Trash Days

Trash days are my favorite day to jog in my neighborhood.  Not because of the big trash cans I must maneuver around but because of the plastic green containers that sit beside the trash cans.  In my neighborhood our recycle containers are just big bins that are lidless, and I love this.  Open containers , on a neighbors curb are almost like if  were a fly on the inside of their house.  I have a fascination about how other people live their normal lives inside their house and these green containers feed and satisfy my desire to know people a little more, even if I don't know their face. 

One can learn a lot from a quick look at a recycle container.

Cereal Preferences ( morning routines always say a lot about a person )

Coffee drinkers? 

Healthy or Not

The amount of alcohol regularly consumed ( assuming they recycle it all) 

If they just got a new T.V or if someone just had a birthday

Are they the organized type where everything is divided up in different bins.  This makes my cursory look much faster so thank you neighbors who have this gift. 

 

Die hard Green Households are my Favorite because there is so much to look at.  I will admit if  a neighbor has three or four sitting out, this is too much temptation and I will slow my jog down to walk, or maybe even need to retie my shoe in front of their house. 

 

While empty boxes and bottles might be boring to some , to me it's a peak into the lives of the people I live with.   I guess you could call me nosy. I think it's fun to know these facts about a household. But not nosy in a gossipy way. Nosy in an interested in people kind of way.  I get a kick out of a quick look in a recycle bin like someone else might get a kick out of doing  sudoku.  Don't worry fellow neighbors, your extra bottle of wine or secret love for little Debbie's wont go any further than this neighbor. I am satisfied to know and won't go blabbing that "house such and such eats a bunch of frozen meals." 

 

So what's in my Recycle Bin? Well, that's for me to know and you to jog by and found out.  After all  one houses'  trash might be another joggers morning refresher!