You are a resident of Shady Pines, a gated community for retirees and the elderly. A few months ago you celebrated your 89th birthday, though celebrated may be too strong a word. Everything seems to be becoming too strong for you these days; door handles, taps, jars, politics, words. Maybe it’s just that you’re becoming weaker. Life is catching up to you and you don’t have the energy to run. Even carrying the rubbish and recycling down to the communal bins is too much for you, especially the glass bottles and newspapers, so you get your family to help you out by taking your rubbish to the bins when they come to visit on the weekends. However, recently there has been a change. Shady Pines management has demanded that rubbish and recycling can only be put in the communal bins between 9-5 on normal business days. They have had noise complaints from those living near the bins and have decided to come down hard on the geriatric hooligans intent on putting their rubbish where it is supposed to go. Now you can’t get rid of your rubbish, but you are afraid to speak up because of the fear of retribution. What do you do?
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