Refuse!
In the basement of my condo building there is a sign up that says, “Refuse”. I’ve often pondered the message it was trying to convey, in its somewhat oblique conciseness. Refuse what? Something in particular? Or more generally, refuse to just believe everything everyone says? Was it intended as a moral lesson? A political statement? A protest certainly, but directed towards what?… perhaps that is for us to determine. Deep.
And who put it there anyway? Some anonymous, socially conscious do-good’er it would seem. Its been there for as long as I can remember. Its a nice sign too, engraved into plastic, clearly someone went to effort to make it. Seems to make personal reflection even more imperative.
But then I realized, its on the door to the room with everyone’s garbage. I’m such an idiot for missing the obvious!
Its an environmental thing!