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21 November 2005

Major embarrassing spill

I ride my bike every day to and from work. Today, I began my five-minute journey back to work from lunch. We had a couple of garbage bags that needed to go to the dumpster, so I decided to clear those out. I usually take one bag in each hand while holding the handle bars.

This is complicated, especially if each bag has a difference in weight. A little wobbly at first, once I got started percolating, I was fine. I needed to make a right turn on the sidewalk, so I went into high-concentration mode. I took my turn a little to soon, and hit a dip right at the turn, sending me face first to the ground.....great job Jao!

I didn't hurt myself, except for my pride. I stood up and grabbed both bags, and decided to walk over to the dumpster this time.

I made it about half way there when a hole in one of the bags gave way to the heavy watermelon rine. This, of course, freed everything else in the bag to follow. Holy shit!! Banana peels, coffee filters with used coffee grinds, paper towels.....Eyyyyyyyyuuuuuuck!!

I couldn't leave it there, and I was too far from my apartment to go back and get another bag. So I had to gather the nasty, slimy, gritty trash into what was left of its failure of a bag. The bag continued to tear, so I had to temporarily abandon by bike, and hold the entirety of the garbage bag against my body in order to hold it together.

Needless to say I've sworn of garbage duty via bicycle, as well as cheap garbage bags! NEVER AGAIN!!!

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