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Scene Of The Crime (Day 226)
As I got ready for work this morning, I began hearing a bottle clinking sound. I first thought it was emanating from the radio I had on but soon realized that it was coming from outside. As it was trash day, I assumed that it was ABC picking up my garbage. Imagine my surprise when I set eyes on a bedraggled, middle-aged man crouched over the recycle bin in my driveway. I asked him sternly what the f#%* he was doing and he promptly replied, “making money”.
Bare foot and only wearing boxers and a t-shirt, I chased him off my property and into his SUV and grabbed his license plate number for later reporting to the police. I assumed his theft was reducing the recycling profit ABC was making on my beer habit, which would result in fee increases. However, on further research, I learned that ABC actually has to pay to dump recyclables so essentially this guy was saving me money.
I now plan to only drink beer with bottle deposits and will leave out milk and cookies … have to do my part to help my fellow man.
(2009-08-18 6:07pm)
fotomom
on August 20, 2009Interesting capture and story. I hope it won't happen again.
irishmurr
on August 20, 2009You wouldn't believe the people who drive up and down our street the night before garbage pick-up. I've been woken up in the middle of the night several times from people going through our trash. Guess it's a sign of the times?