ThaThunderStorm.....(The Janitors Chapter 2)
Note: The Mind Can't Distinguish Between Imagination and Reality.
**Note: The character Joey is not the same one pictured in one of the illustrations....the character was created prior to the image and not related to one another during the creation of either the image and this story.
Joey's mom and dad had to dispose of Joey because they couldn't afford to diaper him any longer and the state wouldn't take him due to a long, long waiting list for care facilities that provided this level of care and nowhere to place him. The ONLY alternative was to dispose of Joey. Joey's Mom and Dad had not told him yet as they arranged for his disposal with ThaThunderStorm, The Transfer Station, and the landfill.
Once Joey's parents got approval for Joey's disposal at both the transfer station and the landfill, they both talked to ThaThunderStorm and then paid him extra to take Joey when they put him into the 8 yard dumpster. ThaThunderStorm was asked to visit them 14 hours or so before he comes to dump the trash to be sure everything is approved for disposal.
Around 16 hours prior, ThaThunderStorm arrived as a courtsey to the customer who paid him extra for this extra visit. ThaThunderStorm came into the nursery and looked around and was shown what was being disposed of. As Joey's Mom comes over to the adult-sized Crib called a Safety Bed,
she began to describe what Joey would be wearing for his disposal.
Joey's Mom: O....K....now.....we...normally have him in thick, bulky and layered cloth diapers and plastic pants,
for his disposal, we felt that we wanted him to be wearing the....thick, Northshore Care Supply Supreme Overnight diapers
over his cloth diapers instead of plastic pants. We...may or may not stuff the...plastic pants down into the disposable diaper....on trash day. Now...over...here.....we have....4 dozen of his....clean, cloth diapers here...48 diapers that ...we have to throw away due to new covid santitary rules. A shame really.....
ThaThunderStorm: My truck takes cloth diapers the same as it takes disposable diapers, clean or not....it doesn't matter.
As for...what he is wearing....I doesn't matter if he has...cloth diapers on or disposable. My truck can't tell the difference. It's all the same.
I...would...like to have everything you want thrown away, out in the dumpster the day before or two days before I come.
Joey's Mom: What if...his legs dangle over the side???
ThaThunderStorm: I will still take him....once...I fork the dumpster, the load is being dumped.....and I usually instinctively hit the packer button after I dump a large dumpster like the one he will be in.
Joey's Mom: Good....then he will get....a good packing once he is dumped. How many times would you pack him?
ThaThunderStorm: Oh usually I give the larger loads, like this one, a half-pack cycle then I give it a full pack cycle. If you want me to pack it more, just tell me now and I will try to remember to pack the load as many times as you want me to.
Joey's Mom: I would pay you an extra $50 if you packed the loads we put out each week, between 3 and 4 times in a row just to be sure everything gets all nice and compacted.
ThaThunderStorm: Sure....I will put that as a note on the route roster list. Now, each week, do you think you may have a diapered disposee or will that be a bi-weekly thing?
Joey's Mom: It may be...a weekly thing since my home daycare is for those whose time is short in life.....
ThaThunderStorm: I completely understand. I just feel bad, that all of them have to end up in the trash. I know, that you made arrangements with the landfill ...so...I will bring everything you throw out, to the to the landfill. I want to thank you for all of the business.
Joey's Mom: Sure...not a problem. We do a public service here at our special needs daycare. We don't always like what we have to do with some of these people....and we have a policy, if a parent abandons their special needs person here, and the state doesn't want them, we have no other choice than to literally throw them away after all other options have been exhaused. When we also receive some unwanted diapered people to be disposed of, we usually take care of that within a week or two. Now...here is our...first two months of service, the...dumpster fees, and.....(reaching into her handbag) here is....a little something for you. Consider it a....token of our...appreciation.
ThaThunderStorm: Sounds good.
Joey's Mom: Now, the Janitors will be taking the trash out nearly on a daily basis. I will be sure to put Joey out the day before so that he is sure to go on trash day. We have locks on the dumpster to keep people and animals out.
ThaThunderStorm: I have a key and it is a gravity-lock. It automatically unlocks once I tip it.
Joey's Mom: Oh...it DOES? That's good to know. Well, I won't keep you, I know you have a lot of work to do....Thank you so much for doing this for us.
ThaThunderStorm: It's NO problem. We are just glad to be of service. Good, professional service IS....what we do afterall. (Turning to Joey) I will see YOU....on trash day son. Bye, bye.
(ThaThunderStorm walks out and goes back to his trash truck and goes back on his route.)
Joey's mom calls up the janitors of her apartment complex to let them know that she is throwing her diapered son away and that she has made arrangements with ThaThunderStorm to take him on this week's trash day. The Janitors are a tad perplexed yet they got paid a little extra for having to deal with this. The Janitors agree to make sure that Joey is put out into the dumpster at least 24 hours before ThaThunderStorm comes. The Janitors tell Joey's mom that the 8 yard dumpster with two sliding doors that lock, and gravity locks on the lids, is nearly already full. Joey's Mom tells the Janitors that she has at least four full 96 gallon toters and two 32 gallon cans worth of cloth diapers and disposable diapers
leftover packs of Luvs,
Pampers,
and Northshore Care Supply Supreme Overnight Diapers,
Protex Medical Plastic Pants,
as well as various colors of Onesie Bodysuits
as well as a bunch of various packs of Toddler diapers from China, Australia and The UK that fit differently than the others did, that leaked more than the other diapers did.
Joey's Mom: Ok Joey, You have ...until around naptime before you and your diapers will go into the diaper pail in here.
Joey: Mooooom! I don't wanna go in there!
Joey's Mom: We....talked about this sweetie. It has to be this way. I am SO...sorry about this. I...wish there was another way. We just paid the trash man to take you and all of your diapers and diapering supplies. So, once the janitors take you and the diapers out to the dumpster, you won't be our problem any more. You and your....comfy diaps will belong to the trash man.OK Joey, it's naptime. See you in a couple of hours.
Joey's mom leaves the room and closes the door. Joey is locked in his adult safety bed and can't get out. He lays there on his back, peering up at the ceiling and all around the room. His eye-lids become heavier and heavier, and soon, he falls asleep. He wakes up to his mom checking his diaper for wetness.
Joey: Mom??? Is...my diaper wet?
Joey's Mom: OH you bet it is.....I am just debating if I should change you or leave you in this diaper for disposal. It's time for your...disposal sweetheart. I spent the last couple of hours gathering up all of your...onesie bodysuits, your, clean leftover cloth diapers, your.....two-piece printed pajamas, and the remains of the cases of your disposable diapers. (Thinking for a few seconds) O...K, come over here and I'll change your diaper one final time before I take you, your diapers and stuff out to the trash. Now, I want....to add in eight layered toddler sized former diaper service cloth pre-fold diapers into your already nice, thick disposable diaper. This way, while you wait for the trash truck, your diapers will be plenty absorbent and be nice and soaked and ready to get compacted. OK....come over here to your changer and...lay down for me......there.....now, let's see how wet your diaper is.....(unfastening the tapes and pulling the front of his diaper down, revealing the soaking wet layered cloth diapers) Well.....certainly time to change.
Joey's Mom pulls the diapers out from under Joey and with the toddler sized cloth pre-fold diapers still layered inside the thick, criinkly disposable diaper, she folds it over, then sets it aside on the changer while she opens another thick, crinkly, disposable diaper up, adds eight, thick, toddler-sized former diaper service cloth pre-fold diapers into the padding of the disposable diaper, then she lifts Joey up, slides the diapers under him, then she uses almost a whole tub of baby wipes to clean Joey up, tossing the used wipes into the crotch of Joey's clean diapers, before pulling the front of the diapers up, tucking the wings in, then fastening the tapes.
Joey's Mom: There.....ALL....nice....and dry.....and ready for disposal. The janitors are expecting you and your diapers down in the garage. They said they are going to load you and everything into the compactor. They will compact you and everything then they have to get the compactor dumpsters all set out for the trash truck to come empty them tomorrow.
Joey: Mooooom! Stop it! Hey! NO! Those are my...clean disposable diapers!!!!
Joey's Mom: Sorry! I don't need them anymore and no charity or thrift stores will take opened packages of disposable diapers anymore! They have to be thrown away now! Too bad...Now...they all are trash! O....K....here....carry this...pack of your...diapers....and...here....carry these 12 cloth pre-fold diapers on your lap....in the stroller.....I am going to...load as many diapers and trash under you in this stroller as I can.....
Joey's Mom loads more opened packs of Joey's diapers under the stroller and hangs one of his two diaper bags on the handles before pushing the stroller through the hallway, to the front door of the apartment they were in the out to the main hallway then down to the main entrance then outside and then down to the side of the Apartment complex where the garage is, and then down the slight hill to where the dumpster compactor is.
There were several janitorial staff standing around smoking cigarettes and laughing when Joey's Mom pushed the stroller up to where the compactor is.
Joey's Mom: Hi....I....brought my son down that I wanted to have disposed of....
Tall Janitor: Yes....I can help you. Is....this all that you have or is there more?
Joey's Mom: Oh...there is a lot more. His cloth diapers, and the six cases of his leftover opened packs of disposable diapers, as well as his onesie bodysuits, his footed pajamas, his two-piece pajamas, and six pairs of his printed plastic pants. Everything has to be thrown away. I am going to bring everything down here in two or three trips.
Tall Janitor: (Motioning for the others to come help load everything) Yes ma'am....we can load everything.
Joey's Mom: (Going over to the front of the stroller and taking the pack of disposable diapers and tossing them into the dumpster that was just opened before she unbuckled Joey, helped Joey grab all of the cloth pre-fold diapers on his lap, and put them into his arms as he was stood up) There....you are Joey, now....once the men fold your stroller, and toss it in, they will toss you and your diapers in. You belong to them until the trash truck comes.
Cycling the blade......
Story Still Under Construction.........
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