Nothing really special, just a roll of plastic garbage bags, but for us Swiss they are indispensible to life. Without these plastic bags we cannot dispose of the garbage. They are required by law here, each Kanton having their own variety, and cost more. In the price the disposal costs from the official authorities are included, and I discovered that I had only a few. I need 1-2 a week, but without you sit on you unwanted garbage.

I do my shopping only on line, and they were out of stock. However, when you have a wonderful neighbour there is always a solution. She has problems with having enough room in her deep freezer, I have a large freezer, and always enough space for more. The freezeris in my laundry room in the basement and the door is always open. I have an agreement with the neighbour to put her extra frozen goods in my box if she has no room in her freezer, really just a trifle. Today I had to ask the neighbour if she could get me a roll of these special garbage bags when she was at the supermarket. This afternoon she brought me already my requirement, and I was so glad. Now I have enough bags to cover my needs for the next month, but she would not accept any money for the bags at all. She found bringing me my bags was also a trifle, and so we help each other where we can with our “trifles”.