Concern over Bum Traps

[Guntrader]

It's like a Homeless Have A Hart Trap.

Was following a link about another homeless guy found dead in a clothing donation receptacle.
Link was broken, so I googled it.

Apparently this happens all the time across the USA.

They go in trying to steal stuff, go in to far, and either fall all the way in or get bent over stuck with their legs sticking out.
The spring hinged lid prevents them from getting back out.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Cali ... 681606.php

A 30-year-old homeless man was found dead by paramedics inside of a donation box on the streets of a South Los Angeles neighborhood on Friday.

An unidentified neighbor told ABC7 that she called 911 after seeing that the man was laying motionless inside of a box where people leave old clothes and unwanted items.

"He wasn't moving so I said, 'Oh, wow. Maybe I better call 911.' So that's what I did," the woman said. "By the time paramedics came, they tried to revive and get him out, but it took like 30 minutes to get him out. So they had to go and get these electric saws to get him out."

Another neighbor, Shirley Williams, told NBC4 that the man tried to reach inside of a small opening in the box, and that "his head was caught in there with his legs out."

[Lew]

" Jackie Love told ABC7. "I guess they were trying to help the community, but all they did was add more junk to the community."

So, blame the charity for causing more junk to the community...der...OK.

[PMB]

NBC4 reports that the box was set on the sidewalk illegally, and that police are trying to find the owner of the box.

There is no company name on the box, and both ABC7 and NBC4 have been unsuccessful in their attempts to find out where it came from.

[Sinus211]

For some reason the mental picture of a bum trap has me laughing hysterically. I'm going to hell.

[Guntrader]

Probably placed there by Orkin, and paid for by the South L.A. Chamber of Commerce or a local business owners association.

NBC4 reports that the box was set on the sidewalk illegally, and that police are trying to find the owner of the box.

There is no company name on the box, and both ABC7 and NBC4 have been unsuccessful in their attempts to find out where it came from.

[Sinus211]

So.... this hysterical laughing fit has me thinking. What if we put signs on these things? Something like "malt liquor cooler" or "free blankets" or maybe "Quit smoking now! Dispose of your unwanted cigarettes here. "

Thoughts?

[cbass]

For some reason the mental picture of a bum trap has me laughing hysterically. I'm going to hell.

I thought & did the same thing.... I picture something like a bear trap from looney toons, inside is a sandwich with a $20 bill on top of it.
Oh well.... at least I'll have someone to talk to in line.