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One of those things that shouldn't need stating, but: Don't throw lit cigarettes down a trash chute
By adamg on Tue, 10/25/2016 - 5:04pm
Boston firefighters had to rush to the luxury Fenway Triangle Trilogy apartment complex on Brookline Avenue early this morning to douse flames in the underground trash room - and, naturally, they couldn't let residents back in until they'd done a thorough inspection to make sure there weren't any hidden embers or hot spots.
Today, building management sent out a memo to residents reminding them that:
There should be no flammable objects thrown down the trash shute at any time.
And that includes cigarettes, especially since the building is supposed to be entirely non-smoking.
The missive says management suspects who the flame tosser is and "will address this directly with the individual that caused this situation."
So cut it out.
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field-stripping
I was impressed to see a lady in a local park field-strip her cigarette butt last week and put the filter in her pocket. Way to go lady!
If you smoke cigarettes but know what I'm talking about, here's some up-to-date instructions.
Butt deposits!
I would love to see the sort of deposit we have on bottles applied to those noxious cigarette butts! If a smoker is confident that the butt they're left with is no longer a fire hazard and furthermore sees nothing disgusting about tossing those filters around, then why not just put the things back in their original packet to be thrown away in groups of twenty later? I would LOVE to see the stores still selling these coffin nails become obligated to accept those delightful little packets for proper disposal! Five cents per butt, for an even $1 per finished pack. Why in the world do we put up with these filters- each one a potential fire hazard- littering every corner of our public spaces?
Good luck getting that enacted
in a state where whether a container has a deposit or not is determined by the contents in said container, instead of the fact it is a container.
Reminds of an old Jim Croce song
1. Don't tug on Superman's cape.
2. Don't spit into the wind.
3. Don't pull the mask off of ole Lone Ranger
4. And don't Don't throw lit cigarettes down a trash chute.
Do they even know...
Do they even know what flammable means? Is the trash chute not for any kind of paper items, or plastic or cloth? Only metal, ceramics, and body parts are allowed? If no flammable items were at the bottom of the chute, there would not have been anything for the cigarette to set fire to.
If it's like my trash chute, it's for almost everything
My trash chute is for everything except for things like paint, boxes and other large items that might block the chute. Paper, worn out clothing and other flammable things go into it.
Apropos of nothing: It's awesome. Open a door, drop the trash down it and voilà - trash is gone.
yeah
I have something similar in my building, but it's just a window in my apartment that goes into the back yard. Easy peasy.
You should meet my friend Alice
Now it all started two Thanksgivings ago, was on - two years ago on
Thanksgiving, when my friend and I went up to visit Alice at the
restaurant, but Alice doesn't live in the restaurant, she lives in the
church nearby the restaurant, in the bell-tower, with her husband Ray and
Fasha the dog.
And livin' in the bell tower like that, they got a lot of
room downstairs where the pews used to be in.
Havin' all that room,
seein' as how they took out all the pews, they decided that they didn't
have to take out their garbage for a long time.
Read more: Arlo Guthrie - Alice's Restaurant Massacre Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Yes sir Officer Obie
I cannot tell a lie.
I put that envelope under that garbage.
Clearly not
I half hope this particular smoker finds an attorney who will argue that the fire was caused by the careless disposal by others of flammable materials, and not by his client's lit cigarette, which after all presumably had very little flammable material remaining when it was discarded.
Don't worry, its inflammable.
Don't worry, its inflammable.
You're one of those
You're one of those troublemakers, aren't you?
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Like many smokers
The perp probably thinks that nobody can smell the smoke if they exhale out the window.
Eliminate the pesky need for trash pickup
When I was a kid, my grandmother lived in an apartment building that had a trash chute that went directly into an incinerator. The incinerator was always on, so the steel door (one on each floor, naturally) was always hot to the touch. And then there was the smoke from the never-ending trash fire... Ah, the '70s, before safety was invented.
Your story started off
Your story started off promising... bet the fumes produced from the trash of that one person who still refuses to recycle would make for a nice high.