In the fourth post in this series, we encounter a variety of offenses that I have seen on more than one occasion.

This scene I found on the sidewalk within 5 yards of a trashcan that was available for all to use; and, yes, there was even a disposal receptacle for cigarettes!  It may just be that the dirt of late-winter snow encouraged the behavior, but I can still not find this to be excusable in any way.

The view of the sidewalk….

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It’s everywhere…

As an ex-smoker, I can connect with the sense that dropping a cigarette butt somewhere is only a minor offense, until it is multiplied by all those who follow suit.  However, after one tops off their windshield-washer fluid, how can one not find the decency to deposit the fluid container into the trashcan?

Have a great day!

Connecting to the Out of this World WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge, as one’s mind has to be out of this world to perpetrate this act.

8 responses

  1. A sad but good example Frank. Most will end up in a waterway or the ocean sadly

  2. Good post Frank. We’ve seen dog poo by doggie bins, both in and out of bags, and lately a full bag of trash tied neatly to a trash can…… which was actually empty. I sometimes wonder about people!

  3. Spare the rod and spoil the child.
    Maybe some Singapore treatment is required.

  4. Who is going to clean this all up? We can’t do it ourselves. Need to get the govtment to be on our side.

  5. I see it SO often, especially her in St. Louis. Just Monday I saw a partially used Pepto Bismol bottle sitting upright between 2 cars and a partially filled bottle of Anacin. A couple of days before that I picked up a partial bottle of Ibuprofen. OK, so someone must not feel well, but REALLY ??!! Whatta buncha pigs.

    I also used to walk up and down my folks’ road (rural road between farms) and pick up all of the discarded beer cans thrown out of truck windows by “redneck” beer drinkers. I always looked at that as a waste, since Dad then squashed them and cashed them in for $$. People are not only pigs but are dumb as well.

    Now I feel bad, as I’ve given pigs a bad name ….

    1. Pigs are clean animals 🙂

      1. that’s why I felt bad …. I love pigs!

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