You and me both, Chefguy. You and me both! In fact, a couple of weeks ago, I was in another supermarket with my sister. She was going down the aisle that has the magazines and paperback novels. Two women were standing there, blocking the aisle, and my sister waited politely for a moment, cleared her throat for a moment more, then finally said “Uh, excuse me” and one of the women looked at her and had the nerve to say “We haven’t seen each other in months, and we’re catching up! Can’t you go up the next aisle?” at which point, the woman the rude bitch was talking to said “Well, it is good to see you again, but maybe we can meet up front at the coffee shop” and moved out of the way.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I, certainly, have inadvertently blocked someone else’s path. But when it comes to my attention that I’ve done so, I move the blockage immediately, and apologize. We all get distracted when we’re shopping, so if I have to say “excuse me” to someone, it doesn’t bother me too much. But if I say “excuse me” and am ignored or greeted with rudeness, yeah, that pisses me off.
People riding the L who sit in the Priority Seating seats designated for elderly/disabled people who look the other way or stare inot space when someone who needs those seats gets on the train.
Oh, I know it’s a trying time. I have a 23YO, a 19YO and a 10YO. Been there, done that. But as part of the package, I accepted the idea that public bathrooms are fascinating at a certain age, and either sucked it up and took them, or found a way to leave them at home with someone else while I went shopping!
Plus, if the little girl was as young as she looked, chances are excellent she’s been potty trained less than six months. It really does take at least that long to get good control of themselves. When a child who is just a few months out of potty training says they need to go, it’s better to take them!
Ooh, that’s one of my favorites! I ALWAYS “trip” over them! Followed by an “OH! So Sorry, your feet were in the aisle!” It’s one of the best ways to be an ass where the other guy really can’t say anything. They know they’re wrong.
I just want to find the suckahs who let their big dogs take a dump every day at my kids’ bus stop. The neighborhood is full of dog owners, and there are special dog-shit baggies and receptacles all over. There’s a posted county ordinance. There’s plenty of green space. Yet that little strip of grass is wall-to-wall dog shit.
And no, I’m not going to clean it up, unless I find out who left it and I can return it to the owner in a suitable fashion.
I know what “illegal” means, and I’m under the impression that, in general, here in the UK, it’s only illegal to drop cigarette ends in specific places. But, as I said, I could be wrong. As to whether one should do it or not, if there’s an ashtray use it. If not, the ground is safer than a litter bin as it won’t catch on fire.
Certainly everyone I know who smokes wouldn’t think twice about doing it.
I agree with you 100%, Steophan - I don’t think smokers think twice about where they throw their butts, either. If they did, they would realize that my front yard is not an ashtray.
What smokers need is a paradigm shift - if you smoke a cigarette, YOU need to be prepared to dispose of the butt in an appropriate, non-littering, non-setting-things-on-fire way, not expect the world to magically provide it for you.
The behaviour I noticed today is speeding in parking lots. Remember five seconds ago when YOU were a pedestrian walking in this parking lot? Did you want to jump out of the way of assholes going three times the limit then? So why are you driving like this is a freeway now?
Well, it’s something that I can’t believe anyone would defend. It’s easy to avoid littering and it’s incredibly gross. What good reason, other than laziness, is there to do it?
Well, as I said earlier it’s not really littering. I can see it being slightly annoying, but “incredibly gross”? I’ll assume you are over-fond of hyperbole, and leave this thread, I’m repeating myself too much.
There are people, many people, who don’t pick up after their dog. But even worse, they make their dog crap right in the middle of the sidewalk. The exact middle I swear (as if they located it with a tape ruler), where it reaches the highest probability to be an annoyance/stepped on :mad:
As for the whole “the bin will catch on fire!!!” thing–PUT THE FUCKING CIGARETTE OUT BEFORE YOU THROW IT AWAY. God, it’s just not rocket science, people!
When I was smoking, I always field stripped the cigarette. That’s where you roll the biodegradable bits, the remaining ash, tobacco and paper, off the end of the filter, then put the filter in your pocket. My Dad taught me that, I’m pretty sure it has something to do with preventing the VietCong being able to track you by the filters. . .