[chachacha]

i am usually a very sweet, mild person but i just had a very unpleasant phone encounter with the monopoly sanitation dept for sumter county. we are forced to pay $18 per month for our pickup whether here or not, which i understand. but as a single woman i make very little garbage and usually put it out in a small bag from walmart or publix....often it is left at the curb. this weekend i had a big party and since i do not have black plastic bags i used clear recycling bags for the obvious garbage of dirty paper plates, aluminum pans, etc....the one bag that was white from Belk was taken and the other three smelly bags were left on the curb....When i called to ask for a pickup, the man to whom i spoke was rude and rattling off the rules about black or white for garbage and clear for recycling. I guess i am forced to buy those expensive black plastic bags for a tiny amount of garbage and to endure the abuse of ill-mannered employees in Florida's Friendliest Home Town! does anyone else resent this monopoly?