16 July 2006

Moving phun

Part of my move is over, and this part really has been more helping Kellie than moving myself really. Granted, I am now shacking in a new place, but that doesn't really count. I have, however, packed my Jeep with basically everything save my computer and a suitcase's worth of clothes, which will remain there until I get to Ohio. Stephen and I will head up to TN on the 26th and then leave for Ohio on the 30th.

A couple of funny things happened while moving Kellie out of her old place. These funny things revolved around the dumpster outside. Twice, after throwing items away, literally within minutes, people were by to pick them up. The first was a coffee table Kellie did not want to keep, which ironically she found outside said dumpster when moving in, and the second was a microwave. When I threw away my ironing board, I was waiting for another car to pick it up. Aside from our items, as many other people have been moving out, I had seen on several occasions people scouting out the same dumpster. It makes me wonder if there's a career to be had here, or if there's some set of society who specialize in scouting out dumpsters. The speed in which these items were reclaimed also makes me wonder if there's some intricate system of monitoring when potential valuables are discarded. Kellie and I found it funny, and I'm telling you all this because I have nothing better to write about.

4 Comments:

At 8:24 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I had some movers help me move once while in St. Louis and I had a TV that didn't work - like, REALLY didn't work - so I was like, "Don't move that, it doesn't work, I'm gonna just throw it out." The mover asked me if he could have it and I said, "Sure, but it doesn't work..." and he said "Oh, nevermind." But then, sure as sin, it went in the dumpster and after the move was over, who do I see taking it out of the dumpster? THE GUY! WTF?!

 
At 2:12 PM, Blogger Matt said...

Ha, so clearly it's not exclusive to Baton Rouge. If it were, it definitely wouldn't surprise me. Stranger things go down in this city.

 
At 8:01 PM, Blogger Stephen said...

...bunch of savages in this town...

 
At 11:51 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just for fun, you should set a box containing a whole pizza outside the dumpster and see what happens.

 

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