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In KCMO, they offer bulk item pick-up. So when you have an old couch or disgusting mattress or broken washing machine, every two months you can set your junk at the curb and eventually a truck comes by to pick it up. It usually sits out for a couple of days, but hey at least you are getting it out of the house.
In my old neighborhood, you could set just about anything out and in the dead of night someone would take it so by the next morning, your curb was bare. It was awesome and a little strange. I mean some of the things we trashed were really trash. The old and filthy carpet that we ripped up, taken, a broken computer, taken, a 1950′s refrigerator, gone. I was always glad that someone took it. I mean maybe they used it for something or sold it somewhere. I didn’t care, I was just glad it was gone. Though I will say it is awkward to have people picking through your things even if those things are unwanted. Same feeling I get when I have a garage sale. Like I am being judged on my throwaways. And I feel a little sad. That in this day and age of mass consumerism, I have large things to throw away that others are willing to search out, load up, and haul off.
Well this is the first bulk item day in the new neighborhood that we’ve put stuff out. An old couch and matching chair that are not salvagable. Though incredibly comfortable, their time has come. Lo and behold, my daughter just announces there are people stealing something (she has a flair for the dramatic) so I go look. They aren’t taking the actual furniture, but some folks were taking the time to strip off the slip covers to take. Good for them. I hope they serve them well.