"I can’t have stuff in the Trash. If I do, then it’s a thing I have to do. So I empty it right away, since it’s easy. But not easy enough — there was a confirmation sheet. Now I can hold down option and bypass the confirmation sheet. “Well, Brent,” you might ask, “how often do you trash stuff in Things?” Every time, is the answer. I never mark stuff as done. No. Must get rid of right away."
— inessential.com: Things 1.2.9 likes me - I want to quote the whole thing. I quit using NetNewsWire a while back, but I still read Brent Simmons’ weblog (he’s the developer) because of stuff like this. And for the record, I currently have 71 items in my trash c… never mind, make that zero.