Trashy laowai

Taiwan is a country of very strict rules that everyone follows all the time. This is why I never deviate from the rules in anyway, especially when riding on a scooter. I also never deviate from the incredible pain in the ass rules about trash collection. Trash trucks drive around a few times an evening, and people who don't have trash service in their building have to carry their trashbags and recycling outside at the appointed time to give them to the trash collectors. If you're optimistic, it's a fun way to meet your neighbors. If you have a job, you will be at work when the truck comes singing its cute little trash song (the not Beethoven one is my favorite, but I don't know the tune), and there is no way in the wide world of sports that you can ever get your trash collected. It is illegal to throw away trash in the public trashcans (not all of Taiwan's rules make complete sense). As an upright and law abiding resident, I would never break this rule and put my trash in a public trashcan, like the opposite of a raccoon. I love rules, especially rules like that one.