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[-] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago

Have refrained from sharing this before, buuuuuuuut ....

Came to work this morning, and found that someone had set up camp in the portico of the building I work in. No-one in sight, but mega debris left behind. I would like to know, from a purely scientific basis, what possible scenario would include :

  • 7-8 empty and semi-empty packets of Dine cat food.
  • 1 broken bottle of cheap sherry.
  • 3 used syringes (capped).
  • a baby soother.
  • many many cigarette butts.
  • the wrappings from at least 2 soap bars.
  • various items of discarded clothing including underwear.
  • 3 empty bottles of hair shampoo.
  • orange peel.
  • 1 cigarette lighter (empty).
  • the supports and foam packing from a small pallet.
  • a secondhand paperback copy of Pride and Prejudice (much used).
  • a couple of packets of jelly babies (broken and contents scattered).
  • a whole onion (undamaged).

Can anyone enlighten me? And yes, I had to clean it up. Thank god for cheap woollies tongs.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

This is someone who is most likely shooting ice. The give away is the collection of random shit.

Take it from me: if you've ever lived that life, it makes perfect sense.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

100%. This is meth behaviour.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

I'm sure they had such grand plans for all the assorted crap

[-] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I've read a bunch of comments from homeless people on reddit saying that after a while they lose respect for society ignoring them, both hoarding what ever is available and leaving garbage anywhere just becomes part of their life.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Good that they capped the syringes at least

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I have no insights. The soap and shampoo quantities confused me.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Me too. I could understand most of it, the cat food, the syringes and butts, jelly babies etc. but the baby soother, and hair shampoo were a bit of a facer. The onion confused me.

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