Put it Where?

The other day I was at work having lunch. As a matter of fact, I was having chunky soup that contained far too many green beans, at least two whole potatoes, not enough carrots and 6 pieces of beef. It wasn’t bad. For soup. I don’t like soup all that much and would much rather have been eating a burger or a sandwich, but I’m watching the carbs going in.

Anyway, there I sat, with half a bowl full of green beans and potatoes. I was finished. And I didn’t have a clue what to do with the leftovers. Normally, I bring my lunch in my own container so I would’ve put the leftovers back in the container and taken them home with me to be disposed of there. But this lunch came out of a can.

What was I suppose to do with it? If it put it in the sink, it would surely plug it up. If I put it in the garbage, the bag would’ve leaked and made a mess all over the place – believe, I know this. ALL garbage bags leak!

One of the guys informed me that I should just flush it down the toilet.

SAY WHAT???

After have been living in the country for the last 17 years, with a septic field, you have to be very careful what you flush down the toilet. Flushing stuff, other than what naturally would go into the toilet, will screw up not only your septic tank, it’ll clog the field as well. You stand the chance of plugging your immersion pump. And if you don’t, surely you need to get the honey truck out twice a year to remove all of the “solid” material from down at the bottom of the tank. All of this can get quite expensive. (For those of you really interested, I can compile a list of “do not flush” items and forward it, just let me know!)

But, here I was, in the city, where apparently the sewer system works a little differently. It was a very strange thing for me to walk into the ladies washroom with half a bowl of soup. For starters, who takes food into the washroom? And then, pour it into the toilet? And finally, flush it down?

Weird, weird, weird.