Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
Sorry about the long post. I had to unload it.
5 days ago, as a job, I dug up 25 holes in a garden to plant a variety of small bushes. I dug up more rocks than what I had to plant, filled all the empty pots with them rocks and a load more, some huge.
After thinking that the garbage truck would refuse to pick them up as trash, I decided to throw them all at the back of my truck. When I got home, I called the customer to ask him where could I put the rocks. He said that the city dump would accept the rocks if I paid them 15 bucks. I called the city and they confirmed that.
I carried them for days, because I had a few other jobs to do that couldn't wait.
I was running out of space for the hoses, lawnmower, the rakes, and the weight was getting tough on my suspension, so I decided to make the trip to the dump this afternoon.
I was starting to feel like Arlo in Alice's Restaurant.
At the dump, they told me that I would have to pay 40 bucks and not 15 because I was driving a van. I told a city employee that they would probably fill a car. He then told me that if I brought them back in a car it would cost me 15 bucks. He said that he needed a driver's licence and the plates of the vehicle and that my van classified as a truck. I refused to pay 40 bucks and told him that he was being illogical, that it should be calculated by the load.
He said that if the rocks were in smaller pots, the garbage truck would pick them up as trash, but that the garbage men might leave some if it took them longer than 2 minutes to pick up. I was getting histerical and told him that I could bring some to the city hall on garbage day and the rest in the mayor's driveway. I asked to talk to his supervisor but he had gone home.
So, I left with the rocks in the van.
I then decided to unload a few pots of rocks at different addresses. I also thought that I might get a ticket for throwing trash on other people's property. I had to go through a few quiet streets before I could commit the crime. I saw a load of contruction materials behind a bank. I pretended that I was picking the garbage and when I was sure that no one was looking, I lined up all the pots in a row along a wall of trash. The city workers surely won't leave dust behind a bank.
After calculating the time and the gas that I used, not counting the stress level that I reached, I probably saved 2 bucks. I still have to clean the back of my old van and that should take a good hour of my own time. That puts me in the red, I guess.
5 days ago, as a job, I dug up 25 holes in a garden to plant a variety of small bushes. I dug up more rocks than what I had to plant, filled all the empty pots with them rocks and a load more, some huge.
After thinking that the garbage truck would refuse to pick them up as trash, I decided to throw them all at the back of my truck. When I got home, I called the customer to ask him where could I put the rocks. He said that the city dump would accept the rocks if I paid them 15 bucks. I called the city and they confirmed that.
I carried them for days, because I had a few other jobs to do that couldn't wait.
I was running out of space for the hoses, lawnmower, the rakes, and the weight was getting tough on my suspension, so I decided to make the trip to the dump this afternoon.
I was starting to feel like Arlo in Alice's Restaurant.
At the dump, they told me that I would have to pay 40 bucks and not 15 because I was driving a van. I told a city employee that they would probably fill a car. He then told me that if I brought them back in a car it would cost me 15 bucks. He said that he needed a driver's licence and the plates of the vehicle and that my van classified as a truck. I refused to pay 40 bucks and told him that he was being illogical, that it should be calculated by the load.
He said that if the rocks were in smaller pots, the garbage truck would pick them up as trash, but that the garbage men might leave some if it took them longer than 2 minutes to pick up. I was getting histerical and told him that I could bring some to the city hall on garbage day and the rest in the mayor's driveway. I asked to talk to his supervisor but he had gone home.
So, I left with the rocks in the van.
I then decided to unload a few pots of rocks at different addresses. I also thought that I might get a ticket for throwing trash on other people's property. I had to go through a few quiet streets before I could commit the crime. I saw a load of contruction materials behind a bank. I pretended that I was picking the garbage and when I was sure that no one was looking, I lined up all the pots in a row along a wall of trash. The city workers surely won't leave dust behind a bank.
After calculating the time and the gas that I used, not counting the stress level that I reached, I probably saved 2 bucks. I still have to clean the back of my old van and that should take a good hour of my own time. That puts me in the red, I guess.
