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[Caradoc]

I feel like a social outcast for even thinking about wanting to mind my more traditional manners.

I've felt that, too.

And heaven forbid anyone should actually clean up after themselves in a public restroom...

[Gaisgeil]

And heaven forbid anyone should actually clean up after themselves in a public restroom...

Not to hijack but I totally agree and don't even get me started on people who think it's okay to litter. I was behind a gentlemen today at a stop light that casually emptied his vehicle of three to-go coffee cups and a paper bag full of something right on the roadside grass. My jaw just dropped. My girlfriend actually was pretty angry (we lean toward being environmentalists) and she asked me to swing around so she could pick it up.

[Caradoc]

Not to hijack but I totally agree and don't even get me started on people who think it's okay to litter. I was behind a gentlemen today at a stop light that casually emptied his vehicle of three to-go coffee cups and a paper bag full of something right on the roadside grass. My jaw just dropped. My girlfriend actually was pretty angry (we lean toward being environmentalists) and she asked me to swing around so she could pick it up.

My personal peeves...

1) People who toss their cigarette butts (or even ash) out the window.

The world is not your ashtray. Use the one thoughtfully provided by the automotive manufacturer (as I recall, some charge extra for the cigarette lighter - but the ashtray is typically included.)

2) People who don't pick up after their pets.

I don't want to step in the mess your dog leaves on the sidewalk. Pick it up. Toss it in an acceptable receptacle. Or I may be tempted to pull one of my own bags out (I keep 3-4 of the "mitt bags" in my wallet most of the time because they're small enough to do so) and fling the poo at your back as you stroll away.

3) Apply #2 to people with small children... 'Nuff said.

[Dreadbelly]

My personal peeves...

1) People who toss their cigarette butts (or even ash) out the window.

The world is not your ashtray. Use the one thoughtfully provided by the automotive manufacturer (as I recall, some charge extra for the cigarette lighter - but the ashtray is typically included.)

2) People who don't pick up after their pets.

I don't want to step in the mess your dog leaves on the sidewalk. Pick it up. Toss it in an acceptable receptacle. Or I may be tempted to pull one of my own bags out (I keep 3-4 of the "mitt bags" in my wallet most of the time because they're small enough to do so) and fling the poo at your back as you stroll away.

3) Apply #2 to people with small children... 'Nuff said.

I pick up after my dog. Always do. Even when people laugh at me for doing so. I have also made sure my wife follows this behaviour...

I am also somewhat known for walking around downtown and picking up litter. I mean, there are trashcans downtown about every 10 feet or so. And people still litter. That gets me hotheaded. Rather than sit around and bitch about it, I try to pick stuff up. Now my wife does do. I also say things to people to shame them for littering. I'll tell them how lazy they are, point to the nearest trash can, which always seems to be just a few feet away, and lecture them for littering in my front yard. You can almost always spot the downtownies from the visitors. The downtownies use the cigarette disposal units and throw stuff in the trash. The visitors toss butts everywhere and leave a mess of things. Gets on my last nerve it does. The latest problem seems to be with the trolleys... People get on there and have a good time... Eating and drinking or whatever, and they toss entire bags of wrappers and cups out of the open sides of the trolleys and in to the streets. And the damn teenagers have taken to playing this game where they flick butts at the people on the sidewalks and see if they can hit them as the trolley goes by.