A guy behind me at the alley said I was taking too much trash and it changed my whole approach

I was pulling usable lumber out of a construction site bin behind a strip mall in Tucson. Some older dude walks up and says 'you're gonna get the cops called on us taking that much, grab what fits in one trip and leave the rest.' I thought he was being a jerk but he was right. Now I only take what I can carry out in one go and I leave the site looking cleaner than I found it. Has anyone else had to adjust how fast or how much you grab to avoid getting kicked out of a spot?

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finley7771mo ago

Thats a smart way to handle it. Been in the same spot where I was loading up a scrap pile behind a warehouse and a security guard came out. He told me I could take whatever I wanted but to make multiple trips instead of piling it all at once. Spreading it out over a few days keeps things low key and nobody feels like youre cleaning them out.

price.tyler1mo ago

Whoa, a security guard actually told you to do that?!