I am sure that no apartment has an empty trash can on the day it's meant to be collected.. I am convinced it has a connection to the smell in the car. Not the original smell, but one added to try to leave a logical reason for there being one, if someone should have asked her.
I have a lot to learn here about the rules, I have read most of them, but I am sure I will still make mistakes without meaning to.. The name you wrote with *** I know who you mean, are we not supposed to use names that are not directly connected to the content of our post?