moral dilemma

Ok, so maybe I thought more about it than I should have, but given the circumstance I spent quite a while debating with myself....

 

Rob & Alisa and I inherited as a yard worker, Mr. Kamocha (kuh-moe-chuh), who is a church elder at one of the local churches.   It is a known fact that he goes through our trash before he takes it out to the heap across the street (it is then picked through by everyone else who so desires).  Several times items that have been tossed by us have landed back in the garage on Mr. K's shelf.  This means that sometimes I have to re-evaluate whether or not an item is really used to it's full potential or whether or not I would be embarrassed by him (or others) seeing it in my trash (like throwing out food that I won't eat but isn't 'bad' yet).  The item in question falls under this latter category of embarrassing, but in a whole new way.

 

Trash, known as rubbish here, never gets put into bins or bags, it is allowed to roam free, just like the dogs and the children.  Therefore, when the wind blows, trash is frequently blown into our yards.  It was in the afternoon when I went to go visit with Alisa for a bit that the trouble started.  As I walked into her yard I saw an opened (and empty) condom wrapper laying in the grass.  Not really wanting the kids or the dogs to get it I picked it up.  Alisa was out hanging laundry so I went around to the back to chat with her.  I held it up and showed her my new find and we had a good laugh about it (hey, at least someone is using them!).  That's when Kaleigh asked me what I had.  Not wanting to deal with that conversation with an 8 year old I stuck it into my pocket and said 'nothing'... and promptly forgot about it. 

 

Later that day I was preparing dinner in the kitchen.  When I bent over to get something from under the sink I heard a crinkle noise.  I suddenly remembered that the wrapper was still in my back pocket.  Here is where the dilemma started.  Do I throw it in the trash and let Mr. K find it, do I throw it out into my yard and just let the wind blow it around again, or do I go so far as to throw it out in a bin at the hospital?  My fear of course would be that if Mr. K found it in my trash that he would seriously wonder how it came to be there.  It wouldn't be great for a church elder to find a condom wrapper in the young, single missionary's trash.  Then again I couldn't just throw it out to be blown around again and potentially end up back in Rob & Alisa's yard.  And, I was a bit too lazy to take the time to put it into a plastic bag and take it to work to throw away.  In the end, I decided to go ahead and throw it into my kitchen trash.  However, it really took me quite a while to decide if I should or not!   

 

Looking back now I can really laugh about it... but at that point I was quite concerned about what he would think and if anyone would question it!  I hope that my dilemma gives you a good laugh for the day!  :-)

 

love you all!

kimmie

 

 

Kimmie Tibbetts
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