Trash Talk - 9/18/07

I'm so irritated this afternoon I could spit nails. Somehow I have let the outside world intrude upon my serenity which should reassure some of you that I am human after all.

What has set me off is trash. Our community has outside dumpsters and for some reason the one that is nearest to our building has a habit of being overlooked by the waste management company. It was not emptied on Monday. I didn't know this yesterday afternoon when I took the trash out. I had a full trash bag, a bag of newspapers and a used furnace filter all of which needed to be disposed of. I opened the door to the dumpster enclosure and there were trash bags on the ground which is not a good sign. I then opened the side door to the dumpster and it was completely full. I was annoyed at this point, because I knew that we were missed again. However, being a civic minded owner I walked around the other building where there are two dumpsters that apparently had been emptied and put my trash in there. I then called the management company to let them know.

Today I went back out there to check and it still is not emptied but you'll be glad to know that enterprising lazy a** owners or tenants have managed to fill the entire enclosure around the dumpster with their trash. The trash company will not pick up this stuff on the ground. When they do finally come to empty this, they will put the dumpster back down on trash bags and they'll be stuck there indefinitely.

I so want to go put a sign on the dumpster that says "If the lady with muscular dystrophy can walk to the next building to throw her trash away, why can't you?"

The management company let me know a little while ago that the trash company is supposed to be here Wednesday to take care of this. Why bother? They're scheduled to come again on Thursday anyway. Will they miss us again then?

WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE TODAY?

Normally things like this don't bother me. Normally I don't take the trash out Warren does. Life isn't normal these days and I'm redirecting my anger and grief at trash. I know that. Just let me vent. You don't even have to comment on this post. I feel better already.