Long ago, when I don't fully remember, I had a bad idea. I would pay for trash collection in advance. Why? So there wouldn't be the panic in the middle of the month about paying the bill before they quit collecting the trash. What could go wrong?
Trash collection day came and went yesterday, but no one came for the trash. I began to weep and looked at my checkbook to see if they were ever paid. That's where things got tricky.
Last year sometime I had paid them $200. That wasn't a gift. It had been paid around Christmas, so maybe it was mistaken as a gift. However, in the little box for the date, or whatever you might like to write, were the numbers "6/11." ????? Had I meant 11/6? Underneath the name of the recipient was the note to self, "paid up till June 2025."
So it was all very mysterious. I called the company and explained to the answering machine that I had paid in advance with a check for $200.. The rest of the details were sketchy. But yesterday evening the trash had not been collected. And no one called back. Oh me.
I fell asleep and tossed and turned. I had nightmares about putting the trash bags in the car trunk and driving to the landfill - forever. I woke in a cold sweat.
What in thunderation was I going to do? Pay twice?
I went back out to the trash bin this morning. The trash had been collected!!!!!
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