There is no excuse. Social workers and other euphorian types can make all the excuses for people they want to, but the fact remains,it's stupid, wrong, and disgusting. I just pick the stuff up, and if I'm in a snotty mood, say "thank you" as I am picking it up behind the person. If I'm on my bike and someone tosses something out a car window, I pick it up and when they are sitting at the next stoplight I hand it to them and say "excuse me, I think you dropped this". Reactions range from embarassement and apologies to having the object thrown at me. Last fall I had a particularly encouraging encounter with some litterbugs. I was out in my back yard and heard someone tipping over garbage cans in the alley. I went out there, and one kid was deep into a can tossing things left and right over his shoulders into the alley. When I asked him "just what the hell do you think you're doing?" he said "It wasn't me". I just said "bullsh%$*t", and proceeded to pick the stuff up and put garbage cans back in place, It only took about two minutes until his friends turned to, and helped me clean up the entire length of the alley. I didn't even ask them to, they just followed my lead. Good kids, just needed a little nudge.I thanked them, we parted ways, and it hasn't happened since.
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