Waste.

This is a complete bed set that was set out to be thrown away by its wasteful owners. 

It was a mockery. The set out the bed frame, box spring, mattress, sheets, blankets, pillows fitted to it like it would be in a bedroom. They even made the homey scene complete with a rug and a book on the bed   for some light reading before turning in.

It would look most inviting if it were not sitting in the parking lot next to the dumpster waiting to be picked up on Monday morning. 

The previous owners would rather throw it away and make a joke out of it than see it in the hands of someone less fortunate that would need it. 

Move out day in a college town is an exercise in waste and greed. They would rather destroy or throw away things they don’t want to take with them than see a poor person have them. I wish my parents made enough money to where I could just throw away furniture and clothes like that. 

It is pure spite. 

I was on my way out of my apartment today, I notice that some one had set out a bed frame next to the dumpster. I knew better to leave it there because someone else would get it. 

As I approached the dumpster, I noticed a lot of stuff had been thrown in. Not trash, but treasure! The first thing I pulled out was a PS3! It had no power cable or controllers, but it looks like it is good condition and still functional. Normally, I would see something like that thrown out it must be because it was broken. But the other stuff I found belied that because there was more to be found. 

I surmised that one of my neighbors moved out but must of also broken up with her boyfriend and threw out his stuff!

I found:

a PS3

a set of poker chips and cards

a mountain of DVDs

a few CDs

a basket

a stack of books

a surge protector

a calculator still in its packaging

an Ipod

and a flick knife!

Living in a college town, you have lots of people who would rather throw away or destroy their belongs they don’t feel like taking back home with them than see them in the hands of poor people. But, as I said before, I believe the motivation was spite than anything material. 

I called Hunter and told her about it and that the PS3 was her’s if she wanted it. She tried to control her enthusiasm because she was at work, but she was ecstatic. The cost of the power cord, controllers and any needed repairs would definitely be cheaper than buying a new one. Now she can finally play “Journey”!