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tony de wonderful 01 June 2011 05:53 PM

People littering from cars
 
I saw an M5 today pull out from the local Total, and the passenger - some 'youth' - just decided to chuck his empty water bottle on to the verge. He just contemptuous threw it....like he didn't give a fcuk!:nono:

What is it with some people?

fivetide 01 June 2011 05:57 PM

Usually fag ends.

5t.

boxst 01 June 2011 05:58 PM

I see it a lot. If you have the pleasure of going past a McDonalds car park you will routinely see people finish their 'meal' and throw the paper bag / wrappers out of the window.

Chip 01 June 2011 06:24 PM

McDonalds and KFC customers seem to be the worst culprits.

CREWJ 01 June 2011 06:27 PM

I saw this going down a dual carriageway last weekend. Couldn't believe people still do this and on a busy road!?

mgcvk 01 June 2011 09:25 PM

I don't understand how people can bear to do it. There appears to be no education such as the Keep Britain Tidy campaign of 20 years ago or so. Kids have to be taught it is wrong to drop litter, but then if they have sh!t parents it won't happen. It is such arrogance to assume somebody else will tidy up after you and just chuck sh!t around. I really believe it is all part of the lack of respect people have for others and just think they themselves are all that matters. Tackling litter could well have further social benefits. I tidy up the green space across the road from my house myself - amazing how quickly it accumulates. I just don't want to look out of my window and see litter everywhere. I am hoping that by applying the "broken window syndrome" approach people will drop less, in that if an area has lots of broken windows Youfs will just smash more but are less likely to smash windows in a smarter area. Hoping that if tw@ts don't see litter around they won't drop it but then people that drop litter are tw@ts so not much hope.

rossyboy 01 June 2011 09:31 PM

P!sses me off no end. How hard is it to put it on the floor of your car and take it into the bin when you get home. Totally agree about the "keep Britain tidy" campaign. Worked for me.

BOB.T 01 June 2011 10:30 PM

Hate this!

I've been known on a few occasions to go over and throw litter back in cars...I've only managed this on parked cars so far! :D

hutton_d 01 June 2011 11:03 PM


Originally Posted by mgcvk (Post 10069666)
I don't understand how people can bear to do it. There appears to be no education such as the Keep Britain Tidy campaign of 20 years ago or so. Kids have to be taught it is wrong to drop litter, but then if they have sh!t parents it won't happen. ...

Boy, does my 6 year old get a rollickin' if he drops litter in the street! :thumb:

Dave

dnc 01 June 2011 11:05 PM


Originally Posted by Chip (Post 10069215)
McDonalds and KFC customers seem to be the worst culprits.

More than mere coincidence methinks ;).

mgcvk 01 June 2011 11:24 PM

Lucozade bottles as well for some reason. Look around and you see them littered absolutely everywhere.

Leslie 02 June 2011 07:38 AM

Selfish and irresponsible people.

Les

alloy 02 June 2011 08:55 AM

How many of you hypocrites have a decat on your car? Pollution of biodegradeable MCD/KFC bags and drinks or air pollution from your high performance car....which is worse?

Just because you can't see the air pollution doesn't mean you're not guilty!

CREWJ 02 June 2011 08:57 AM


Originally Posted by alloy (Post 10070219)
How many of you hypocrites have a decat on your car? Pollution of biodegradeable MCD/KFC bags and drinks or air pollution from your high performance car....which is worse?

Just because you can't see the air pollution doesn't mean you're not guilty!

What if it passes it's MOT?

alloy 02 June 2011 08:58 AM


Originally Posted by CREWJ (Post 10070223)
What if it passes it's MOT?

Then you have no morals anyway for bribing the test station :D

CREWJ 02 June 2011 08:59 AM


Originally Posted by alloy (Post 10070225)
Then you have no morals anyway for bribing the test station :D

I've never had to do that :D

My car is better than that.

gpssti4 02 June 2011 09:47 AM

I picked up a burger wrapper and stuck it under the guys windscreen wiper. The look on his face was priceless when he asked why I had done it!

pimmo2000 02 June 2011 11:02 AM


Originally Posted by fivetide (Post 10069172)
Usually fag ends.

5t.

I agree they are :D


Originally Posted by boxst (Post 10069174)
I see it a lot. If you have the pleasure of going past a McDonalds car park you will routinely see people finish their 'meal' and throw the paper bag / wrappers out of the window.

It really fooks me off .. seems to be mostly young girls round here ..


Originally Posted by hutton_d (Post 10069893)
Boy, does my 6 year old get a rollickin' if he drops litter in the street! :thumb:

Dave

My g/f's twin sister (don't look alike) did it and my g/f (being a mum) told her off lol .. but both have been brought up by the same neat and tidy mother who would pick litter up ..

Mikej857 02 June 2011 12:20 PM

This and spitting really does piss me off no end, on a couple of ocassions I have refused to let someone on my lovely red bus for spitting just before they get on stating " if you spit in the street then what are you going to do on my bus" I cannot abide people who seem to think realeasing there bodily fluids in the street is acceptable.

J4CKO 02 June 2011 12:35 PM

Scum behaviour, always has been, always will be. I have nearly ended up in punch ups, I find those who drop litter are the dumb and agressive variety who dont respond well to confrontation, best to just say that they dropped something and try and guilt them into picking it up.

I think we need some high profile scum icons doing public information films about litter, they might listen then.

tony de wonderful 02 June 2011 10:06 PM


Originally Posted by Mikej857 (Post 10070457)
This and spitting really does piss me off no end, on a couple of ocassions I have refused to let someone on my lovely red bus for spitting just before they get on stating " if you spit in the street then what are you going to do on my bus" I cannot abide people who seem to think realeasing there bodily fluids in the street is acceptable.

Spitting is disgusting.

It tends to be certain 'types' I've noticed, i.e scum.:lol1:

Really it is disgusting. Walk around Manchester and peeps are spitting left right and center, often close to the feet of others.

I wonder sometimes if it is some primitive display of territory or dominance? Is it a coincidence these 'types' tend to have aggressive dogs?:lol1:

tony de wonderful 02 June 2011 10:08 PM

Littering is just poor socialsation. I guess you have to blame schools maybe?

I've noticed also that the more 3rd world a country, the more rubbish, debris, litter just lying around everywhere especially the road sides.

dnc 02 June 2011 10:17 PM


Originally Posted by gpssti4 (Post 10070265)
I picked up a burger wrapper and stuck it under the guys windscreen wiper. The look on his face was priceless when he asked why I had done it!

I like your style.

kingofturds 02 June 2011 10:24 PM


Originally Posted by tony de wonderful (Post 10071433)
Littering is just poor socialsation. I guess you have to blame schools maybe?

I've noticed also that the more 3rd world a country, the more rubbish, debris, litter just lying around everywhere especially the road sides.

The blame lies at the parents feet, it was drummed into me from a young age never to drop litter. Indeed I have to stop my son who is 4 from picking up other peoples litter just for the fact that you do not know what it is.

GlesgaKiss 02 June 2011 10:35 PM

It must be annoying. I know someone who does it without thinking twice... that's about his only drawback so I'm not going to start giving moral lectures. I'm lucky where I stay that no one litters.

Lisawrx 03 June 2011 12:15 AM


Originally Posted by pimmo2000 (Post 10070355)

I think it comes down a lot to the type of person you are, if you have a job like working in McDonalds or Primark (no offence) then you consider the world to owe you ..

How could you not mean to offend there?

I 'just' work in a shop, yet manage to get through life without feeling the need to drop wrappers everywhere I go. And for the record, it annoys me when I see people do it, moreso when beside a bin!

I spend a fair chunk of my time at work picking up greggs wrappers, pop bottles etc. and scraping food and chewing gum off the floor and fixturing. The last thing I think of when I walk out is, I'll dump some litter because someone else will deal with it. I know only too well how it feels to be at the receiving end of such an attitude. And I'd bet plenty of other mere scummy shop/retail workers do too.

Call me oversensitive (and I know I am being a bit) but at times this place and the attitudes on it really piss me off.

StickyMicky 03 June 2011 05:39 AM


Originally Posted by gpssti4 (Post 10070265)
I picked up a burger wrapper and stuck it under the guys windscreen wiper. The look on his face was priceless when he asked why I had done it!

Some **** threw a half eaten burger out of the window in my old car wash and splattered it off the tiles :eek: inside the wash.

I saw it happen and raged so much i ran inside, picked it up and threw it off the cars bodywork as it left the site :lol:

alloy 03 June 2011 07:54 AM

So people may litter, that is a shame, does it justify others showing aggression to them?? Two wrongs do not make a right!!!

tony de wonderful 03 June 2011 08:45 AM


Originally Posted by alloy (Post 10071757)
So people may litter, that is a shame, does it justify others showing aggression to them?? Two wrongs do not make a right!!!

That depends if you define throwing a half-eaten burger at someones car as 'aggression'. :)

I mean is throwing a water bomb, aggression?:lol1:

CREWJ 03 June 2011 08:52 AM


Originally Posted by StickyMicky (Post 10071721)
Some **** threw a half eaten burger out of the window in my old car wash and splattered it off the tiles :eek: inside the wash.

I saw it happen and raged so much i ran inside, picked it up and threw it off the cars bodywork as it left the site :lol:

Revenge is sweet! :top:


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