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Trash Can Watch ‘05

February 16th, 2005

Every Wednesday is trash day. Plus, every other Wednesday we also put out our recycling trash can and our yard clippings trash can.

We are supposed to put the cans in the street, against the curb.

Each Wednesday, sometime shortly after the trash is picked up, someone moves the trash can onto our lawn. Not onto the sidewalk, no, they put it all the way onto our grass. What the hell?

Here’s what it looked like last week. Sometimes it’s even closer to the house, in the middle of the lawn.

If it’s a recycling/yard clippings day, they move the regular trash can into the yard, but not the other two cans. Those they leave in the street.

It’s bizarre. Truly. It doesn’t seem to be the trash collectors, because one guy puts the can on the automated thingy on the truck, the truck lifts it, and then the guy puts it right back where it was. And the mysterious trash can mover doesn’t move anyone else’s trash can. All the neighbors on either side still have their cans in the street, and yet ours ends up sitting on our lawn.

Is someone trying to be helpful? If so, how is that helping? I just don’t get it. The whole thing is just odd.

So this week I set up a webcam.

Trash Can Watch ‘05

Arlo wrote a special Trash Can Widget for Konfabulator for the occasion.

I even convinced a huge group of people on an internet forum I frequent to watch with me for hours.

Nothing happened.

The recycling guys came and went. The regular trash guys came and went, leaving the can in the street. The mailman came and went. Joggers. People with strollers. Nothin’.

There was a flurry of excitement when the gardener from next door made a surprise appearance in the bushes.

Oh, and a DHL truck stopped outside the house, but didn’t deliver anything.

I’m trying again next week.

6 comments to “Trash Can Watch ‘05”

  1. I am very busy and important. I am NOT watching your trash can! :P

         by Abby February 16th, 2005 at 3:35 pm

  2. You know, the sidewalk is for pedestrian traffic, not your trash can.

    That said, I have no idea what’s going on or why.

         by anonymouse March 10th, 2005 at 9:22 pm

  3. Well, the sidewalk is the only place the trash can never ends up. It’s in the street or on the lawn. Even though I know who is moving it now, I still have no idea why. It’s almost worse than before. :-/

         by sallypnut March 10th, 2005 at 11:22 pm

  4. So who was it??!? :)

         by Jessica March 11th, 2005 at 10:32 am

  5. Jessica, the follow up is in the entry from February 23. :)

    http://www.hotcrankypeople.com/archives/2005/02/index.html

         by sallypnut March 11th, 2005 at 10:47 am

  6. Ah! Thanks for the pointer! :) Very bizarre situation!

         by Jessica March 11th, 2005 at 1:37 pm

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