Thursday, February 08, 2007
Make Up Your *&^%$# Mind.
Last night, I went out to haul my recycle dumpster out to the curb for this morning's pickup. As I moved it, I saw a small metal frame leaning against the fence. It's been out there for weeks, so long I can't even remember what or where it came from. So, I looked at the instructions, printed permanently on the dumpster lid in raised letters.
Clean Glass
Clean Paper
Clean Cardboard
Clean Plastic
Clean Metal
Perfect. I tossed the frame into the nearly full dumpster, where it propped up the lid a few inches, and parked the dumpster next to the curb.
By the time I went out to pick up the paper this morning, the dumpster guy had already showed up and dumped everything. I knew, because the lid was no longer propped open. But how did he miss that one little piece of paper hanging out the top?
I walked over and saw that it was actually a note, duct-taped to my dumpster, from the dumpster guy:
Just a friendly reminder: Metal is not acceptable for recycling.
Damn guvmint workers.
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Clean Glass
Clean Paper
Clean Cardboard
Clean Plastic
Clean Metal
Perfect. I tossed the frame into the nearly full dumpster, where it propped up the lid a few inches, and parked the dumpster next to the curb.
By the time I went out to pick up the paper this morning, the dumpster guy had already showed up and dumped everything. I knew, because the lid was no longer propped open. But how did he miss that one little piece of paper hanging out the top?
I walked over and saw that it was actually a note, duct-taped to my dumpster, from the dumpster guy:
Just a friendly reminder: Metal is not acceptable for recycling.
Damn guvmint workers.
