Trash is auto emptying?

Since updating to Snow Leopard I've noticed every time I delete files, they seem to skip the trash altogether and are deleted permanently. At least, I can't see the files in the Trash and the "Full" Trash icon is not working. When I click on Trash to view the files, the little spinning icon animates indefinitely in the lower right corner of Finder, as if it is looking for files that aren't there. It's very odd.
Is there a way to fix this?
Furthermore, the option to "Empty Trash" is grayed out.
Message was edited by: Bruno321

run the following terminal command (copy and paste please)
sudo rm -rf ~/.Trash
you'll have to enter your admin password (which you won't see). that's normal. then log out/in and try trashing something again.

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