Handover.

Dear employees of the indispensable garbage disposal service, whose daily efforts form the foundation of our common pursuit of cleanliness and order within the often chaotic frameworks of our urban existence, I feel compelled, with a deeply felt but complex mix of shame and pragmatic resignation, to inform you through to approach this letter; an attempt to explain my absence at the handover of the garbage bag that I carefully composed, but necessarily left to the elements, which I, with a certain degree of reluctance and an undeniable shame for almost carelessly depositing on the public road of it, leaving it in the hope – or perhaps more appropriately, the silent plea – that your keen eyes and unwavering dedication will find it and incorporate it into the cyclical journey of waste management, despite my absence, caused by obligations that, no matter how trivial or inescapable, in the grand scheme of things, temporarily prevent me from participating in this important ritual of transmission.

It is with a degree of irony that I recognize that, despite the seemingly insignificant nature of such daily tasks as taking our waste for collection, these moments are in fact imbued with a deeper importance, that they testify to our collective efforts and responsibilities within this community; a realization that leads me to the somewhat clumsy but sincere suggestion that, if it were possible, a future synchronization of our respective agendas could perhaps pave the way for a more structured and less casual exchange, in which such perhaps small, but in the Together, significant interactions can contribute to strengthening the bonds that unite us in our common pursuit of a cleaner, more orderly and therefore ultimately more harmonious coexistence.

With the hope that our paths will cross again under more favorable circumstances and with a renewed commitment to the small but important tasks that shape our daily lives, I sincerely apologize for any inconvenience my absence may have caused, and look I look forward to a future where such transfers can take place with less hassle and more mutual satisfaction.

Kind regards and in anticipation of future cooperation,