In an awkward moment the other day, I found myself squatting next to a self-checkout station's trashcan. My son, who was enjoying a ride on one of those bright, orange cars attached to the shopping cart, was clinging on to this trashcan, and attempting with his other hand, which had disengaged from the steering wheel, to pull items out from it.
As I intercepted my way between the trashcan and his hands, I noticed something wonderful. Register coupons. No dirty tissue papers or ABC gum, no used drink bottles (which I might have recycled for 5 cents if there were any there) or anything sticky or grimy-- only crisp, beautiful, register coupons.
Someone ahead of me had no problem discarding $1 register coupons for any paper towel purchase! Someone ahead of me had no problem discarding $1 register coupons for any dish detergent purchase!
It was as if they practically just threw the rolls and bottles into the trashcan unused.
I picked them up, cleaned my hands with the free Purell wipes the store keeps available at the entrance, and happily organized them into my purse. Lo and behold, today's Stop and Shop flyer advertised for brand name Bounty paper towels-- 10 for 10 sale. I just need to go this week and pick up two for free! I'll just bide my time and wait for a sale on dish detergent.
I am not advocating trash scavenging, but if you happen to be at that level while extracting a toddler from its sides, you might just find a reward.
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