- 32 cigarette butts
- An empty bottle of motor oil, which I'm sure has nothing to do with the auto repair shops on either side of us
- The label for a can of fat-free refried beans
- (Presumably) a can of refried beans, about 5 yards away from the above label
- Two of my nemesis' daily cigarillo packets, since no one picked up the trash yesterday
- A long lock from someone's extension, or so I like to think.
- The largest bottle of Smirnoff I've ever seen outside a liquor store (empty)
Thursday, May 24, 2018
Talking trash
Today it was again my turn to pick up trash around the library grounds. I did not find any cereal, but I did find:
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I hope you're wearing gloves for this!!
ReplyDeleteHeck yes! Actually, we have one of those pincher things, too.
Deleteis trash in everyone's job description?
ReplyDeleteYep. We have a page who does it on the days she is here, but she's part-time, so we do it the other half.
Deletedo people stand around and smoke in your parking lot all day or did someone clean their car ashtray by dumping everything out there?
ReplyDeleteI think it's the former, and I think they do it in the mornings before the library opens. I am working on trying to convince the city's facilities department that they should give us a smoker's pole.
Deletedo they at least give you gloves for picking up the trash?
ReplyDeleteThey do. I kind of don't want to know what fraction of our supply budget they take up, actually.
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