In its continued war against the Florida Flophouse, the District of Columbia sent operatives from a different agency to threaten us with fines. Yesterday we were visited by the Housing Regulation Administration, who told us to bag up the cardboard that the city won't collect or pay the price. Today, the Department of Public Works came by to tell us that bagging the garbage wasn't good enough: the city won't collect trash that's not in cans.
When I told him that the city wouldn't deliver recycling cans even though I've asked for them twice (confirmation number: 1692544), he said that the city in fact would not be giving us more cans for trash or recycling because—hang on—we residents of the Flophouse number five and that marks our house as a commercial property.
Then, to truly break our house's spirit, the guy made me move all the trash bags that the city pledges not to collect five feet to the right so they were centered in front of our house. Filth, we can live in—but indignity??
Posted by Kriston at May 6, 2008 3:21 PMThere are five residents in my house in DC -- my wife and my three children -- but the government gives us cans for trash and recycling and has never suggested that our house is a commercial property.
Posted by: Anon. at May 7, 2008 10:59 AMFive unrelated residents, I should say.
Posted by: Kriston at May 7, 2008 11:03 AMUnrelated? But according to Amazon.com's records...
Perhaps I've said too much.
Posted by: Tom at May 7, 2008 2:57 PM