If person A waits until person B's trashcan is on the curb, then there's no harm, no foul, no problem -- but that doesn't quite match the situation either.
I would argue there is a problem because person B pays for that trashcan, it costs money to come get it and cart the trash off (normally, and by normally I mean in my neighborhood. Whether or not you buy your own trashcan or the city 'provides' it, somewhere down the line you are paying for the service.) And person A is not contributing monetarily, person B has an added burden.
If person B puts their trashcan on person A's property, and person A fills up the trashcan before person B can do so, you get something a lot closer (but still not a very good match).
True, but as argued elsewhere person A should, in a civilized society, go tell B to secure his trashcan.
I don't pay a separate fee for trash collection. Your analogy had a different sort of impact than what you probably intended....
Probably. But somewhere down the line trash collection is paid for, and in a lot of communities (the last three or four I've lived in) you directly pay for trash collection. What's more, the fee is based on the size of the trashcan you want. Bigger can, more fee. In this free Wifi society some people seem to be advocating, before long one guy is going to have a big dumpster that the whole neighborhood uses for free. I don't want to be that dumpster guy so I pull my weight as I'm expected to.
-Matt -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
