Mood: 
For some reason I was thinking about how you could get away with free garbage service. Perhaps it was expensive in your area, or maybe you had a falling-out with the garbageman.
Just dropping off your garbage at another person’s pickup point is dangerous, as your garbage tends to have identifiers, such as letters and stuff. The owners of the house or business you dropped off at would be able to get evidence against you when they noticed the extra bags.
So here’s what you do:
- Assuming a weekday pickup: after midnight, when most homeowners are asleep, put your garbage in generic-looking bags and look for a house with similar-looking bags in front. It’s best if there’s a hedge or something blocking the garbage from the homeowners’ view.
- Swap bags, taking theirs. After you quickly do this, what you leave behind should look almost exactly as what was originally left there.
- Drop the swiped bags off in front of another house without garbage outside, but in another part of town.
What this means is that by the time someone notices the extra bags and reports them to the police, your garbage has already been picked up. The only evidence is the garbage from the first homeowner, who will swear they left it in front of their home for pickup!
Of course, you would never use the same neighbourhood twice in a short amount of time. The larger your town, the more often you can get away with it.
Disclaimer: Naturally, this is just a mental exercise, some whimsy, and I would never expect someone to do something like this. I take no resposibility for someone actually performing this illegal act.
