Re:The Day I Drove for Amazon Flex
by fapjacks on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @07:31AM
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I know a person that uses a paintball gun to keep people out of his apartment building's dumpster (identity theft from documents stolen out of trash is a huge problem where he lives) and also to tag delivery trucks and (yikes) delivery drivers that do this kind of hit-and-run delivery. He'd had enough of things being broken in this way.
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That seems a little excessive? I hope he sees judicial consequences for his behavior.
Re:The Day I Drove for Amazon Flex
by dsfyu404ed on Tuesday June 26, 2018 @10:51AM
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I'm not defending the GP's acquaintance but getting hit by a paintball is lower than the typical risks you accept when you dig around in a dumpster. Generally speaking dumpster diving isn't trespassing unless it's behind a gate or something. It really depends on the dumpster in question.
If it's a good construction or scrap metal dumpster with a lot of nice material in it then defending it with a paintball gun is very much a dick move though.
I don't see why he's getting down-voted. He just said he knew a guy who did a thing. He didn't even imply whether he approved of it or not.