Bin Raiding
December 6th 2010 21:00
One of the joys of being a caretaker is being able to raid the bins without people wondering what you are doing. After all, it’s your job to do it anyway to ensure the garbage is placed in the correct bins. That is why Fred does not buy the newspaper.
“I get the Telegraph every day. Someone reads it and puts it in the recycling bin each morning,” he says. The Sydney Morning Herald is not as popular but since Fred doesn’t read it, it’s a moot point for him. Until not last weekend but the weekend before, that is.
Meeting him in the city, he pulled out the property section from that weekend’s SMH.
“I was going to ask you to keep an eye out for that issue,” I said. On the front was a cat. Fred loved the photo and was trying to source more copies. Due to the lack of popularity of the SMH in the buildings he caretakes, he was having difficulty.
“Actually, I was going to ask you if I could have another copy. The people who live in my building don’t seem to buy the paper, else I would just get one out of the recycling bin,” I said. Fred was happy to give me his copy but I stopped him. “It’s not fair,” I said. “I’ve already got a copy and you haven’t so you keep it.”
We then headed off to one of the buildings he looks after and began the process of bin raiding. At the sight of dozens of old SMHs, Fred gave up. But I was determined to find another copy. While Fred wheeled the general rubbish bins out, I worked on the recycling bins. It was not long before I found three copies of the property section. I gave Fred another copy while I kept the other two.
“I just love the expression on the cat’s face,” Fred said. :”It’s like he’s saying ‘What do you think you’re doing?’”
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