In My Opinion

(Tuesday morning on Beech Road. Ana and Milo are outside number 14, looking at the bins.)

Ana: In my opinion, this street doesn't recycle enough.

Milo: Really? I think we're okay.

Ana: Okay? Count the green bins.

Milo: Fine. How many people live here? Forty? Fifty?

Ana: About a hundred.

Milo: So for a population of a hundred, four green bins isn't bad.

Ana: Four green bins and thirteen black ones.

Milo: Hmm. All right, that's not great.

Ana: And it's not only us. The region collects glass once a month. Once!

Milo: I agree with you there. Once a month is awful.

Ana: Every other street in the region does better.

Milo: Every other street? Have you looked?

Ana: I've looked at three.

Milo: Right.

Ana: So we keep our bottles in the kitchen for four weeks, and then we forget them.

Milo: I don't forget mine.

Ana: I thought we had an understanding about the glass.

Milo: We do. I keep mine safe. Very safe. In my kitchen.

Ana: How many bottles, Milo?

Milo: Some.

Ana: How many?

Milo: Nineteen.

Ana: Nineteen?

Milo: In my opinion, that's a lot.