"Not the food, but the recycling needs to go out tonight, if you could put out the bins?" It's not a huge task at all, but one of those many small things that need to be done. Speaking of which. She puts down a soapy pot with rather more force than necessary and declares:

"I swear if they fail to pick it up again I'll figure out how they made those magic screaming letters in The Boy Who Did Live and send one to Serco."