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AIBU?

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Original poster

Was the way I dealt with this litter lout U?

43 replies

Shinysideup675 · 27/09/2014 07:31

I was in a queue at the bus stop yesterday. A bloke in front of me chucked his mars bar wrapper on the floor (there was a bin about 10 feet away). It landed at my feet, so I picked it up and put it in the hood of his coat. He didn't notice. WIBU?

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Dolallytats · 27/09/2014 07:34

Not unreasonable at all. Personally I would like to see all litter droppers, spitters and dog owners, who let their dogs crap in the middle of the pavement and don't pick it up, shot!!

Your actions were much kinder!!!

Only1scoop · 27/09/2014 07:36

Yanbu at all

Hate hate hate litter scummers.

Thumbwitch · 27/09/2014 07:37

- great response!

BobPatandIgglePiggle · 27/09/2014 07:38

Yanbu.

You should have put a few fag ends in there too.

I was on the metro the other week and a grown man ate a banana ans threw the skin on the floor, right next to me. I had toddler ds on my knee ans would have had to step over it to avoid a comedy skid. There were also elderly people who could really have hurt themselves.

I couldn't contain myself and, tbh couldn't even be arsed to be nice to him. In my best teacher voice I said to him 'pick that up right now'. He smirked and said he had nowhere to put it so I picked it up and put it (messy side down) in his open man bag he was snacking from.

I was beyond angry!

MidniteScribbler · 27/09/2014 07:40

I was walking behind a butt dropper one day in a carpark. As I followed behind him, I picked up every discarded butt I saw (eww!), when he got to his car and got in, I knocked on the window, which he put down, and said "you forgot something" and dropped the lot in his lap. It felt good

iolanthefairyqueen · 27/09/2014 07:58

Midnite I did something similar to the driver of a car stuck in a queue of traffic. He had thrown crisp packets, sweet wrappers and a juice carton into the road. I picked them up, knocked on the passenger's window and dropped them in her lap. Her expression was priceless and the 2 children in the back seats were horrified.

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Shinysideup675 · 27/09/2014 08:04

Gosh, you lot are braver than me. I was once behind someone who lobbed a McD's milkshake out of the passenger window of a car, it made a massive sticky pink puddle over the pavement. Fortunately for them, the traffic lights changed to green before I had the chance to get out and chuck it back in again!

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KatieKaye · 27/09/2014 08:04

Definitely not BU.
Walking past a parked car on a sunny day with girl about 10 sitting in passenger seat with window down. She casually threw a sweet wrapper into the street and got it promptly returned and told never to do that again. To compound matters there was a litter bin just in front of the car!

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 27/09/2014 08:10

YaNBU but be careful as people who do that are prone to getting aggressive if confronted, there have been incidents in past.

laurenamium · 27/09/2014 08:14

YANBU in really public places I do a big loud friendly "excuse me! You dropped this..." And with a big smile pick it up and return it. While watching the dropper squirm they normally shove whatever it was in their pocket and thank me!

Pugaboo · 27/09/2014 10:18

I do the same lauren - I say "excuse me, you dropped something" and point at it or hand it to them and then add "there's a bin over there".

I'm too scared of getting beaten up to say anything ruder and it usually works, even among (scary) large groups of teenagers. The rare times it doesn't work it still embarrasses them.

Pugaboo · 27/09/2014 10:20

Actually I've done it with dog poo too - "excuse me, your dog just pooed there" as if you didn't bloody notice

HesterShaw · 27/09/2014 10:23

When I am dictator prime minister, litterers will be first against the wall. Either than or ten years' forced labour so they learn the error of their ways.

I find it reprehensible that people give so little of a shit about their environment and other people in it.

I have said similar things to teenagers to other posters and am mainly faced with jeers. Just occasionally one looks a bit shamefaced.

R4roger · 27/09/2014 10:25

you miserable buggers
in an episode of One foot in the Grave Victor Meldrew dumps a huge rubbish bag in the open top car of someone who had thrown chip paper out of his car... only it was the wrong open top car!
with hilarious consequences

dont say you havent been warned.

Castlemilk · 27/09/2014 10:26

Well OP, I recall a thread on here where someone did just that with DOG POO - put it in the hood of the owner's coat.

So you were pretty restrained I reckon

Coolas · 27/09/2014 10:26

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Bigoldsupermoon · 27/09/2014 10:57

Definitely NU! applauds I love a good Little Lout Revenge story

I was at a park with a friend a while back and we were watching this bloke and two women with two gorgeous kids, thinking how lovely and happy they all looked. As the afternoon was coming to a close, they started packing up, and he changed the baby's nappy. He then tied it up in a nappy bag, and threw the bag under a nearby tree! There was a bin about 3 metres away from him, but nope, the tree looked like a better option.

Well, it did until we yelled across the park to them about what they'd done and how disgusting it was. He slunk back, picked it up and made some half-hearted "Alright, that's enough now..." comment. Results: achieved!

AlpacaLypse · 27/09/2014 11:05

I remember the dog poo in the hood thread! One of the truly great MN tales - might have made it to Classics

MrsGoslingWannabe · 27/09/2014 11:16

Its brilliant to hear how passionate and brave some of you are!

Lurknomoreladies · 27/09/2014 11:16

Not U at all! I was leaving a station car park once when a lazy teen dropped his empty fast food cartons about 20ft from a bun. I opened my window and in my best Brownie leader voice yelled at him 'How dare you be so lazy, pick that up and put it in the bin at once!' To my utter amazement he did. He was probably muttering what a stupid bitch I was under his breath, but the junk went in the bin.

Lurknomoreladies · 27/09/2014 11:18

From a bun?! I meant bin!!

SirChenjin · 27/09/2014 11:23

I am in awe of you lot. The few times I've challenged someone dropping litter they have -

ignored me and left me ranting on my own like a mad woman
told me if I wanted it picked up I can do it myself
refused point blank
said it wasn't them, it was their mate, who in turn said it was there mate, etc

I need lessons from you all.

Coolas · 27/09/2014 11:52

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hormonalandneedingcheese · 27/09/2014 12:35

I really want to read the dog poo hood thread. I hate spitters and litters, yanbu OP. I've never called anyone on littering- not seen in front of me- ut i did on spitting. Think I said something along the lines of 'best way to spread TB and flu' and he glared at me, my friend added 'fucking unattractive to.' Which he went bright red out, probably because my friend is drop dead gorgeous and has the classic 'teacher voice'.

www.ndtv.com/article/offbeat/this-elusive-girl-on-a-motorcycle-hunts-down-drivers-who-litter-and-does-something-wonderfully-awful-595337

DanyStormborn · 27/09/2014 13:57

Great solution :)

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