As you’re literally raising the next generation, sending out an exceptional example to the world as a response parent. Or not…
K-Motorbike-12 on
I was recently in Morocco where I was amazed and disgusted by how much rubbish littered their beautiful country, thankful at the time the UK was not like that. I returned to the UK and the first petrol station I stopped in to refuel my bike someone was throwing rubbish out their car window. When I asked them to pick it up they just drove off not caring.
Stuff like this infuriates me. I’d issue heavy fines which is a % of your savings and income combined. It’s disrespectful to mother earth, and your fellow Brits who live here.
Snaidheadair on
It’s really not hard to take your rubbish back with you no matter what excuse people make up to leave it behind, but the minks do what minks do.
Amazing-Disaster-751 on
I was blessed with my family. My grandparents used to take us down to the coast on holidays, the glory days of caravans and trailer tent holidays in Cornwall / Devon etc. Nothing expensive or luxury. We were taught always, leave no trace except footsteps. Rubbish goes with you, no excuses. What happened to our culture, our damn humanity and respect. Good manners are easy to teach and cost nothing except a little effort. Teaching it to my kids now, it’s an easy thing to teach. Bone idle is a nice way to describe the turd stains of humanity who can’t even dispose of rubbish properly. Truly undeserving of the world around them.
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Expensive_Time_7367 on
“Older people were cleaning it up – that’s not their job.”
I think those of us who actually do this, rather than complaining to the local paper, do so out of an acceptance that some people are just arseholes and they’ll always exist and if you want nice things you just have to tidy up after them occasionally. I think it’s the kind of thing you do with tired acceptance not boiling rage.
the_splonge on
This country is a shit hole, partly due to inept governments, but largely down to is treating it as a shithole and being shit heads.
1) clean up after yourselves.
2) be polite.
3) pick up your dog shit.
4) raise your kids properly and stop expecting the system to do so.
mixxituk on
I remember litter being a huge issue when I was a kid in the 80s I guess it was to do with the sudden increase in abundant cheap products, credit and individualism but no thought for how it might all be disposed of considering most things were not plastics and ever lasting materials before then
I remember people just throwing stuff out of the car or on the ground and then there was this huge litter campaign
So ir doesn’t surprise me that India and people visiting haven’t adapted to our way of life
The gym in particular which is about 80pct multicultural is a horror show of abandoned crap
Brilliant_Bite_2948 on
I mean the seagulls will take care of the chicken surely
councilsoda on
I just don’t understand littering, horrible lazy cunts. I think we’ve maybe reached a tipping point of thick/scummy people in England and their ability to spoil things for everyone else. It’s just rampant.
The_Syndic on
I’ve asked people to tidy or take their rubbish with them a few times at beaches. Normally people are embarrassed enough to do it when confronted. Littering is one thing that really baffles me. I cant understand how anyone could possibly think it’s acceptable.
Dissidant on
We’re used to it here people come down on the train and next thing you know articles in the local news about kids burning themselves on stuff from disposable bbq’s not properly disposed of left in the sand.
Locals wind up doing the clean up. Few years ago the last big old tree on a small bit of green adjacent to the beach had to be felled by the fire brigade because some bellend set it on fire.
Thing dated back to when the area was just fields and was prob older than anyone living there
sm3g-h3ad on
Some people are just horrendous. I’ve been at the beach the last few days and it’s been heaving but every day seeing at least two infuriating examples of people being absolute arseholes.
Yesterday I saw a middle aged women with two friends and they each had 1 or 2 kids aged 4 to about 12. The woman was constantly smoking a cigarette which is fine except she was playing with kids in the surf, around literally dozens of other people’s playing children, and when she is finished her cig she’s just releasing it in the sea. Then these floating fag ends are just drifting in and out with the waves. I just find it incredible that some people think that’s okay, or worse, they know its not okay but don’t mind doing it. How
planeloise on
There’s a lack of civic mindedness and social pressure. I can’t get my neighbours to stop dumping their bin bags on the floor, 10 cm away from the large bins we’re supposed to put it in
Ashamed_North348 on
What bloody annoys me about the UK is all these folk going on about immigrants yet they can’t be bothered about looking after their own green and pleasant land!
Real_RobinGoodfellow on
Not nearly as bad as what Bondi looks like every Boxing Day after all the British and Irish tourists have partied there
Satyriasis457 on
I remember travelling to Turkey for a beach holiday. A tourist finished her crisps, stood up, walked a few steps to the sea and threw the bag in the sea. I picked it up, threw it back onto her towel, and said my child is swimming there. She just called me a cunt and threw it back at me, but the wind carried it somewhere else. Absolute vile creature.
plawwell on
Donegal County Council in Ireland has staff that are on all the major beaches early each morning at 5am to clean up any trash and litter that has been left or washed up. Those beaches are spotless.
gretzky9999 on
I’m no tree hugger but some people are pigs & think that the outdoors is their trash can.
Vertigo_uk123 on
Well the rats will eat the chicken and the nappies will end up in the sea where they would anyway if the water companies had anything to do with it.
Educational-Sort-128 on
I’ve taken a plastic bag and rubber gloves and walked up and down my local areas collecting rubbish just for exercise and a sense of civics. People have stopped me to express surprise and delight that anyone would do this….
x-BeTheWater-x on
Ignorant dickheads are everywhere unfortunately. Just look at the current political landscape
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Discarded nappies always confuses me.
As you’re literally raising the next generation, sending out an exceptional example to the world as a response parent. Or not…
I was recently in Morocco where I was amazed and disgusted by how much rubbish littered their beautiful country, thankful at the time the UK was not like that. I returned to the UK and the first petrol station I stopped in to refuel my bike someone was throwing rubbish out their car window. When I asked them to pick it up they just drove off not caring.
Stuff like this infuriates me. I’d issue heavy fines which is a % of your savings and income combined. It’s disrespectful to mother earth, and your fellow Brits who live here.
It’s really not hard to take your rubbish back with you no matter what excuse people make up to leave it behind, but the minks do what minks do.
I was blessed with my family. My grandparents used to take us down to the coast on holidays, the glory days of caravans and trailer tent holidays in Cornwall / Devon etc. Nothing expensive or luxury. We were taught always, leave no trace except footsteps. Rubbish goes with you, no excuses. What happened to our culture, our damn humanity and respect. Good manners are easy to teach and cost nothing except a little effort. Teaching it to my kids now, it’s an easy thing to teach. Bone idle is a nice way to describe the turd stains of humanity who can’t even dispose of rubbish properly. Truly undeserving of the world around them.
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“Older people were cleaning it up – that’s not their job.”
I think those of us who actually do this, rather than complaining to the local paper, do so out of an acceptance that some people are just arseholes and they’ll always exist and if you want nice things you just have to tidy up after them occasionally. I think it’s the kind of thing you do with tired acceptance not boiling rage.
This country is a shit hole, partly due to inept governments, but largely down to is treating it as a shithole and being shit heads.
1) clean up after yourselves.
2) be polite.
3) pick up your dog shit.
4) raise your kids properly and stop expecting the system to do so.
I remember litter being a huge issue when I was a kid in the 80s I guess it was to do with the sudden increase in abundant cheap products, credit and individualism but no thought for how it might all be disposed of considering most things were not plastics and ever lasting materials before then
I remember people just throwing stuff out of the car or on the ground and then there was this huge litter campaign
So ir doesn’t surprise me that India and people visiting haven’t adapted to our way of life
The gym in particular which is about 80pct multicultural is a horror show of abandoned crap
I mean the seagulls will take care of the chicken surely
I just don’t understand littering, horrible lazy cunts. I think we’ve maybe reached a tipping point of thick/scummy people in England and their ability to spoil things for everyone else. It’s just rampant.
I’ve asked people to tidy or take their rubbish with them a few times at beaches. Normally people are embarrassed enough to do it when confronted. Littering is one thing that really baffles me. I cant understand how anyone could possibly think it’s acceptable.
We’re used to it here people come down on the train and next thing you know articles in the local news about kids burning themselves on stuff from disposable bbq’s not properly disposed of left in the sand.
Locals wind up doing the clean up. Few years ago the last big old tree on a small bit of green adjacent to the beach had to be felled by the fire brigade because some bellend set it on fire.
Thing dated back to when the area was just fields and was prob older than anyone living there
Some people are just horrendous. I’ve been at the beach the last few days and it’s been heaving but every day seeing at least two infuriating examples of people being absolute arseholes.
Yesterday I saw a middle aged women with two friends and they each had 1 or 2 kids aged 4 to about 12. The woman was constantly smoking a cigarette which is fine except she was playing with kids in the surf, around literally dozens of other people’s playing children, and when she is finished her cig she’s just releasing it in the sea. Then these floating fag ends are just drifting in and out with the waves. I just find it incredible that some people think that’s okay, or worse, they know its not okay but don’t mind doing it. How
There’s a lack of civic mindedness and social pressure. I can’t get my neighbours to stop dumping their bin bags on the floor, 10 cm away from the large bins we’re supposed to put it in
What bloody annoys me about the UK is all these folk going on about immigrants yet they can’t be bothered about looking after their own green and pleasant land!
Not nearly as bad as what Bondi looks like every Boxing Day after all the British and Irish tourists have partied there
I remember travelling to Turkey for a beach holiday. A tourist finished her crisps, stood up, walked a few steps to the sea and threw the bag in the sea. I picked it up, threw it back onto her towel, and said my child is swimming there. She just called me a cunt and threw it back at me, but the wind carried it somewhere else. Absolute vile creature.
Donegal County Council in Ireland has staff that are on all the major beaches early each morning at 5am to clean up any trash and litter that has been left or washed up. Those beaches are spotless.
I’m no tree hugger but some people are pigs & think that the outdoors is their trash can.
Well the rats will eat the chicken and the nappies will end up in the sea where they would anyway if the water companies had anything to do with it.
I’ve taken a plastic bag and rubber gloves and walked up and down my local areas collecting rubbish just for exercise and a sense of civics. People have stopped me to express surprise and delight that anyone would do this….
Ignorant dickheads are everywhere unfortunately. Just look at the current political landscape