A Bit of Snow... And Three Lawn Bags

It snowed once in January in the ATL! 

I opened the storm door and took a picture. There was no way I was going out in the cold. No Sir. No Ma'am.

Those bags are my lawn leaf bags.

No, it wasn't worth going out and taking pictures. 

But what is interesting here is my bags of leaves. 

They have been out there since mid to late November.  And it's only three bags. I have a new lawn guy who makes the leaves disappear. These three bags are from when my old lawn man swindled me and didn't do the work. I think he is too old to do my lawn now, and that's cool, but that was wrong for him to take my money. Needless to say, that's over now. 

Back to the bags, though. They have been out there for a long time. I am not bothered by it because I have seen at least three different times on the news that there is a shortage of workers due to the pandemic. So the collection of regular trash is prioritized. They may pick up the recyclables here and there. But damn the lawn bags and trimmings. There simply not enough workers. 

Now if I had this many bags, I may be a bit miffed. 

BUT what really bothers me is my neighborhood app... Man, these gentrifiers are going CRAZY. They don't give a damn about workers being sick with covid, just come get these bags. I mean they are going off. 

But at the same time, this is also happening on the app:

"A squirrel fell out of a tree, what should I doooooo! I have to rebilatate it!"

"Oh, no! A possum is living on my porch! Poor thing, I want to help it! What should I dooooo!"

(And lo and behold, a picture of a possum in full attack mode, with ALL of its teeth is included)

Dogs and cats are lost...They coo and wail over these animals. 

But they get pissed about lawn bags not being collected?

Knock it off. 

I just want to comment in all caps, TAKE Y'ALL'S BEHINDS BACK TO THE SUBURBS!"

Inner city living is not for them. 

I'm just saying. 

But as for now, I will look out the window at my three bags of leaves. I know they will be gathered some day. 

Better yet I just hope and pray that the workers get past their bouts with covid .