If you’ve ever moved house you’ll know how hard it is to move a mattress.I think they are my chief hate moving object.
They’re heavy, squashy (but not enough so that they bend round stairs) and generally a pain in the arse to lift. Two people isn’t enough. Three people is too many.
But why do they end up in the street?
Who is it that thinks it’s okay to leave a mattress in a street? It’s so not cool. So un-okay.
When do they do it, at night? If there are 2 people, which a mattress of this size warrants, doesn’t one of them think ‘hey.. this is uncool. We shouldn’t do this?’
Why is it placed here, on the corner of two roads? Do the same two people have a debate about how far away from the house they need to be? Because the object of dumping it is to avoid lots of effort right?
Does the perpetrator live within a certain distance because the thing is so damn heavy? Do they think ‘Well, if I dump too near, Neighbour X will know it was me because they’ll see the delivery from John Lewis’.
If i were to study all mattress dumpings and their origin, would I find that when people dump them, there is a trend that shows people struggle with a heavy, squashy double mattress for an average distance of 200m from the point of origin but 500m with a single.?
This baffles me.
Why is it that it’s okay to dump fridges, tvs and mattresses in the street? The occasional washing machine or oven but not dining room tables? Or baths?
Mental.
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