Hoarders. Nuts or lazy?

[VaderTT]

The bags of shit had actually ate through the floor! She was tossing them in the kitchen.

That's hawt!

[talisman]

Those people need someone like me to go talk to them.

[juiceweezl]

those people need someone like me to go remove them from this earth.

fyp

[CJ-95GT]

I would have never thought this person was crazy until I saw the house which is why I'm leaning toward laziness. This person is the wait and see type and is not a go getter type. The husband works offshore so he's not home very often. I'm sure the place could get cleaned up over a weekend, but whats to stop it from happening a month later? How do you get someone to realize what their doing (or not) is not healthy for themselves or their children? I need to crack her mental wall thats ignoring the reality around her.

[Baba Ganoush]

I saw the episode the other night where the lady was shitting in wal-mart bags for decades, and storing her food on top of cat shit. At first it's just laziness, and as it becomes hazardous to your health, then it's a mental illness.


I'm a minimalist, in that I despise junk, actually park in my garage, and can't understand how storage places stay in business. If I don't use it at least once a year, it's sold or trashed. Sure I hold onto some things of sentimental value, but it sure as hell isn't my feces or my Chili's takeout from 1995.

[GhostTX]

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I'm a minimalist, in that I despise junk, actually park in my garage, and can't understand how storage places stay in business. If I don't use it at least once a year, it's sold or trashed. Sure I hold onto some things of sentimental value, but it sure as hell isn't my feces or my Chili's takeout from 1995.

This. Never understood turning a garage into junk storage while the $30K car is out in the driveway.

We garage sale once a year. What doesn't get sold, goes to charity.

[juiceweezl]

This. Never understood turning a garage into junk storage while the $30K car is out in the driveway.

We garage sale once a year. What doesn't get sold, goes to charity.

I fall somewhere in between. If I think it'll be useful down the road, I save it. If I open say a ceiling fan and it comes with extra hardware for various mounting options, I save the unused stuff in case I need some part of it down the road. I can't tell you how many times I've been working on a project, some electronics or appliance, etc. and reused leftover parts from something. I typically even cut the cord off of something (like an old TV) before throwing it away in case I can reuse the wire/plug down the road.

That being said, I keep my stuff neat and organized. I have bins and tubs for assorted screws, leftover wire connectors, etc. I have a 3 car garage. It neatly contains a large, powered workbench with pegboard on the wall over it covered in tools, over 18' of shelving neatly adorned with bolt bins, fasteners, brackets, power tools, engine oil, filters, hoses, etc., a coke machine, several sporting equipment racks (golf clubs, basketballs, etc.), 3 bikes, a rack for the brooms, mops, and other crap plus a lifted golf cart in the 3rd bay. I can also put my hands on anything in there within seconds. So yes, I'm a hoarder of sorts, but it's organized and not all over the place.

[71chevellejohn]

There's a breaking point in there somewhere where it becomes mental.

I remember years ago, a friend of my mom hired my friends and I to help her move into a different house. We figure it was no big deal and accepted. Then we got to the house and the entire 2-story house was knee-high with magazines. She never read any of them, but thought one day they might be worth money. Anything from Ladies Home Journal to Playboy. And moving into a smaller house, she didn't get rid of any of them - she merely rented a 20x20 storage unit and we loaded them in there. I'm pretty sure she just moved to start doing it again in a new place.

Sorry for the lack of vintage feces in my story.

[Baba Ganoush]

Yes. It's a huge hang up I have. We are in the minority in that we park the second most expensive thing we own inside the most expensive thing we own, so to speak. It's sound logic to me. If you rent your home, that vehicle is probably the most expensive thing you own, so why park it outside, only to preserve $100 worth of junk inside your garage? There's no logical argument, it's just stupid.


I used to live in a neighborhood that was half garden style small homes with front entry garage, and half full size homes with alleys and rear entry garage. The half that had alleys had very narrow streets since the logical place to park would be your driveway/garage around back. But nope, those fuckers all park out front completely lining the street so only one car at a time could get through. Meanwhile there was shit stacked to the ceiling in their garage and big empty driveways. I think this is the case for most neighborhoods today, and it's rediculous.


Shit, where I live now, the homes are on 1+ acre lots with at least a 60ft driveway and two car garage, most also having out buildings with two more spots. There is still a family of jackasses that park all their dodge trucks in the fucking street. They have 4 garage spots and a long ass driveway, not to mention a half acre of yard behind the house!! I guess you just can't fix stupid.

[Tyrone Biggums]

I think most of it is mental, but it is mental in inherently lazy people. The local 1-800-GOT-JUNK franchise is a customer of mine and they have been on the show a few times. I don't see how they can do it. They say nothing surprises them anymore.

[GrayStangGT]

People can't let shit go.

I have this problem with vehicles, but not junk.....unless it is cool junk

[centexchick]

both.... where is that option

[Jimbo]

I do it with crap in my garage. I've got tons of tools, parts, nut and bolt buckets, etc. It was fine when I had my shop, but even after selling the majority of it, I put whats left in my two car garage with a project car, a couple bikes, cherry picker, engines, etc, and it got crowded quick. I always feel justified when I use some of it to build or repair something. I've been thinking its time to downsize again.

[Blakeski]

I say both, I watched that show last night. I say nasty, lazy, and nuts.

[mikec]

Most cases lazy, some cases, both lazy and nuts.

I'm thinking both as well...