I have a feeling that removing the tag off you mattress isn’t far behind…

Check out the website http://www.dumblaws.com and look under New York and lets see who can guess the next law to be enforced… No longer will NY be filled with with umpteen-million Joe Nobodies… they are about to be upgraded to Joe Felons…

Just to play devil’s advocate here, it is true that stolen milk crates raise the price of milk for non-thieves.

No doubt that’s true, but the man in question wasn’t ticketed for having stolen the crate. Merely for using it improperly.

I will admit that I personally own three milk crates. It states clearly on the side that unauthorized use of this product can result in a fine. Even in Canada, we for some reason have this law. Why is it so important that we deter people from steal milk crates? More importantly, why are people so interesting in getting their hands of the crates? Is this a big problem?

Here’s a twist, if this man was using the crate to carry milk, but he was unauthorized to do so, would he have been fined? Hmmm...this is very complicated. It seems to me there would be less hassle if people just stole the milk, and left the crates for professional use only.

It’s possible that milk men go through a “Milk Crate Safety Course”. All this unauthorized use could result in the loss of an eye, a limb...or worse. I just remember reading the label when I was a little kid, and now I read this story about someone actually getting a ticket for the very unauthorized use that I read about so long ago.

If a terrorist organization got ahold of this story I’m sure if they just got someone on the inside to carry some books in the milk crate, or stand on top of it in an unauthorized fashion they could keep the authorities busy, and sneak right in. Wouldn’t our faces be red? Later.

Milk crates are strong, stack well, and generally handy to have around. It used to be that they were great for storing Vinyl Records… but so many were being stolen they were redesigned so that Records no longer fit.

Now… the manufacturers sell these things by the tens-of-thousands to the dairy industry. It probably cost a mint to redesign these things and re-deploy the new size crate.

You’d think that they would just SELL the damn things to consumers at a reasonable price to reduce theft. Sure… I can go to a local Whatever-Mart store and get something similar… but they are no where near as strong and cost anywhere from $5 to $8 each!! You know the dairymen aren’t paying anywhere NEAR that for their crates.

While the newer crate don’t hold Records… (and CD’s have taken over anyway)… they DO hold magazines quite nicely. So… I’m sure the theft and misuse will continue… and they STILL won’t sell them to consumers at a fair price… and they will bitch and moan that their crates are being stolen/misused.

Regarding the guy getting the ticket… it’s about the DUMBEST freakin’ thing I’ve ever heard of. Leave it to a NYC cop.

I don’t think we should blame the cops. If what they’re saying is true then it’s all the result of the Mayor looking for additional revenue streams.

I agree with you on all the advantages of milk crates and it would be cool if we could purchase them ourselves. Those imitation ones sold at Target don’t match up.

ok id think somewhere that the idea of consumer demand would over run the hard headed sturbbon companys’ unyeilding to sell this great product to the consumer.

as much as i hate to say it. someone, maybe me and a few others should canvas plastic molding companies to make these crates even better than the companies that make them for the dairy companies.

I mean come on its a freakin cube there cant be much of a patent on a shape. so if it is make it a closed cube and theres no patent on a cube.

how about this:
i’m trying to find a more legal source of crates… i doubt my local stores appreciate my rampant thievery (i have about 10 or more milk crates, the other day there was one in the grocery store aisle so i just put it in my cart and continued shopping, and noone saw it when we left… the thrill of victory made me eye with envy the stack of 15 crates outside that were guarded by a flunky… damned kleptomania.milk crates for sale at amazon

Do you know what? (No? What?) I don’t give a damn about US milk crates until about 5 seconds ago. Now I have to know- what do they look like?

Do you know what? (No? What?) I don’t give a damn about US milk crates until about 5 seconds ago. Now I have to know- what do they look like?

Google image search is your friend.

Hmm.. at work we have these plastic trays that have a stamp on one side saying “Property of the US Postal Service.  Use by non-postal employees is subject to possible fine and imprisonment.”

I don’t work for the Post Office.  We use them all the time for a variety of things.

Should I be worried?  I’d hate to have to explain to Bubba in the cell with me “Yeah.. I’m in here for improper use of a mail tote.”

Milk crates are the new cinder blocks!?  Crap and I thought my entertainment center was so contemporary.

swordsbane:
Should I be worried?  I’d hate to have to explain to Bubba in the cell with me “Yeah.. I’m in here for improper use of a mail tote.”

He’d probably leave you the hell alone.  Improper use of a mail tote… what the hell did you do to that poor mail tote you deviant!?