When we first moved to the burbs of Stockholm following a lifetime of living in various different European capital cities, some things just leave you standing... with your mouth wide open – like a letterbox, as they say in Swedish!
When I put the bins out for the first time – not a particularly complicated nor physical task. It's a simple job of moving two wheelies approximately 50 centimeters from where they normally live out onto the road for pick-up.
I come home from work and they are still full... I think... that's odd... I surreptitiously take a peek in my neighbor's bin... hope they don't think I'm trying to offload some rubbish (you pay by the kilo here)... their bin is empty...
Well it's kind of like the barcode thing (that's another story)... here you have to have the bins facing the right way... otherwise they won't take them... too lazy I think... well not... it's the binmen who are not allowed to turn the bins around.
How silly of me not to have had my bins around the right way... well I won't be making that mistake again, as the local crows added to my shame by scattering bits of rubbish all over my driveway!
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