supersurgilator
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I just wondered what you guys thoughts are about people who litter, or if perhaps you do it yourself.
Littering
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I hate when I see people littering.
iheartmaytag
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Littering
This is why I spay my cats and dogs. (giggle)
Joking aside, I have been known to point out the offense to the offender. If you want to live like a pig, fine. Just keep it in your own pen.
This is why I spay my cats and dogs. (giggle)
Joking aside, I have been known to point out the offense to the offender. If you want to live like a pig, fine. Just keep it in your own pen.
laundromat
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Litter bugs need to be placed inside full litter boxes
ronhic
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I have a motto that I have instilled in my niece and nephew...
'If you can carry something around with you whilst you eat or drink the contents, then you can carry the container until you find a bin!'
'If you can carry something around with you whilst you eat or drink the contents, then you can carry the container until you find a bin!'
Littering is a big pet peeve for me, with the exception of a few biodegradable food items like apples, banana peels, ect. Still, the earth is not your personal garbage can.....even though it kinda is in many ways. Just keep it where it's intended.
I have to admit that the roadsides are much cleaner now then they were 25+ years ago.
I have to admit that the roadsides are much cleaner now then they were 25+ years ago.
It's a disrespectful and irresponsible lowlife practice. And let's not leave out those who think cigarette butts aren't litter. They are the worst violators of all. They stink things up while they hold the fag outside the car window (primarily females doing this) and let the smoke waft to other cars because they don't want it in their own car, then let the lit butt fall to the ground when they're through with it. Despicable low-intellect losers every last one of them, driving around in filthy cars with clean ashtrays.
So Ralph, why don't you tell us how you really feel about litterbugs . . .
So Ralph, why don't you tell us how you really feel about litterbugs . . .
little-edie
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the bumper sticker on my car says,
"PLEASE LITTER, I ADORE MY PLANET LOOKING LIKE SHIT"
"PLEASE LITTER, I ADORE MY PLANET LOOKING LIKE SHIT"
Agreed...despicable practice by despicable people.
Here's one for y'all:
Here, they take all the "community service" types and some of the jail inmates, put 'em in a big white van with a flatbed trailer (emblazoned with "CAUTION: LITTER PICKUP" signs) behind it, and take 'em around to pick up trash.
I was sitting behind one of these "litter vans" at a stop light the other day, just after lunch...suddenly, one of the little pop-out windows on the back of the van popped open, and a hand slid out of it and dropped a wadded up napkin onto the street. Oh, the irony...
If only I'd had a video camera...
Here's one for y'all:
Here, they take all the "community service" types and some of the jail inmates, put 'em in a big white van with a flatbed trailer (emblazoned with "CAUTION: LITTER PICKUP" signs) behind it, and take 'em around to pick up trash.
I was sitting behind one of these "litter vans" at a stop light the other day, just after lunch...suddenly, one of the little pop-out windows on the back of the van popped open, and a hand slid out of it and dropped a wadded up napkin onto the street. Oh, the irony...
If only I'd had a video camera...
Littering here has lessened since the state passed the bottle deposit law. Now, at least, one almost never sees a bottle or can on the ground for more than a day. Someone comes along to scoop it up to get the refund. Even though it's just $.05 per bottle or can, it's still vital income for those who have few other options.
I don't like litter OR the people who litter. When I see someone littering or throwing something out the window of their car, I just shake my head. I am amazed how the people who do this just DO NOT CARE.
There have been a few times that I have said something when seeing someone litter, ESPECIALLY if there is a trash can within easy walking distance (within 20' or less). Once the response was something like "I'm ensuring the people who pick up trash have a job." Yes, true... but what a crock of sh*t!
There have been a few times that I have said something when seeing someone litter, ESPECIALLY if there is a trash can within easy walking distance (within 20' or less). Once the response was something like "I'm ensuring the people who pick up trash have a job." Yes, true... but what a crock of sh*t!
dirtybuck
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Cigarette Butts
You know, if these little "beauties" were recyclable, and if a butt recycle center paid X amount for a certain number of them at a time, then I and possibly other non-smokers would be living high off the hog. Another plus...our streets, parking lots, parks, waterways, etc. would be much cleaner without these little "gems" messing up the scenery.
QUESTION TO PONDER: I'm curious as to what Pres. Obama does with his cigarette butt when he gets through with a smoke session? Does he flick it onto the White House lawn or the tarmac of Air Force One, or does he carry it with him and dispose of it in a proper receptacle?
You know, if these little "beauties" were recyclable, and if a butt recycle center paid X amount for a certain number of them at a time, then I and possibly other non-smokers would be living high off the hog. Another plus...our streets, parking lots, parks, waterways, etc. would be much cleaner without these little "gems" messing up the scenery.
QUESTION TO PONDER: I'm curious as to what Pres. Obama does with his cigarette butt when he gets through with a smoke session? Does he flick it onto the White House lawn or the tarmac of Air Force One, or does he carry it with him and dispose of it in a proper receptacle?
dirtybuck
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Another PEEVE!!
DIRTY DIAPERS!! How can low life's just discard them anywhere they please? Just once, I'd like to find someone in the act of doing this, take the dirty diaper to their car, open it up and just PLASTER IT ALL OVER THEIR WINDSHIELD! Maybe next time, they'll think twice.
DIRTY DIAPERS!! How can low life's just discard them anywhere they please? Just once, I'd like to find someone in the act of doing this, take the dirty diaper to their car, open it up and just PLASTER IT ALL OVER THEIR WINDSHIELD! Maybe next time, they'll think twice.
perc-o-prince
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then let the lit butt fall to the ground when they're th
I had read somewhere, maybe a year ago and maybe in the AAA paper, that doing that was a punishable offense in MA! IIRC, it extends to anything considered an "ember."
Chuck
I had read somewhere, maybe a year ago and maybe in the AAA paper, that doing that was a punishable offense in MA! IIRC, it extends to anything considered an "ember."
Chuck
We nearly had mass riots last year in Pismo Beach. First the airhead city council (run by security soccer moms) voted to remove all the ashtrays downtown, and within a month the entire downtown area was covered in cigarette butts.
Then they voted to prohibit smoking on public streets, but the ordinance was causing so much grief for the cops, the city manager finally told the police chief to stop enforcing it.
In the words of Bryan Ferry... "The revolution's coming. I don't know where she's been."
Then they voted to prohibit smoking on public streets, but the ordinance was causing so much grief for the cops, the city manager finally told the police chief to stop enforcing it.
In the words of Bryan Ferry... "The revolution's coming. I don't know where she's been."
Jeff, that Pismo issue seems about as enforceable as the hands-free law for cell phones while driving. Nobody is obeying that one because they know they're not likely to get caught.
What is happening is that people are becoming less interested in the greater good. There is no longer any sense of self-control about anything they do. Their need to be texting while behind the wheel is far greater than the need for safety on the roads, theirs and that of everyone else around them.
Same applies to littering. And yes, that logic of keeping someone employed by littering is typical of those lowlifes who are proud of their disrespect for the law.
Ralph
What is happening is that people are becoming less interested in the greater good. There is no longer any sense of self-control about anything they do. Their need to be texting while behind the wheel is far greater than the need for safety on the roads, theirs and that of everyone else around them.
Same applies to littering. And yes, that logic of keeping someone employed by littering is typical of those lowlifes who are proud of their disrespect for the law.
Ralph
Ralph, no one is obeying that law because human beings cannot eat cigarette butts. It was never a problem in Pismo Beach, until the security soccer moms on the city council voted to remove the ashtrays.
It's got nothing to do with the greater good, or disrespect for the law, and everything to do with airhead totalitarianism. The simple fact is, make enough laws and eventually everyone becomes a criminal.
It's got nothing to do with the greater good, or disrespect for the law, and everything to do with airhead totalitarianism. The simple fact is, make enough laws and eventually everyone becomes a criminal.
True enough Jeff. The last people who should be allowed in any position of decision-making are stinking fish soccer moms. We'd have tot lots on every corner if they had their way. I'll take cell phone scofflaws any time over a screaming, unsupervised, entirely too over-indulged toddler whose mom is too busy planning the next play date to see that her kid is annoying everyone within a one block vicinity.
One night in SF I tried to flag down some cops in a squad car after I spotted a guy who had sideswiped my car earlier.
The cops ignored my flashing headlights, nonchalantly threw a fast food wrapper out the window, and drove on.
I wouldn't expect cops to do much about littering, although I know of people who've been ticketed for littering because they urinated behind a wall (in a park in a shielded location). As with most things, cops sometimes use generally unenforceable laws to target people they don't approve of.
The cops ignored my flashing headlights, nonchalantly threw a fast food wrapper out the window, and drove on.
I wouldn't expect cops to do much about littering, although I know of people who've been ticketed for littering because they urinated behind a wall (in a park in a shielded location). As with most things, cops sometimes use generally unenforceable laws to target people they don't approve of.
