The Trash Man Cometh!

In most cities across the country, trash service is provided. In some areas, the city pays for trash pick up; while in others, the resident themselves pays for this service. In most cases, the trash man has a regular day to pick up the trash. However, it is important to note that trash pick up will be delayed on holidays. No, that doesn’t mean that the trash man will wait until the next week to pick up the garbage; rather, the customer will be notified of another day this invaluable service will be delivered.

Trash service has gotten somewhat sophisticated and even more beneficial over the past few years. Some companies make provisions for recycling, and provide very specific instructions to address yard waste. I don’t know if you’ve paid attention to your local trash service, but some waste service providers even have trucks that use a mechanical arm to grab the trashcan from the curb! They use to use people for that.

If you are anything like me, there are times when I forget to get the trash ready for pick up. And oh do I pay for it for the next week! Needless to say, although this can often be a thankless job, the service that is provided is invaluable.

For those of us who pay for trash service, we also have to remember to pay our bill; whether it is monthly or quarterly. Failure to pay the trash bill results in no trash service being provided. Translation: Trash buildup!

Have you emptied your trash lately? Not just the physical trash that accumulates from week to week, but the trash in our lives that is accumulating as well? Or have you forgotten to take the trash out, or worse, forgotten to pay for this much needed service?

Some of us have failed to gather the trash that exists in all the rooms that together make up our life. For some of us, trash has been left unattended for a long time. Trash that is not properly disposed of will stink after a while! The trash that we have failed to rid ourselves us is starting to stink too!

Now, you may have put off taking out the trash because you wanted to separate the recyclables from the rest of the garbage. Regardless of this noble effort, it’s all trash now! You may have procrastinated, putting off for tomorrow what could be done today. You may have just forgotten to pay the trash bill. It’s still sitting in the stack of other bills you haven’t quite gotten around to paying. Whatever the reason, please know that the trash you have not properly attended to is fumigating your space in a very unpleasant way.

The trash man cometh! Is your trash ready for pick up?