November 8, 2011
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A B-A-N-A-N-A Banana
The other day I was walking through the parking lot at work on my lunch. I came across a couple of guys from a landscaping company who had a truck parked as they were starting to do work. One of the guys was eating a banana. After finishing it, he threw the peel on the ground on top of a sewer cover. I was pretty bothered by this and though about saying something to him but let it go. Yet, as I walked on, I kept on thinking about how I should have said something to this slob and started to want to go back over there and tell him to pick it up.
Eventually I made my way back over to where they were. I saw that the truck was still there but no sign of the workers. At first, I thought about picking up the banana peel and putting it on their windshield. Then I saw they had left the back of the truck open. So I decided to pick the damn thing up and throw it in the back of the truck. Then I looked to the left and saw that they were indeed around. So I picked up the banana peel and walked over to the dude and handed to him, saying "Hey, you seemed to drop this earlier after eating it." At first he stood there with a stunned and shocked look on his face. I told him that we would appreciate it if he put it in the trash. He told me that it was biodegradable to which I responded "I don't know if it is (which was a lie, I know it is, hell it was already starting to break up) but we like to put things in the trash to keep the animals away." I could tell he was shocked and pissed and wanted to get into it with me, but I really never gave him a chance as I handed it to him and pretty much just walked away.
There is another unknown person at work who likes to leave trash laying around the damn lunch room. For example, they would eat an ice cream sandwich and leave the damn wrapper on a fucking chair. Or they would finish their lunch and leave the trash on the table as if we have a fucking wait staff that comes and cleans up after them. So one day I decided to leave a note for this fucker. In the note I kindly asked the slob to clean up after themselves and if they didn't want to, if they left me a tip I would gladly clean up after them. Of course, somebody tore the note down from the chair I taped it to.
Seriously what the fuck is up with people? How fucking inconsiderate, rude, lazy and selfish could they be? Are they so fucking stupid that they don't realize that the damn trash is not going to grow a pair of legs and voluntarily throw itself away? Or perhaps they are just so fucking lazy that it is too much to drop the trash into the garbage can while on their way out of the room, you know, the very same trash cans that are guess the fuck what, you have to pass to leave the room? Somebody has to clean that shit up and that somebody should be them if they had the decency to actually pick up after themselves.
It's the same thing for those fuckers who litter on the roads. Perhaps I'm being a little bit over sensitive and you know, not fucking rational when it comes to this, but is it asking too much for people not to throw a fucking shoe or bottle out the window while they are driving? I've got to wonder what these people's motivation is for doing shit like this? The only thing I could figure is that they are lazy motherfuckers who don't give a shit about other people or keeping the land clean. I think somebody should punch those people in the fucking face. Okay, maybe that is a bit harsh. But, they should at least be yelled at by the poor SOB who gets stuck cleaning up after them.
Comments (4)
I could not agree with you more. Littering has always been a big sensitive spot for me... I hate when I'm driving down MAIN STREET and see someone at a stop sign, waiting to come on to MAIN STREET and roll their window down and throw something out.... ON MAIN STREET... I mean, jeez, let's not even "pretend" to care, let's just let it all hang out right there for everyone to see... I've always wondered about the littering phone number... how does that work? Have you ever called? How do they KNOW someone really did? I mean, I could just be your crazy ex and wanting you to pay a fine... so why would some hotline number actually get the people? So curious about this.... You know I dont' litter as soon as you open my car door... LOL... it gets cleaned out once a week.
And never have a teenager around... because they are apparently litter-ers in the making.... as I type, I'm thinking of how I specifically told my daughter to get all the dirty clothes out of the main bath because they are sticking out into the walking area, and take them to the wash.... and she promptly went upstairs to her room without doing so.... I'm considering picking them up and putting them in the doorway I know she will come through in the morning and maybe SHE will trip.... what do you think of this approach???
OK... maybe now I'M being harsh...but really.
There is a phone number to call if you catch somebody littering? Hmmmm..............I'm thinkin I would call.
I do think that is a great approach, as long as she doesn't hurt herself. I mean if her bedroom is right near the stairs it is probably not the best idea.
I am so glad you stood up and said something to those douchebags. And i find it pretty ironic that the person is too lazy to pick up their trash, but they make the effort to take down the sign? When we lived in Georgia, a guy threw his lit cigarette out his window and it almost landed on the hood of my car as we're driving. I was PISSED. We both had our windows rolled down so i drove up next to him and yelled, "Don't litter!!" I think he was shocked. I felt really good afterwards, but most people don't think throwing a cigarette is littering. Big pet peeve of mine....especially when it's still lit and lets off smoke for HOURS.
Actually I'm not positive it if was the slob that took down the sign; my company is very anti confrontational so it very well could have been management that took it down. Ohhh, I HATE when people throw cigarettes out the window, I did a post on that quite some time ago expressing just how much it pisses me off. Good for you though, we all need to stand up to them assholes.
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