In order to cut down on overtime, the City of Toledo has changed the schedule for holiday garbage pick up. I, along with the majority of our city's citizens, have been confused as heck ever since this new schedule started. Basically, what has happened is that our trash pick up days are always changing. Instead of picking up twice the trash the day after a holiday, the pick up day gets pushed up a day, thus eliminating the need for overtime hours.

I walked out on my porch Monday morning to one of the more funnier scenes I've witnessed in my neighborhood.  After hearing the garbage truck outside our house, I walked out to make sure all of our trash had been picked up.  At the same time, my next door neighbor walked out to the curb with his trash.  The truck was half way down the street at this point.

He stood there, trash can in hand, looking down the street at the truck.  He then looked down the street the other way (probably checking to see if anyone he knew was out and about).  After that he looked back at his house with a scoul, obviously contemplating what would happen if he returned with an unemptied trash can. 

After one last look down the street to make sure no one he knew was watching, he started running the opposite way after the garbage truck, full trash can in hand.  He succesfully caught up with the truck and returned home with an empty can. 

And I thought running for the bus was embarrassing