aaarrrggghhh!!!!!!!

yah, i know this is my first post in like two months, finally got my puter back YAY but i'm not catching up in this post, i'm just gonna rant....

i was almost asleep, and i saw the security light outside go off... then i heard squeaakkk, then chink chink, and it was a dumpster diver in our dumpster... at quarter to 2 in the morning for crying out loud!!!!!!!

i mean, gee, if you must invade our privacy for the collection of the almighty bottles, can't you do it in the stinkin' daytime?

the guy *did* at least throw all the garbage back in the dumpster, after opening all the bags and rummaging through them. at least it appears in the poor light to have been all, all that was visible anyways.... but he left the darn lids open.

*steaming*

not to mention it doesn't make me feel the safest to have some guy in the yard at almost 2am.

garrrr.

i must admit, i'm having a hard time extending grace to these guys tonight. i mean, they work pretty hard collecting bottles that i discard, to make better money than i do! from what i understand the main bottle collectors in town aren't drunks and druggies, they are raising their families and buying food. i wouldn't want to wade around in refuse for a living!

but it is a definate invasion of privacy (not so much the garbage, anything important should be shredded anyways - but the private yard, y'know?) and it woke me up. during the day if they come by i shrug, cuz at least it's in broad daylight, you know? but under the cover of night, and waking me up? i seriously considered calling the police. but there are so many serious problems out there, why bother them because i am irritated with a dumpster diver?

i need to take my irritation not so much to the police (tho maybe i should do that too), but to God..... and i find i am lacking grace.

if only there was a bin by the road we could put our bottles in, and these handy dandy recyclers can pick it up without invading ones privacy. i have no bones about them recycling the bottles i'm too lazy to recycle myself. they do the work, they deserve the deposit. but geez, 2 am? and close the darn lids! (at least there's no bears this time of year....)... and stay out of my dang yard!!!!

maybe they should privatize. people who wish to participate could put their bottles and tetra packs etc in separate garbage cans, and they can come collect them during the day...... but i guess that wouldn't keep them out of the dumpsters.

now see, i'm torn between wanting to help them and wanting to yell at them! garrrr!