People who litter
Discussion
I live in rural Scotland and am constantly infuriated and disgusted with the amount of litter I see everywhere. I get particularly despondent when I take the woofer out for a walk and, having driven several miles to find a very out of the way forest track, I am still met with discarded McDonalds packaging etc.
As an aside I parked up the other day and found a several milk shake cartons, a few empty fag packets, a pair of girls socks and, bizarrely, a large cucumber wrapped in cling film! I was pissed off about the litter but as my imagination ran wild I was also slightly jealous that someone had clearly had a very interesting time out there!!
I digress.
I found another beautiful spot full of discarded crap the other day. It got me thinking about the kind of people who drop litter and the thought process (or lack of it) that they must go through as they lob their rubbish out of the car window.
I began to wonder what sort of person knowingly and deliberately drops litter. I then wondered if the act of dropping litter could be used as a very effective barometer for determining someone's character and whether one could infer a great deal more about them as a result.
My conclusion was that frankly anyone who deliberately litters is almost certainly a worthless f
ker in pretty much every way. I could be wrong (usually am) but I can't imagine that someone who chucks their empty sandwich packet our of the car window is going to have a moral compass that you can rely on in any way. When the pressure is on to do the right thing, someone who can't even be arsed to take their rubbish home is unlikely to chose the right path I think.
Would you employ someone who you knew littered? I bloody wouldn't, not just because of the litter but because of what that tells me about the person.
Anyway, I'm done - although I am still very curious about the socks and the cucumber.
TD
As an aside I parked up the other day and found a several milk shake cartons, a few empty fag packets, a pair of girls socks and, bizarrely, a large cucumber wrapped in cling film! I was pissed off about the litter but as my imagination ran wild I was also slightly jealous that someone had clearly had a very interesting time out there!!
I digress.
I found another beautiful spot full of discarded crap the other day. It got me thinking about the kind of people who drop litter and the thought process (or lack of it) that they must go through as they lob their rubbish out of the car window.
I began to wonder what sort of person knowingly and deliberately drops litter. I then wondered if the act of dropping litter could be used as a very effective barometer for determining someone's character and whether one could infer a great deal more about them as a result.
My conclusion was that frankly anyone who deliberately litters is almost certainly a worthless f
ker in pretty much every way. I could be wrong (usually am) but I can't imagine that someone who chucks their empty sandwich packet our of the car window is going to have a moral compass that you can rely on in any way. When the pressure is on to do the right thing, someone who can't even be arsed to take their rubbish home is unlikely to chose the right path I think.Would you employ someone who you knew littered? I bloody wouldn't, not just because of the litter but because of what that tells me about the person.
Anyway, I'm done - although I am still very curious about the socks and the cucumber.
TD
I fking hate litterers - utterly antisocial scum. No excuse for it whatsoever. None.
Kid gloves, human rights, left wing trendies etc are to blame for this. I'd - and I mean this - make it punishable by amputation of a finger for each time the offender is caught. No appeal. Whop - it's coming off.
Litter is an absolute blight.
Graffiti "artists" - same thing, after they'd painted over their crimes. (Never understood the adulation for this Banksy individual: he's a vandal and a criminal.)
king hate litterers - utterly antisocial scum. No excuse for it whatsoever. None.Kid gloves, human rights, left wing trendies etc are to blame for this. I'd - and I mean this - make it punishable by amputation of a finger for each time the offender is caught. No appeal. Whop - it's coming off.
Litter is an absolute blight.
Graffiti "artists" - same thing, after they'd painted over their crimes. (Never understood the adulation for this Banksy individual: he's a vandal and a criminal.)
TorqueDirty said:
As an aside I parked up the other day and found a several milk shake cartons, a few empty fag packets, a pair of girls socks and, bizarrely, a large cucumber wrapped in cling film! I was pissed off about the litter but as my imagination ran wild I was also slightly jealous that someone had clearly had a very interesting time out there!!
Brilliant.
iphonedyou said:
TorqueDirty said:
As an aside I parked up the other day and found a several milk shake cartons, a few empty fag packets, a pair of girls socks and, bizarrely, a large cucumber wrapped in cling film! I was pissed off about the litter but as my imagination ran wild I was also slightly jealous that someone had clearly had a very interesting time out there!!
Brilliant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIXX0c01kCA
Sadly this was also dumped down a lane in the local village.
This has been done by a different sort of tw*t all together. Whoever did this should have all of the clinical waste and needles inserted in to them and left to rot. This is deliberate and calculated to avoid the cost of clinical waste disposal. These people have nothing at all to add to society and should be removed from it - preferably permanently.
This has been done by a different sort of tw*t all together. Whoever did this should have all of the clinical waste and needles inserted in to them and left to rot. This is deliberate and calculated to avoid the cost of clinical waste disposal. These people have nothing at all to add to society and should be removed from it - preferably permanently.
Edited by TorqueDirty on Thursday 29th October 11:30
PAULJ5555 said:
Why don't we get the unemployed/crims out picking it up, I saw a load of people from the job centre collecting trollies at Ikea the other day so they don't lose their benefits, there must be a better use of their time like putting something useful back into the community.
Not a solution, amputation has been mentioned and should be mandatory.Dog poo bags seem to get everywhere, same punishment. I saw one the other day 4 meters from a bin.
PositronicRay said:
Dog poo bags seem to get everywhere, same punishment. I saw one the other day 4 meters from a bin.
& unbagged dog poo.Just back from a short break with the family; we stayed in a picutresque seaside town which seemed to be particularly plagued with the problem.
Amongst the many I had to take avoiding action for was a large dog turd right under the conveniently provided dog poo bin, which also carried a description of the (possibly never utilised) penalties.
PositronicRay said:
PAULJ5555 said:
Why don't we get the unemployed/crims out picking it up, I saw a load of people from the job centre collecting trollies at Ikea the other day so they don't lose their benefits, there must be a better use of their time like putting something useful back into the community.
Not a solution, amputation has been mentioned and should be mandatory.Dog poo bags seem to get everywhere, same punishment. I saw one the other day 4 meters from a bin.
These people have nothing better to do with their time so send them out picking up litter. Nothing is going to change a nation over night so lets use what we got.
In my office we overlook a David Lloyds Health Club car park, so fairly well to do people.
Not long ago I witnessed an attractive classy looking lady walking over to her 15 plate BMW Z4 whilst drinking a carton of drink. She got in the car started it up, the roof then went back, it was all looking good.....
Then she threw the carton on the floor and drove off!!!
Couldn't believe it, that one action completely changed my perception. Silly cow.
So either she has no manners or she was so far up her arse and believes she can do just anything......unbelievable.
Not long ago I witnessed an attractive classy looking lady walking over to her 15 plate BMW Z4 whilst drinking a carton of drink. She got in the car started it up, the roof then went back, it was all looking good.....
Then she threw the carton on the floor and drove off!!!
Couldn't believe it, that one action completely changed my perception. Silly cow.
So either she has no manners or she was so far up her arse and believes she can do just anything......unbelievable.
I was taking my Daughter to a local themepark during the summer. Following a newish 1 series with a young couple in the front and a kid in the back. Realised they they had thrown something out the window on the driver's side, then it happened again on the passenger side. Then again and again on both sides.
When the box went out the window I realised they were throwing their chewed KFC chicken wings out of the car.
What sort of example does that set for a young child? But then again if you are the sort of people who will do that sort of thing I guess setting an example isn't high up on the list. Parked close to them and the themepark and I must admit as we left before them I did come over all Daily Mail and left a note on their windscreen telling them what I thought about them.
When the box went out the window I realised they were throwing their chewed KFC chicken wings out of the car.
What sort of example does that set for a young child? But then again if you are the sort of people who will do that sort of thing I guess setting an example isn't high up on the list. Parked close to them and the themepark and I must admit as we left before them I did come over all Daily Mail and left a note on their windscreen telling them what I thought about them.
Edited by Mosman on Thursday 29th October 16:57
They're probably the same sort who'd happily waste fuel driving out into the middle of nowhere to flytip their household st, rather than just go to their local recycling centre and leave it there. No doubt they're the sort who think 'doing the right thing' or saying please and thankyou is a weakness. Tossers all.
t, rather than just go to their local recycling centre and leave it there. No doubt they're the sort who think 'doing the right thing' or saying please and thankyou is a weakness. Tossers all.bristolracer said:
Just come back from Berlin
No litter anywhere despite loads of fast food outlets.
Just none anywhere, although everything is covered in graffiti
Bizarre how one nationality behaves so differently from another.
Why is this any idea? Is it down to the old British physce of 'getting one over' in this case presumably the council or society? Surely there must be people who litter in Germany. Howuch do they spend on picking? No litter anywhere despite loads of fast food outlets.
Just none anywhere, although everything is covered in graffiti
Bizarre how one nationality behaves so differently from another.
soad said:
Cigarette butts are the most common form of litter...Britain is ‘like a trash can’.
It's funny (not haha) though; some smokers who wouldn't dream of dropping a drinks can or crisp packet on the floor don't think twice about dropping a cigarette butt and stamping it out. It's almost like the last "acceptable" (and I use that word cautiously) form of littering. Thankfully most have cottoned on. Absolutely drives me mental, often come across piles of crap whilst out riding around green lanes etc. Couple of weeks back I was going through a Forrest track at least 1/2 mile from the nearest road which itself is in the ass end of nowhere and I came across what appeared to be a discarded kitchen. Whoever dumped it had gone well out of their way to drive down a muddy almost impassible track just to dump some crap. I seriously think the people who do this are in some way mentally deranged. Have also seen piles of garden waste dumped out on Salisbury Plain, someone has again driven at least a mile from a tarmac road just to dump some stuff at a point from which you can physically see 2 civic amenity sites.
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