The jerk that was breaking into our canisters was a homeless drug-addict. Im NOT going to trust him with a key. He'd come during the night & use a grinder to cut off the locks. I told one of his friends to have him meet me on Wednesday at 10am to help me empty the cannisters and I'd gladly give him ALL the contents!! The thief never showed up. But the friend warned him to STOP IT and he did - thankfully!
Unfortunately you'll go to jail for that before they do for destroying your equipment. You can't even pepper-spray them unless they're attacking you. Ask me how I know. And if you pull a gun on them, they'll go screaming for the cops. Again, ask me how I know. All you can do is get the police out to get them trespassed, and they have to catch them, ID them, and you have to tell them they aren't welcome. And even then, the police won't go looking for them when you show them on video. This homeless problem is crazy, literally, and nothing will stop it until people stop giving them money. If I hang out at my wash to keep things under control, about every five minutes someone comes walking through to pick through the trash or look for change around the equipment or panhandle from the customers. I have to empty the trash every night as late as I can or it gets strewn everywhere by morning. And I hardly made anything off the vacuums until I secured the cleanouts.
Your 100% correct on all those Mep it’s just so frustrating!
OK I'll bite, how do you know?
I understand your dilemma Rookie68. We have had problems with vagrants breaking into our vacuums too. 1 vacuum would make it easier, just make sure it's clean with strong suction 100% of the time!
. We have 5 vacuums and they're always being used.
What about instead of keeping the vagrant away from the vacuum, why not keep the vacuum away from the vagrant (i.e. What about instead of keeping the vagrant away from the vacuum, why not keep the vacuum away from the vagrant (i.e. Mounting the vacuum on the roof while having the coin box and a hose on what would be the Vacuum island? It’s probably a stupid idea but I thought it sounds like a good idea
Hmmm, interesting idea ACT to consider! For us, vagrants were breaking into the cannisters for the loose change. But moving the cannister to the roof would make it challenging for me to empty them.
Agreed. And I’m not particularly fond of heights!
Yeah now that I’ve had some time to think about it it’s definitely not as good as an idea as I thought
Oh yes, I’ve actually seen this And it also helps with Quieting the noise from the vacuum so they are not as loud, Not my wash but the local car wash near my dads
