PHOTO PROMPT © Jean L. Hays
BOXING DAY
I am a genius, if I may say so myself – and I have to – ‘cause you won’t acknowledge my brains. I’ve solved two irritations, with one brilliant idea.
To cut costs, the city now collects garbage every two weeks. Hauling out one extra-heavy, or two regular bags, was a hassle. Breaking down boxes from on-line Amazon shopping was a pain.
I peel off the labels, fill them with garbage, and leave them outside the door. Within an hour, some porch pirate steals my used tea-bags, coffee grounds and banana peels. Some boxes I ‘accidently’ forget on the subway, during my commute.
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Got to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.
Archon's Den 
What a great idea. I might just try it!
Here’s mine!
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Just remember to remove the labels, or you might get yours, and someone else’s, back. 😳
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We have a problem for every solution. I use the gas station garbage can (if its not too full)
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That might create problems of its own. A local man changed his car’s oil, behind a local strip-mall. Answering a call about a suspicious person, two police officers charged him with “Theft of Services” when he threw two dirty paper towels into a big green dumpster. 😳
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Lol. That’s a brilliant idea. I can’t stop laughing 😂
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If only it were fiction. Some years ago, before Jeff Bezos was invented, NYC had a garbage strike that lasted six weeks. The subway trick was one of many. 🙂
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Oh, wow. I didn’t know about that. Truth can be stranger than fiction!
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It’s official. You are a genius. …!
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….And the sky is blue, and water is wet….and I thank you for the richly-deserved recognition. 😉 😆
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Accidentally, like on purpose.
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Nawww… 😉
Thanx for the visit. 🙂
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Ah, well, other than leaving things on the subway … I can get the instant Karma of leaving trash out for the porch thieves … 😉
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My Karma just ran over some Fundamentalist’s Dogma. Any unrelated civic cleansing is purely co-incidental. 😉
Thanx for stopping by. 🙂 May I ask, from where? 😕
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From NYC, where the subway trash will bother ME 😉
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I love this idea, Archon! Brilliant indeed. (And so funny, to porch pirates in a row…)
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Just remember to tape securely, to maintain the odor. 🙂
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I *love* that first sentence. What a great idea! Oh my, you may be setting a trend here.
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Yeah…. I like me. Who do you like? 😉
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Ha, quite the forward thinker! And such a disappointment for the thief.
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If it weren’t for the chance that some disgruntled thief might fire off a gun-load of shots in retaliation, it would be a good idea.
Thanx for the visit. 🙂
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I love the trash boxes he leaves out!! I wrote a story about those irritating porch pirates. Love it!!
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It’s such an obvious idea. With over 50 submissions, there’s bound to be a couple of variations on the theme. Thanx for stopping by. 🙂
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There are worse things in boxes, I’m sure.
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Even if it’s only a glitter-bomb that some frustrated homeowner built. 😳
I particularly liked the golf-course type splash sprinkler in the bed of a backed-in pickup, set to go off by a motion detector, along with a CCTV camera, to record the fun. 😆
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Haha! Oh, yes! That’s a classic maneuver. I never did this, but some of my friends, back in the day, used to leave a sack of cow manure on someone’s front porch and set it on fire.
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Ahh…the out of the box thinking! ⌒°(❛ᴗ❛)°⌒
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It only works if they get stolen within a couple of hours. More than that, in the hot sun, and you can’t get into your own house. 😳
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Lol (´∇ﾉ｀*)ノ
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LOL. This sounds like bachelor pad logic to me. Seriously, I can totally see my dad coming up with this idea and my mom being like – no, just no. I love that opener so much though. I want to steal that first sentence and keep it.
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