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Bellend Sebastian

Bellend Sebastian

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7931738.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7932111.stm

I know there are a lot of worse things that go on in the world, but on a day to day basis, litter is one of the things that I find relentlessy depressing, because it's EVERYWHERE.

When I was a little lad (well, smaller - I was never exactly little), the message that litter was a BAD THING was drummed into us relentlessy, the message being so convincing that you just assumed that in nearly 30 years time everyone would have cottoned on and it would be just one of those horrible things you associate with the 1970s. Instead, it seems to me to be worse than ever.

Are people just not bothered? Surely it's nicer to live somewhere vaguely clean, rather than have chip papers and crisp packets blowing around all over the place.

What does the excitingly excitable FT community think?

hairy

hairy

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The hating of litter is a passion of mine. Why people just drop it wherever is beyond me. I keep it with me until I find a bin, even my fag butts.

Brought my kids up to hate litter and they agree with me :)

Dr The Singh

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I hating of litter is a passion of mine. Why people just drop it wherever is beyond me. I keep it with me until I find a bin, even my fag butts.

Brought my kids up to hate litter and they agree with me :)

I agree, people have lost alot of respect for there surroundings etc!! The Mrs is a clean freak and hence that's rubbing off on the kids, which is a good thing!!

Bellend Sebastian

Bellend Sebastian

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I'm glad I'm not the only one.

I still find it quite shocking when I see someone dropping it. I'm not quite confrontational enough to challenge people over it, but I quite often pick it up and put it in the bin when I see it being dropped because there's nearly always one within about 50 yards

davieG

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It's an abomination, there is no excuse for it, I'd sooner have rubbish in my car or pockets than drop it in the street. Even if the odd ticket stub or receipt falls out of my pocket accidently I'll stop and pick it up.

More bins are needed and perhaps more importantly they need to be emptied regularly - there's nothing worse than see an over flowing waste bin, it encourages the 'couldn't give a fook' culture that is so prevalent.

Just to say I saw someone in the concourse at the Cheltenham game standing not more than 3 feet from a bin just drop their paper pie carton on the floor - lazy ignorant twat (no it was Raj I'm told he's he's not lazy or ignorant :P )

welck12

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I'm glad I'm not the only one.

I still find it quite shocking when I see someone dropping it. I'm not quite confrontational enough to challenge people over it, but I quite often pick it up and put it in the bin when I see it being dropped because there's nearly always one within about 50 yards

Same here i dont have the personality to confront people either; otherwise i would.

Try going to vancouver, i was there for 2 weeks and cant remember ever seeing any litter, i even made a point of looking for it the last couple of days!

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I'm glad I'm not the only one.

I still find it quite shocking when I see someone dropping it. I'm not quite confrontational enough to challenge people over it, but I quite often pick it up and put it in the bin when I see it being dropped because there's nearly always one within about 50 yards

Unfortunately, I am. I once picked up a chocolate wrapper and shoved it into the carrier bag the offending woman was carrying at the time, after she threw it on floor in front of me. The thing was, it wasn't like she was a scruffy chav either, she looked like a rep from the WI or something, and really should have known better.

Her excuse was that if she didn't drop litter on the floor, then it would put somebody else out of work. She wasn't able to respond when I pointed that if the council didn't spend money on cleaning up after lazy cows like her, they could redeploy the resources to essential services, such as caring for the elderly, repairing roads and pavements, etc.

To me, the growing litter problem is just another example of how shit our society is getting, and how everybody expects everything to be done for them, and they don't have to take any responsibility at all.

Corky

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There isn't a single bin in Leicester railway station. Ridiculous.

I must say I have dropped litter on the floor on occasions in the past. But only when there is no bin anywhere near, not really an excuse I know.

It was a long time ago though, I have learnt the error of my ways :)

Flynny

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Need my eyes testing, opened this thread expecting dirty breasts.

Start that thread. Now. It is your destiny.

I'm not really someone who litters a lot but I try to leave stuff on Birmingham New Street floor whenever possible. That'll teach them to try to stop everyone getting blown up.

davieG

davieG

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Need my eyes testing, opened this thread expecting dirty breasts.

Your bad eyesight has probably been caused by thinking about breasts too much

Happeh Theory says that Masturbation will make you blind and crippled. It can lead to heart attack, anxiety, asthma symptoms, bad posture, stomach problems, mental problems, etc etc etc. It is difficult to emphasize how much damage can be done to the body thru excessive masturbation.

Which makes the title very apt for you LD3 :P

Webbo

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There isn't a single bin in Leicester railway station. Ridiculous.

You won't find any in airports either. It's a security measure so that people can't leave bombs in them.

Finnegan

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You won't find any in airports either. It's a security measure so that people can't leave bombs in them.

Yup. First noticed this a few years ago when I asked a cozza in Padington where the nearest bin was.

Tragic really.

davieG

davieG

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Yup. First noticed this a few years ago when I asked a cozza in Padington where the nearest bin was.

Tragic really.

You'd have thought some bright spark out the could come up with some innovative solution.

Corky

Corky

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You won't find any in airports either. It's a security measure so that people can't leave bombs in them.

Ah, I didn't know that :thumbup:

Finnegan

Finnegan

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You'd have thought some bright spark out the could come up with some innovative solution.

Transparrent bins would be pretty interesting. Talk about vulgar, haha.

Plus I mean, presumably if you're dropping a bomb in a bin it's just going to look like any other bit of rubbish.

Bellend Sebastian

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I think one of the reasons it pisses me off so much is that, unlike a lot of the stuff that shit newspapers tell us is such a problem, litter is completely unavoidable - unlike paedophiles and immigrants trying to take my job, it really is everywhere - it's a genuine blight on the lives of everyone. I look out the window of my house and I can see it in the street, I pass piles of it on my way to work, and it's blowing around the car park when I get there. Millions of pounds of our taxes are spent on trying to tidy it up, and nearly everywhere you go still looks like a shithole

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