cc. Went through wallet again and it was stuck behind another card.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 9, 2011 13:12:36 GMT -5
Oh and before I get flamed for "how dare you don't want to do it, but want to make our DH do it", I am pregnant and certain smells (and I never know which ones) make me nauseous.
But I was just thinking that for $5 bucks, I probably wouldn't even bother, for $500 - I would be in there with my head in.
Lena
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Post by Waffle on Feb 9, 2011 13:16:45 GMT -5
My garbage I would go through. Your dirty diaper garbage EEEW. Of course, I'm speaking here as someone whose claim to fame is that she has never in her 50 years ever changed a diaper.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 13:30:38 GMT -5
You're pregnant again Lena??? Congratulations??? LOL I think you're nuts to have 2 tiny tots but hey, to each their own And yes, I have gone through the garbage looking for money or other items of value I was concerned ended up in there. Can I suggest, if it is paper you are looking for, you start with the recycling bin. And duh! If you have a DH to do it, and a built in pregnancy excuse, OF COURSE get him to do it and you don't even need to bribe him. You're carrying his child for crying out loud.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 9, 2011 14:37:41 GMT -5
I know. LOL. But A) I am not as young as I look, so we didn't want to wait too much longer and B) I love the fact that they all going to be so close in age that they can be best friends and it's also easier to do things when kids are about the same age I feel terrible about asking my DH to go through garbage bc just Sunday I was giving him crap for always loosing stuff. Karma is a bitch. Lena
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Feb 9, 2011 14:55:31 GMT -5
If your DH whines Lena tell him it is better than having to clean up garbage AND vomit after you get sick from digging thru the garbage. DH did all sorts of things for me while pregnant because he didn't want to have to deal with the possible aftermath.
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Post by alabamagal on Feb 9, 2011 15:04:38 GMT -5
i would do it (and have done it) as long as it was worth more than $5
Things that are in your favor - at least it is winter, and as long as you are not in warmer climates, so the garbage will not be as rotten. Also, do you have separate trash, like if it is in the kitchen trash bag, it may be nasty, but probably not as bad as the babies room trash.
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Post by soon2bmomof3 on Feb 9, 2011 15:05:06 GMT -5
My sister has gone through the restaurant trash before to look for her retainer.
Those things are expensive!
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Post by pepper112765 on Feb 9, 2011 15:06:34 GMT -5
I made my son go through the garbage to retrieve his retainer. I told him when he got it than when he eats to not put it in a napkin or paper towel because someone will mistake it for just trash and toss it. He's learned his lesson.
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Post by resolution on Feb 9, 2011 15:46:37 GMT -5
One of my worst days at work ever was spent going through the trash dumpster behind the office, pulling out confidential material that one of the clerks had thrown away by mistake.
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Post by The J on Feb 9, 2011 15:51:07 GMT -5
I would probably do it for $50 and up.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Feb 9, 2011 15:54:20 GMT -5
Would it be child abuse if I make my 2.5 yr old do it? Lena
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Post by doxieluvr on Feb 9, 2011 16:14:23 GMT -5
Would it be child abuse if I make my 2.5 yr old do it? Lena I am sure he would love to dig through trash. The cleanup may not be worth it though. ;D
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Post by soon2bmomof3 on Feb 9, 2011 16:14:42 GMT -5
Lena, Not at all, he's too young to report it
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Post by jarhead1976 on Feb 9, 2011 16:17:40 GMT -5
You betcha! I have raised hogs getting food out of the hopper to feed them. Food that was only a day or two old. They would fight over fried chicken. Saved much money in feed.
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Post by lisaa on Feb 9, 2011 16:43:25 GMT -5
Going through the trash is one thing. Have done, will do. I'm always absent minded, or knocking things off of the counter into the trash, etc. But digging in human excrement is something else entirely. No. Never.
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Post by soon2bmomof3 on Feb 9, 2011 17:01:55 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 19:06:30 GMT -5
I once looked through the trash because I accidentally threw my thesis away! This was before word processors. I then had to spend $$$ to copy it because I knew my director wouldn't "touch" it if it stunk.
Pun intended.
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Post by dcmetrocrab on Feb 9, 2011 20:41:47 GMT -5
Depends on the kind of garbage. If it's vomit, moldy, or maggoty, it better be worth more than $5. Diapers, so long as it's relatively folded up, I don't think I'd mind.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2011 21:19:57 GMT -5
Anything over $50 I would do it. I have 5 younger siblings, 3 god children; lost count of how many little cousins... and let's not forget a dog. So I have changed, picked up, and cleaned more poop than I care for.
Touching, smelling or being around poop does not bother me the least. Vomit is another story.
I rather change a million dirty diapers before I clean up vomit. Don't know why, it just get to me and I either want to vomit or end up vomiting also.
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Post by schildi on Feb 9, 2011 22:22:26 GMT -5
You are pregnant? So first of all, congratulations! And second of all: by all means, have your DH dig through the trash! I am sure he'll do it for you!
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Post by schildi on Feb 9, 2011 22:25:50 GMT -5
Anything over $50 I would do it. I have 5 younger siblings, 3 god children; lost count of how many little cousins... and let's not forget a dog. So I have changed, picked up, and cleaned more poop than I care for. Touching, smelling or being around poop does not bother me the least. Vomit is another story. I rather change a million dirty diapers before I clean up vomit. Don't know why, it just get to me and I either want to vomit or end up vomiting also. Same here. And just a couple weeks ago, our 8 year old was sick, and did not manage to open the toilet lid anymore. So he threw up all over the toilet with the closed lid, splashing everything around everywhere, into the worst gaps and places. And I had to clean it up. It was bad, believe me!
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Post by readsalot on Feb 10, 2011 10:04:51 GMT -5
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Post by Cookies Galore on Feb 10, 2011 10:25:08 GMT -5
Don't know if you are Catholic or not, but try saying a prayer to Saint Anthony. Mom?!?!? My mom always tells me to say a prayer to Saint Anthony as well. I like "St. Anthony, St. Anthony, where is my (item)?"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2011 10:27:35 GMT -5
hell yea, I'd go through my own garbage, but not a community Dumpster.
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Post by mawmawandlovingit on Feb 10, 2011 15:32:21 GMT -5
I once had to dig through my garbage for a UPC off of a package for a rebate worth $20.....it was all covered in days old food. I thought I would . I got it all cleaned up, sent off the rebate form and NEVER received the rebate check. Guess they didn't want to touch it either
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