Littering pisses me off. Why is it that many people feel it’s ok to just drop their garbage anywhere they feel like it? Actually, that may be an exaggeration … usually people only drop small items, and only where they feel it’ll be picked up. Like, the side of the highway. People clean that up, right? Or, the McDonalds parking lot. Part of their job is upkeep of the property, right? Well, allow me to say it right here … bullshit.
There was a crew out cleaning the highway near me (I-635) the other day… and there was a horrifying number of trash bags in the 1-mile stretch between where I get on and where I get off for work. Is it possible there are that many inconsiderate assholes out there? Or are there just a few, but they’ve got a whole lot of trash?
It costs a lot of money to send crews out to clean the side of the highway. And, they could be doing better work. Next time you see a pothole and wonder when the city/county is going to fix it, the answer is “when they finish picking up your fucking garbage.” Same goes for McDonalds… tired of waiting for your food? Maybe it’s because the key player from the kitchen is currently outside picking up the straw wrapper you dropped on the ground at the drive-thru window last time (that one’s universal, it seems).
Another universal that really gets me going is the cigarette butt. Many people who would never toss a spent pack of gum or empty soda can on the ground think nothing of dropping a cigarette butt on the ground, wherever they happen to be. (And many don’t even step on them to put them out. Another pet peeve, but I’ll save that for another time!) What’s the deal, smokers? Somehow that’s not littering? That’s not making that area you just stood in look a little worse than it did a moment ago? Again… bullshit.
I don’t happen to agree with smoking. I think it’s a stupid habit, but that’s a different rant. In any case, if you’re going to smoke, at least have the decency to only do the momentary pollution of the air, and not the longer-lasting pollution of the ground with your butts. The McDonalds guy thanks you.
