Two orange bottles
I have a gas cooker and my water is heated by a gas burner. I use one bottle of gas a month. Every two months I order 2 refills.
There is no elevator in my building and I live on the 4th floor. When the delivery men arrive at my front door they are so exhausted that they can barely talk. I just hand them the money and off they go taking the empties with them. They can’t afford to hang around. Their van is probably blocking the street below - parking spaces are impossible to find.
Usually there are two delivery men, carrying a bottle each but sometimes one guy will carry two bottles at a time - one in his hand and the other over his shoulder.
At less than 9 euros a bottle it’s not an easy way to make a living. I can barely carry the bottles from my front door to the balcony without having to stop to catch my breath.
Mark Waters marked time at 8:51 pm on February 23rd, 2004 .
