In alt.home.repair, on Wed, 22 Jan 2020 03:20:28 -0800 (PST), Thomas
wrote:

How does one put a garbage can in the garbage?

ONe day the garbage men took my garbage can when I didn't want them to.
It was filled up when I set it out, and, probably after they emptied it,
they decided it should go. It had big problems (5 or 6 vertical slits
about 8 to 14" long) but I could still have used it. I just wouldn't
have put small things in that could escape through the slits. Any small
things would have been put in bags. But I understand that few of
their customers think like I do, so on average they did the right thing.