yesterday was a day full of running around and catching up on errands.
mid-afternoon, todd and i went to have the oil changed in my car.
we brought sandwiches from the local deli and sat outside with a nice view of the smoking employees and the burger king drive thru next door.
as i watched the cars head through,
i watched a van pull in with a family on board.
dad driving. young girl riding shotgun, and at least one other child in the back.
the girls were maybe 10 to 12.
so i see the man direct his daughter to throw a can through their open window.
my jaw drops.
i immediately put up my sunglasses so i can stare the guy down.
i am fuming.
i can hardly believe that people anywhere feel that it is okay to throw one's trash openly out their car window... with an audience, mind you.
so i can see that the guy is looking at me.
i spit words at him under my breath from 50 feet away.
i tell todd, i am going to hand it back to him and ask him if he lost something.
i am not that gutsy...
but i do get up,
pick up the can (with watchful eyes on me),
tip it towards their van,
say nothing,
(i did hear the man say to his daughter, 'it's all right'),
(NO, ITS NOT ALL RIGHT)
and walk it to the dumpster so that they can watch me deposit it.
still fuming.
i sit back down and notice that the daughter now has her window rolled up.
dude, i am not going to harm your daughter.
i am just trying to teach her a better lesson that you.
2 comments:
That's awful. Unfortunately we see a lot of littering down here. It's so 80's, I can't believe people actually do it anymore! :) I wonder what they talked about after that....
argh!
i see this all the time and it is so frustrating!
i watched as a guy (with bay plates on his car) rolled his window down at a red light and toss his entire mcd's bag onto the street. in traffic!
another time...at the farmers' market, i watched a man roll down his window of his bmw convertible and toss a coffee cup out onto the parking lot.
i walked over and picked it up and said through the glass, "don't worry...i'll pick up your litter for you!" his wife was so embarrassed. he rolled down his window and asked for it back, apologizing.
scowling, i gave it back to him.
i am glad you did something, too. it is pathetic that we even have to remind people in 2007 that it is wrong to litter!
p.s. in (late) response to your comment that you left so long ago: let me know if you are in baltimore. i would love to hang out and have coffee or something!
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