RATS!

Dear Neighbors,
 
There is a growing pile of smelly garbage bags in the bins in the basement.  As a reminder, there is no one who takes the garbage out to the street.  Each resident is responsible for making sure that his or her garbage gets set out on trash pick up day (Sunday night/Monday morning).  The bins in the basement are only meant as a very temporary storage place until trash pick up and garbage should not be left down there longer than a couple of days.  If we regularly have several bags of garbage down in the basement, it is likely that our house will become infested with mice, roaches and (gulp) rats.  If you've ever had the experience of living in a house infested with rats, then you know it is an experience to avoid.  Have a mice or roach problem is a real picnic compared to a rat problem.  Rats are nocturnal but not particularly afraid of people.  They sleep in the walls during the day and creep into your living space at night.  If you happen to come upon a rat in your house, it is often unwilling to run away, despite your screaming and shoe banging.  They multiply like crazy and often grow to be as long as 14 inches (not including the tail). The only way to rid your home of rats is to put poison in the walls, which they eat and then die.  Then you have to live with the smell of decaying rat for several months.  
 
So please, don't leave garbage down in the basement for longer than one or two days.  If you miss the garbage pick up on Monday morning, the garbage is picked up at 20th and Green on Wednesday morning. So in a pinch, you can take your garbage up to 20th and Green Tuesday night.  So if the owner of the garbage in the basement could set it out Tuesday night at 20th and Green, that would be great. Otherwise please do not forget to set it out at the curb Sunday night. 
 
Thanks.