When I was in college, during my junior and senior years, I lived in an apartment off campus.  It was literally the closest off campus apartment to the campus, and the rent was only $275 per month.  Of course, the landlord was horrible and the house was over 100 years old.  But then again, nothing’s perfect.

Naturally I had to walk to classes.  One day as I passed the edge of campus, I saw multiple construction vehicles, including one which advertised something about a company that specialized in asbestos removal.  They were removing asbestos from one of the campus buildings.  One thing about this scene was unusual, though.  They had a large, covered, dumpster-like container for removing the asbestos.  It was clearly marked as the disposal site for the asbestos.  Looking inside it, you could see clumps of insulation.  The odd part, though, was that the “door” to this container stood wide open.  It wasn’t even behind a construction barrier.  No one was guarding it.  I could have walked right in.

College students are innately stupid - I think it’s a requirement.  So I found this strange.  I am sure that, late at night, there were frat boys playing around that dumpster.  You would think that this company, particularly if they specialize in asbestos removal, would be concerned about people’s lungs and mesothelioma and stuff.  I mean, that’s why they are removing the asbestos in the first place, right?  Also they wouldn’t want to get sued years later because a dumb frat boy gets cancer.  But then again, I don’t work in asbestos removal.  Maybe they perform some kind of special magic on the asbestos…