I jog around the lake frequently and often see kids with long nets removing trash from the water. I always thank them for helping to keep the lake clean.
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It would be great if we could give them permission to hang out by the lake and bonk the litterers over the head with their nets.
I have been astounded my whole life by littering. I just cannot understand how a person can drop stuff on the ground and not care what it befouls or who his inconvenienced or what animals could be harmed by it.
I used to thinkg to myself, “One of these days, I am probably going to get socked” as I would put on my innocent face and say, “Excuse me. You dropped something.” I have not been in such a situation in a long time because I am now living the country.
Another gripe of mine is people who unload their groceries and then just leave the cart in a parking space, especially when 5 steps would take them to the cart corral. I mentally give them a pass when I see that it’s an old person, who may have walking problems. But I have just as frequently seen young people do the same.
I live in the country and I still get trash in the yard. This week alone I found one ketchup packet, two straws, two bottle tops, a piece of knotted rope and several other pieces of plastic and paper.