My wife has often reminded me to put it out when the others have done it. Unfortunately, sometimes I forget to do it, and then there's trouble, and I take the trash can to the paper waste bin to be reloaded. That's not so bad either, I smoke a cigarette next to the trash can and then suck on two Fisherman's so I don't get the next complaint.
As for the paper trash can, yes, I have a bad temper. I've also misplaced this list of appointments. My wife can't know that, that ... well, it's not going well for me.
I now just leave the full paper trash can so by the side of the road when I feel like they're coming. It's funny, because an hour later, half the street is full of paper trash cans. Even without an appointment.
Herd instinct. 🙂
But then I roll ours back in front of the garage. Just for fun, of course.
My wife says shortly after:
"Please put the paper trash can out."
I find this fascinating, but ... admittedly a bit mean of me.
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Same thing at Lidl.
Of course I keep an eye on my wife to see if she does something wrong, not out of malice, but just to catch her out. I have to be very careful because she has strict rules and rarely breaks them. It's a shame, really, but it can't be helped 🙂 .
This week was a good one: we went to Lidl together.
She wanted to buy grapes and she tried two small grapes in the supermarket and thought they were good, so I was allowed to take a big grape in my shopping cart.
Then I got a bag of cookies for €0.79, those American ones with the big chocolate pieces, they taste really good with coffee.
When she was looking for the cheese ... I always have to push the cart ... always behind her ... like Prince Philip behind Elisabeth ... so when she was at the cheese, I ate one of the cookies, then another. I was kind of hungry. And they're really good, especially for the price.
She saw the open box of cookies and confronted me:
"You can't do that, you have to pay for them first."
(... I'll take the third cookie now, of course.)
Me: "Why, I'm paying for the bag, I'm putting it on the conveyor belt."
She: "No, that's illegal, you can't do that."
Me: "But you, you took the two grapes before ....."
(... can't finish the sentence)
You: "That's something completely different: I just tasted them."
Me: "But I pay for what I eat, you stole it. Or do you also weigh yourself on the scales at the checkout??"
She: "Nonsense. Please take your cookies out, but pay for them first, I'm embarrassed."
Difficult. It's just difficult. But you have fun. :-))
Are you allowed to try bananas?
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This is an old story, I did a translation for you readers in the US and UK.
