[Mrs. Robinson]

Well -- Friday is our normal trash day. You know -- regular trash but not recyclables.
I don't buy bags for trash; we use whatever is handy from shopping or anything else.

So we put out our trash in a sort of white semi-translucent bag. Late in the afternoon we noticed that our bag was the only bag that was not picked up.

Enlightenment hit us like a ton of bricks.
We weren't taught this in college, mind you . . .

White or clear bags are only to be used for recyclables -- period! You cannot use them for ordinary trash.
The trash men will not pick up this no-color bag, even when it is a trash only day (as opposed to trash and recyclables).
Ordinary trash is to be put in a different color bag, preferably black, but never clear or white!

If this has ever happened to you, now you know the rules.
Like I said, we never learned about this in college, but the trash men sure did.