05-31-2007, 02:38 PM
All we can do is try. I have even thought of putting a sign on the tree in front of my house stating that Littering is a crime. I know the kids in the neighbourhood would respond (they are good kids)
I have gone to extremes. In one case I was following a car getting off the freeway. I knew traffic wasn't going to move fast due to the semi's in the front of the line. The lady in front of me threw a container of fries out the window. I didn't mind the fries cause I knew something would eat them but the cardboard container was a different story. I got out of my car and picked up the cardboard container, walked up to her car and said, "I believe you accidentally dropped this" She did take it and threw it in her back seat. I think I embarassed her. Not a good thing to do however....never know who might get %$#@ and carry a gun, but I think this one got her thinking.
Another one that makes me so mad is a small lake in town. I watch a family pull up and have a picnic and do a little fishing. They had bags filled with goodies. When I came back to shore, they were gone. They had taken the time to put all their leftovers in the bags and tie them off, but left the bags sitting on the shore. The kicker is, you have to pass a dumpster to get back out to the road.
WHO DO THEY THINK IS GOING TO PICK IT UP![mad]
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I have gone to extremes. In one case I was following a car getting off the freeway. I knew traffic wasn't going to move fast due to the semi's in the front of the line. The lady in front of me threw a container of fries out the window. I didn't mind the fries cause I knew something would eat them but the cardboard container was a different story. I got out of my car and picked up the cardboard container, walked up to her car and said, "I believe you accidentally dropped this" She did take it and threw it in her back seat. I think I embarassed her. Not a good thing to do however....never know who might get %$#@ and carry a gun, but I think this one got her thinking.
Another one that makes me so mad is a small lake in town. I watch a family pull up and have a picnic and do a little fishing. They had bags filled with goodies. When I came back to shore, they were gone. They had taken the time to put all their leftovers in the bags and tie them off, but left the bags sitting on the shore. The kicker is, you have to pass a dumpster to get back out to the road.
WHO DO THEY THINK IS GOING TO PICK IT UP![mad]
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