Lindsay Woods: You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle 'the refuse collection'

Maya Angelou has stated that, “…you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things; a rainy day, lost luggage and tangled Christmas tree lights”.

What should have been included amongst those three is ‘the refuse collection’.

To know my husband is to know his love for dealing with the bin. In particular, the recycling one. He takes extreme pleasure in the condensing of cardboard and takes exception to anyone depositing any article in the bin if the appropriate foundations have not been laid.