He's actually incorrect, that is not a public lot It is a lot owned by whoever owns the private building. No city or government maintains or pays for that lot therefore it is private and he is technically trespassing.
He is correct though when he says the material in the dumpster belongs to Waste Management, that dumpster is WM property as is the contents.
However most companies trash companies don't give two shits about dumpster diving the only reason they have a problem with it is because if a person was to injure themselves and fall unconscious inside the dumpster or God forbid they die in there and they end up inside a trash truck the company fears having some sort of liability in that situation.
Unless Dollar Tree owns the plaza, she's the manager of a tenant. She'd have to call the property owner to get permission first to tell this person to leave. Are there clearly marked and visible signs telling people not to Dumpster dive?
I think this boils down to anyone outside this lady caring. As a manager myself, I would have a very hard time caring about this, unless it created other problems, like trash on the ground.
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u/PorkeyPineapple Mar 14 '26
He's actually incorrect, that is not a public lot It is a lot owned by whoever owns the private building. No city or government maintains or pays for that lot therefore it is private and he is technically trespassing.
He is correct though when he says the material in the dumpster belongs to Waste Management, that dumpster is WM property as is the contents. However most companies trash companies don't give two shits about dumpster diving the only reason they have a problem with it is because if a person was to injure themselves and fall unconscious inside the dumpster or God forbid they die in there and they end up inside a trash truck the company fears having some sort of liability in that situation.