 Just because you're a bachelor (or bachelorette), you don't need to make excuses for your lifestyle. You know that you're too busy studying, working part-time, or watching necessary reality television programs to be able to properly maintain an unreal cleaning standard.
And that's okay. But if you think that your apartment, basement suite, or dorm room is getting a little too out-of-control, then maybe a few bachelor tips can help you make an adjustment, and make your living space just a tiny bit more tolerable to you, your roommate, and your friends.
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Written by Barry
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When it comes to trash, I know a lot...and I'm not talking about the girls I go out with.
Garbage can collect faster than seagulls around a bag of discarded french fries, and you need to find a solution that will work with your laziness and with your lifestyle.
If you're like me, your trash will pile up in the corner, until it starts to flow over the edge of your trash container like foam on a beer glass. Although you pat yourself on the back every time you find creative ways to stack the garbage higher (turning cereal boxes and milk cartons into building blocks), eventually that corner of crap will need to be hauled out to the curb.
If you had a closet or a pantry big enough to fit your trash can, you could just close the door, and forget about it--until such time as the natural odors set off like an aromatic alarm clock. The space under your sink isn't big enough for all your discarded paper products, an unfortunate side effect of using disposable dishes and cutlery all the time.
But no matter...there are solutions.
Recycling is one thing that comes to mind. Now, don't get too jumpy, because I'm not running out to join Greenpeace. But when you think about it, do you really need to toss that paper plate just because there's a chili stain on the bottom of it? Does that one melted chunk of cheese render the plate unusable? I think not.
As I've often said before, drinking out of the carton or the jug is perfectly acceptable when you're a single person--as long as you keep the backwash to a minimum. The number of plastic cups you save from the land fill more than makes up for the occasional spill down the front of your t-shirt.
Ultimately though, your empty tins and other macho litter will become an unclimbable mountain, and you'll have to haul it away. The garbage chutes in the apartment building won't handle your massive bag of waste, and dragging the hefty bag along the corridor, down the stairs, and out the back is going to be a Herculean effort. So instead, perhaps a gentle heave off of the balcony in the general direction of the waste disposal container is your best choice. I emphasis the words "gentle toss", because if that bag breaks, you've just created more work for yourself, and that's going to cut into your reality TV time.
Stay single!
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