Thursday, October 19, 2006

Garbage

Is it wrong to put garbage in someone else's garbage can?

What are the different criterian for this decision?

I will withhold my opinions for now, so as not to taint the well.

"Talk amongst yourselves."

6 comments:

murray said...

It's okay in any of these cases:

- It's something very small.
- Their trash is out on the curb and they have plenty of space left (while yours is full).
- You're friends with them.
- You hate them.
- Nobody sees you do it.

David said...

Was it body parts?

Becky said...

Does the person whose garbage can you threw something in pay for their trash removal?

Anonymous said...

you truly are my other half. i just dreamt this two nights ago and was having a conversation about my friend putting her dogshit in a random garbage bin on someone's sidewalk while walking her dog...and then you post it. wow.

i think you shouldn't put stuff in people's bins, unless it's small and you cleaned it up off the ground...which is a help...and the garbage is being picked up right away.

mom and dad said...

Nice, friends.

Mur, you hit on many of the considerations S and I were thinking of... Size, space, relationship, spectators or none... you're funny too.

David, those go in the tub and then the river. C'mon!

GFM, good question. That would surely make a difference. In this case, no. So, is it alright?

Momma Fi, (kindred spirits babe) the conversation came up for S and me about dog shit, actually. We are in agreement in general about when it is okay and not okay.

S and I decided, it's okay when...
-it isn't smelly (dog shit)
-you aren't near your own
-can is at the curb (not the side of the person's house... LOL)
-you are picking up litter
-trash hasn't already been collected for the day
-no one is there to ask, or you've asked
-there is no collection fee for the owner
-it isn't evidence you are trying to hide, David.

Not okay otherwise, we thinks.

Any other ideas?

fuquinay said...

I put trash in people's cans all the time. It's what trash cans are for. Why would someone covet a trash can? I wouldn't put smelly poop (unless it's in several layers of plastic) in someone's can, but if I'm walking by with a gum wrapper, damn straight! I would rather people use my trash can than do what they usually do, which is throw the trash on the ground.

Silly. Trash is trash. Who gives a crap whether it's your own?