Now, everybody secretly loves junk. I mean, probably if everyday folks weren't afraid of being seen, they would go and rummage around in dumps. It's true!

Now admit it. Don't you drive slower through neighborhoods the night before Trash Pick-up Day? Tell the truth. If you see a nice wooden chair sitting on the curb, don't you look over there and wonder why in the world they are throwing away that perfectly good chair? You even make judgements. Like - "Just look at how much money they are throwing away.", or, "Probably the dog chewed on that chair. Otherwise they wouldn't be throwing away such a good-looking chair. What a bunch of idiots, having destructive dogs in the house." Am I right?

And the Goodwill boxes. You know - the drop-off sites. Everybody notices all the stuff people pile up around those boxes. Well, you can't TAKE anything from the sites - that is against the law. But when you make a drop, and there is a wonderful chest of drawers sitting there -- aren't you tempted? Plenty of people do take things too. In fact, some of them have sort of become a make-shift "Take It Or Leave It Center". Drop off a table, pick up a lamp. Drop off a bed, pick up a bowl. Go by a box and watch sometime -- it's a hoot! Someone rushes to a box, unloads a couple of bags of clothes and shoves them into the box. They turn to go -and slow their pace to a crawl - then walk backwards a few steps. They have spied a fantastic antique wicker chair! Their face registers emotions you can read at 100 yards. "O-o-o-, I love this! Someone gave it away anyway -- why not to me. After all, recycling is recycling. I'll send Goodwill a donation one day to make up for it." (Right.) They quick, look around to see if anyone is near. The coast is clear! They grab that chair and stuff it into their car quick as a wink- and take off like a slingshot. They keep their eyes glued on the rearview mirror for blocks to see if anyone is coming to stop them!