Stop auto delete when items in the trash

I have a MacBook Pro (mid 2009) running 10.11.6.  When I delete the items that they don't end up in the trash, as they disappear.  I no longer get the message asking if I want to delete these items.  I have this option checked in my Finder preferences, but it doesn't seem to work.

How can I fix this so that when I remove items they end up in the trash and I can decide when to get rid of it completely or not?

Try to repair your home folder permissions.

You need to boot into Recovery.

In the main window, choose Terminal from the Utilities menu.

Enter the following command and press return:

ResetPassword

Don't worry, you will not change your password.

When the password reset utility opens, select your hard drive, and the user account.

Click on the ACL button and the Reset folder permissions.

Quit the utility, restart normally.

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