Garbage Blues

Once, I forgot to put out the garbage.

“That’s o.k.,” I thought, “It’s still really cold outside.”  This statement backs up my basic philosophy that winter serves only one good purpose...to make sure my garbage stays frozen.

I imagined raccoons, opossum, and rats lined up outside my house, on their hind legs with little knives and forks begging for access to the fermenting chicken carcass and fridge-rejected vegetables stored in dumpster from Hell.  

“YIKES!!”  I awoke the next garbage morning to the sound of the sanitation truck pulling away, while my dumpster stood rumbling with noxious gases still in my garage.  I raced down the street in my pajamas, pulling the 90-gallon beast like a mad ox towing an 800 lb. plow, calling “Come Back!”  

The third week, things got even worse.  The recent warm temperatures coaxed “All Things Wicked and Rotten” to spawn inside my trash container.  Fly larvae spontaneously multiplied, came to life and buzzed menacing.  There were nightmare noises coming from INSIDE the bin and around my house there was a green glow like a 1980s CRT screen.

“I missed our trash pick-up, is there anything I can do?”  I asked our public works clerk.
“Yes.  Wait until next Thursday.” 
But it smells!!”  I cried.

This morning, seagulls swooped above me as I pushed the dumpster, with swirling flies in a mini-cyclone, to the road wearing gloves and a scarf over my mouth.  The sight of the garbage truck driving towards me made me fall to my knees and weep.  As its gigantic arm poised to accept my offering, I blew the driver kisses.

I bet he gets that a lot. 

Comments

Dawn said…
Yep! Garbage guys are HAWT|
Dawn said…
Yep! Garbage guys are HAWT|
Julie, The Wife said…
We've done this before, and you're right...you are NEVER so happy to see a garbage truck in your life. I always leave them cookies at Christmas (In a clearly marked container separate from the garbage...)
joanne lee said…
That definitely gave me a few LOL moments! Great job!
alexis nicole said…
I thought your story was so funny! My husband forgot to take the trash out yesterday and I almost lost it. I wish there was like a second chance crew that came around after trash day, just in case!

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