So, what causes so many old people to pick up garbage?
First, it is caused by poverty. There are many urban poor in the city, who live at the bottom of society and have low income. Although they have the help of the government and society, they can only solve temporary difficulties. These people generally come from:
(1) laid-off workers
1. The restructuring of enterprises in the 1980s and 1990s caused a large number of enterprise workers to be laid off. These people are about seventy or eighty years old.
2. With the progress of science and technology and the development of economy, workers are eliminating industries. These people mainly come from workers in labor-intensive industries, including textile mills, printing and dyeing factories and small workshops. The impact of online stores has also made some retail enterprises and physical stores unemployed.
3. Changes in industrial policies have caused some industries with overcapacity and polluting enterprises to undergo enterprise transformation, downsizing or bankruptcy.
(2) Poverty due to illness. A serious illness may make a well-off family fall into poverty in an instant. I live in a neighborhood with neighbors. I sold my house and owed a lot of money for treating the elderly with cancer.
(3) Investment and financial management failed. In order to make more money, many ordinary people invest in stocks, illegal fund-raising and social financing. Because the stock market is depressed and the economy is depressed, many people have been cheated and lost their investment. Zhuo Da Group in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province illegally raised funds with high returns as bait. Not long ago, Yang Zhuoshu, the actual controller of Zhuo Da Group, surrendered himself, putting more than 400,000 greedy investors in a desperate situation.
(4) Farmers living in cities. After accumulating some wealth, many migrant workers settle in cities by buying houses or renting houses. However, due to the limitations of shallow social foundation and single skills, migrant workers can not completely take root in cities, and the source of wealth is extremely unstable. Moreover, these old people from rural areas don't have old-age security like the old people in cities.
These urban poor people include the elderly themselves and their families. Some elderly people choose to pick up garbage in order to supplement their families and reduce the burden on their children. This way requires no investment, no skills and flexible time. After all, an extra penny means an extra life guarantee.
Second, the old man is diligent all his life and must not be wasted. Some old people who were poor and suffered as children have developed the habit of thrift, just like not letting their families leave the bottom of the bowl and throw away the leftovers. When they see the good things in the mineral water bottles and trash cans on the roadside, they can't help but pick them up. Quite a few of these thrifty old people are afraid of being poor and being poor again.
Third, some elderly people have a strong sense of environmental protection. Some old people not only have a strong sense of environmental protection, but also have to put it into action. For recyclable garbage, they will classify it in different categories. They think that garbage collection and sorting is a form of exerting waste heat and making contributions to society.
There are also some old people who pick up garbage because they can't help but want to find something to do, change their temperament and behave strangely.
Generally speaking, living in poverty is the main reason for the elderly to pick up garbage, and most of them pick up garbage in order to increase their income.
Garbage collection for the elderly conforms to the concept of environmental protection and saves resources. They could have lived in peace, but they were forced by life. They benefit the country and the people with their old and weak bodies and should be respected by each of us. Think about the old people who touch porcelain while driving, the old people who fall and cheat on the bus, and compare them with the old people who pick up garbage. Should our eyes be softer? Should our hearts become a little respectful?
I am old, and I am old. Respecting and loving the elderly is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation.
When throwing garbage again in the future, I hope it is best to sort the recyclable items in advance to facilitate the elderly to pick up bottles and drink water. Please kindly send them to the old man who is picking up garbage by the roadside.
As easy as blowing off dust, you can achieve good deeds. Why not? !
China's urbanization into the city is far from over, and more and more rural elderly people will inevitably enter urban life. They have been dealing with the land all their lives and left it. Many of them have lost their sources of income, and cities can provide them with fewer and fewer opportunities to make a living. How can these old people and other poor old people live a dignified and secure life? I hope that all sectors of society can give more attention and help to this. I hope so! It should be!
Our community can be said to be a high-grade community in our local area, and the property fee is the highest in the city. It stands to reason that everyone's income should be good when living in such a community, but in our community, we can often see two old ladies picking up garbage. The two of them carry a woven bag every day and turn over the stinking trash can in the community. It is very sad to watch it again in the morning and evening.
With the development of China's economic strength, the living standards of ordinary people are constantly improving, especially the elderly have pensions and retirement pensions. It is said that old people like them live too well, but at least they can't make a living by picking up garbage, right? After a long time, they are all neighbors. After getting familiar with the two old ladies, I asked them why they picked up garbage. The old lady told me that she came from the countryside and her children worked in other places. In order to make her live better, she bought her a house in the city. But the old lady doesn't have any relatives in the city, and she doesn't know the people in the community, especially the young people in our community. She does nothing all day. Going out to pick up garbage is not to earn much money, but to have something to do and take a walk, which is much better than staying at home. The old lady also told me that when she first moved to the city, she had been in poor health. Later, she came out to pick up garbage and was much stronger than before. She also met an old lady who also came from the countryside. Now they go out to pick up garbage together and have a good time every day.
Of course, there are also some elderly people who come out to pick up garbage for the purpose of helping their children reduce the financial burden at home. Now young people need to buy a house, at least one million yuan. After paying the down payment, I have to pay the mortgage, and paying the full amount will make the living standard of my family plummet. As a result, some old people began to subsidize their families to reduce the burden by picking up garbage.
Old people pick up garbage, which shows that children spend less and less time with the elderly now. Spend more time with them, just as they have patiently accompanied you.
I don't know anything else anyway. Four years before my mother died, she suddenly started picking up garbage. Not to mention that our three conditions are very good, my mother is also rich among the elderly of the same age. In the inner ring of Shanghai, one person has a two-bedroom apartment, with hundreds of thousands of deposits and a lot of retirement wages. All three brothers and sisters are very filial. They go to my mother's every week, and each person packs vegetables for a week. My mother can buy vegetarian food at most. The economy must be good. Because his public funds are not low, we have never suffered since childhood, and they have given us a good education and life. After my mother died, there was a legacy left. I can't understand why I have to pick up garbage. Maybe my personality has changed when I am old, so I can only think so. We dare not say that she is happy, as long as my mother is happy. ) We will come to see you soon, and we want to be your children and love you in the next life.
Why do so many old people pick up rubbish in cities? What causes the elderly to be like this?
I think there are two reasons:
One: children do not act, do not fulfill their obligations to support the elderly or have no children or daughters.
1: The son is unfilial and the father is at fault. Nowadays, children in many families are busy with work all day and neglect to take care of their parents. Why are so many old people sent to nursing homes? That's why they don't have time to take care of it, so they simply give the money to others to take care of it, even without asking, and don't go home once a year.
There are also many old people who have no children. They have no fixed income and can only make a living by picking up garbage one day.
Two: the habit developed by the elderly all the year round.
It was the same when my mother-in-law was alive. Every day, she either grows vegetables or collects garbage. My father often tells her to eat better. Now she takes such a high salary and takes good care of her health. She won't listen to her parents for years. She is stubborn and goes her own way. There is nothing she can do.
Once, I saw an old woman rummaging through the trash can in our street. My first reaction was to think of my mother-in-law. Impatience is very sad. It is not the filial piety of our children to come out to pick up garbage at such an age. Moreover, the old people have developed this habit, and they are usually frugal and eat leftovers. To outsiders, we still treat them badly.
There are many old people who are stubborn and stubborn. Nothing can be said. Sometimes, it really hurts to see your loved ones picking up garbage, but sometimes it's true to think about it from another angle. What they can do at home all day, they will do nothing. Just go out for a walk and exercise.
I made a special observation. Most scavengers have a pension of more than 2,000 yuan, and most of them are over 70 years old. Most people wear masks, scarves and hats when they go out. You generally don't recognize them. There is a 77-year-old woman with four children. She has a pension of more than 4000 yuan. Her wife has died and lives alone. Asked about the reason, she said: the eldest son failed to invest, and the grandson went to college to support him. Grandson spent a lot of money and found a companion. The second son needed her help to buy a second suite, and the girls also gave her money. But in order not to cause disputes between brothers, she gave financial support to her two sons, but it was her turn soon. Picking up garbage to earn some money can improve my life ... I listen to her story with tears in my eyes, but she is very cheerful, which is probably the reason why most people pick up garbage. .....
Every morning at 8 o'clock in our community, we will see an 80-year-old woman rummaging through the trash can. It pains me to see her from the window every day. As long as I want to throw away things that can be sold, such as oil drums, cartons and cans, I will keep them for her and ask her to come over. I'll throw it at her through the window. I didn't think she could carry it back, so I ran downstairs and gave her 200 yuan. Unexpectedly, the old lady burst into tears and said, "Daughter, you are really a good man. I went home and told my son that you often leave me garbage. " Actually, I have a lot of money. I am a university professor, and I am 83 years old. I have two children, a son and a daughter, both in their fifties. The year before last, she was smoked to death by a gas leak. Crying all the time, my eyes are going blind. My son is helpless.
Jilin is an old industrial base. In the 1990s, a large number of state-owned enterprises closed down, went bankrupt and reorganized. After buying out the length of service, some laid-off workers used the money to start their careers from scratch. Now most people are in trouble, so they use this money for emergency. When the money is gone, they have to work everywhere. I don't know the south. Enterprises in Jilin City, not to mention five risks, three risks are less. Laid-off workers in their thirties didn't look that far. When you are old, you don't pay social security or pension. When they are old, they can't work any more. They can only pick up some secondhand goods and sell them at the acquisition station to make a living. At present, there is a trend of scavenging and aging. They are all in their forties, and no one wants to work. To save face, I'll answer it at night. Last July, it was raining heavily, and I was waiting for the bus. An elderly lady with a woven bag on her shoulder, no raincoat and no umbrella, was soaked to the skin. There are two finished mineral water bottles next to the stump and trash can. She faltered, walked over, bent down to pick it up and put it in the bag. I walked up to Hao's umbrella and said, "It's raining so hard. I'll get it when it stops. If I catch a cold, how much will I suffer? " She looked back at me with glassy eyes and smiled at me. The pressure of life numbed her. I said, "at this age, let the children spend some money and enjoy it at home!" " She smiled again and suddenly said, "I'm hungry." I was so busy in my pocket that I forgot to bring my money. There is a big brother next to me, and he takes out ten dollars from his bag and gives it to her. The old lady took it and bowed. Big brother hurried to help her and said, "No way, didn't this ruin my life?" The old lady disappeared into the rain before the rain stopped. A friend of mine, also a laid-off worker, didn't pay labor insurance. When I was drinking, I said, "We have an agreement. When I am old, I will pick up junk with you. " He said, "Of course."
What is the reason? There is no reason. It is often said that when people are old, there are three strange things. This is the idea of an old money addict. I used to live in the dormitory of the provincial government compound, and two old people downstairs have retired. The man is a department-level cadre and the woman is a middle school teacher. Their monthly pension is more than 5000 yuan. All three children graduated from college (twenty years ago). At first, it was fine. I took a look in the yard to see what other people's garbage could be picked up and sold at home. Later, I simply went to the street to rummage through trash cans and sell them once a week. I piled them in the corridor a few days before the auction. After a long time, it stinks and neighbors complain. Everyone tells me what their mentality is. It's incredible that there are all kinds of birds in this forest. This does not reflect the superiority of the socialist system and the high quality of national cadres!
The old lady opposite my house is over 70 years old and is an expert at picking up garbage. She moved from the countryside to the city with her eldest son. According to her, it is because of environmental protection in the past two years that coal and firewood can't be burned in winter in rural areas. It's cold in winter, plus a little grandson. My son rented a house in this community, at least in winter there is heating. When I first moved here, I thought she was very capable and a neat old lady. In a few days, the flower bed almost covered with weeds at the door was cleaned up and planted with vegetables and shallots. There are two special waste collection openings in the community, because the community is close to the school and residents move frequently. Everyone who moves out and moves in has a lot of unwanted items. Those two guys have been collecting waste in this community for nearly ten years. It can be said that they monopolized the business and made a lot of money. Not long after the old lady moved here, she saw two people spend 80 thousand to buy two new cars. Very jealous, I chatted with several neighbors I just met in the community. I said, "Look at people, they made a fortune collecting waste products."
So before long, the waste she picked up was piled up at the door of the unit, cartons, beverage bottles, clothes and so on. It's like fighting for business with those two guys. At first, I knew that her son and daughter-in-law didn't want her to pick up garbage, but later I couldn't stand her, so I let her pick it up. After all, the city is not as busy as the countryside. She is a busy person. The garbage truck in the community comes at 7 o'clock every day. I heard her open the door and go downstairs to rummage through the trash can after 6 o'clock every day. At work, I can see her squatting at the door to pick up what she has picked up, squashing and tying the cartons one by one, emptying the beverage bottles and folding the clothes. It was well done, and it was not messy at all. I picked it up and put it in the flowerpot at the door and planted flowers. It gets dark early in winter and the lights in the community are dim. Sometimes when I come back from work, I feel very practical when I see her busy figure at the door of the unit.
In fact, she can't earn much money by picking up garbage like this, but she is so busy every day that she won't feel too old and useless. As her daughter-in-law told me, at least she has something to do and is in a good state of mind, unlike just moving to the city and running around at home all day.
Indeed, many old people in the city are picking up rubbish, which we often see.
What causes the elderly to be like this?
I made a summary.
First, life is really hard and really short of money.
1. Some old people who pick up trash cans are really short of money.
They don't even have their own pension, and they have to live on the support of their children. I met a grandmother before, that is, my high school classmate's grandmother. She has no pension and lives on the money that the children give her mother every month. Because life is hard, sometimes we can only make a living by picking up trash cans and selling waste products.
Moreover, older people will have this disease and that disease. Sometimes, their pensions may not be enough to cover their medical expenses. Therefore, they can only make a living by selling trash cans.
Your own life is not necessarily hard, but your children or your brothers and sisters have a hard life and need your own help.
Some elderly people may spend enough or even more money on their pensions. However, their children may have various problems, such as diseases and disabilities, and need a lot of money for treatment and care. Some children even need help, or other relatives of the elderly also need help. Faced with this situation, the elderly as parents can not be abandoned at will, but can only be raised.
It is no problem for the elderly to live on their own pension, but if they are raised, it is obvious that the pension is not enough. So sometimes they can only make ends meet by picking up trash cans and selling waste products.
Second, they are not short of money, life is not difficult, habits make them, and even have mental illness.
1. Some old people who pick up trash cans are not short of money, and even live a rich life, but they still have this habit, because they have experienced a difficult period in China and their living habits have made it so.
My grandfather was. He is a retired cadre. Yes, he retired and was well paid. He died on 20 1 1. Before his death, he was hospitalized five times, but he only paid more than 600 yuan. Before I died, my grandmother and I went to collect old newspapers and waste paper boxes to sell. At that time, both of them were over 80 years old, holding each other's hands and trembling, carrying these things to the acquisition station to sell. We don't sell it to vendors because it is too cheap to sell it to them and it is a loss.
To tell the truth, my grandparents are not short of money at all. At that time, my grandfather's pension was more than 6000 yuan a month, and my grandmother's was less, but it was also 2000 yuan a month, adding up to 7000. Many people may think that this money is not much. However, the problem is that my grandfather saves money in his bones.
Give you a few examples.
People never buy toilet paper when they go to the toilet, but tear it up with old newspapers, because it saves money, and it was done in the countryside at the earliest, and nothing happened;
When using water, it is not allowed to open it too big, because it is wasteful;
Electricity and gas should also be saved;
When buying food, you must shop around and buy cheaper ones;
Eat out? That's never happened, unless you don't pay for it yourself;
Those who sell waste products, as long as they are sold by the catty, are weighed at home. As long as the weight is wrong, they will immediately protest not to sell, to prevent less money and prevent their own interests from being damaged;
My grandfather has done many examples of saving money in his life.
I think the reason why he saves money like this is probably due to the inertia of life. At that time, he experienced the poverty in our country, lived a hard life and got used to it. Therefore, even if we have money now, we still haven't adapted, and we still adopt that hard lifestyle, which is caused by years of living habits.
2. The old man who picks up the trash can still has a morbid psychology. They are also rich and have no other living burdens. But after that hard life, they developed a morbid psychology that was more serious than my grandfather's treatment of life, and became a fetish and a collector's addiction.
In some news, we will see that some old people have filled their living places, and their living places have become garbage dumps, breeding mosquitoes and flies, cockroaches crawling all over the ground and rats scurrying around. This environment makes the neighbors very dissatisfied. However, the old man disagreed. When the street came to clean, he also stopped, thinking that these things were useful and could not be thrown away.
In fact, this kind of old man is also rich, not short of money and without family burden. But after going through the same difficult years, they became morbid and developed into mental diseases such as fetishism.
In this case, it is best to see a psychiatrist.
Of course, it must be said that in fact, the elderly who have this kind of behavior are probably empty nesters, and they can only solve their inner emptiness and loneliness through collection. We should pay more attention to this kind of old people.
In fact, no matter what the situation is, the old people who pick up trash cans and sell waste products should attract the attention of our society. After all, old people should enjoy their old age, not pick up trash cans and sell waste products.
We should provide more financial assistance to the elderly who are struggling to pick up trash cans and sell waste products;
For the elderly who are rich in trash cans and sell waste products, psychological intervention and guidance should be strengthened.
Only in this way will it be difficult to see the old man picking up the trash can.