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AIBU to think more people are shittier, horrible and more disrespectful of the earth than ever?

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LuluJakey1 · 02/02/2021 22:46

OK, may be a bit over-dramatic but I am so sick of people who just disrespect the environment.

Where we live us beautiful but has become littered with rubbish- takeaway food containers, disposable masks, fish and chip boxes, dog bags full of dog crap, plastic bottles, cans. I am so miserable - it us everywhere.

Then this today www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-55909015 This was a lovely story yesterday and bloody braindead vandals go and do that- why?

Yesterday I was in Newcastle at a medical appointment. I saw a woman about 20 come out of Greggs, she walked ahead of me, ate something from a Greggs bag and drank a can and threw both away onto the grass - she was 2 metres from a bin and made no attempt to use it. I picked them up and shouted after her and said politely, that she had dropped these. She looked at me, said 'Fuck off' and walked away.

Then on the way home, outside the station 3 teenage girls came out if a pizza shop, took pizza slices from polystyrene boxes and all 3 threw them in the road as they crossed. I ws furious and picked them up and put them in the bin.

Today as I passed Costa there were 3 Costa cups on the bench outside.

What is wrong with these people? Why don't they care about living in a shitty environment or about what they are doing to the planet? Why are they so mean?

Why do people pick up dog crap and leave the bags of it lying around? Last week I took DS 2 for a walk on the beach and counted 9 bags of dog crap along the length of the beach, just dumped.

I probably sound obsessed but it really upsets me. It has got much worse in the last year.

OP posts:
Butchyrestingface · 03/02/2021 13:49

While I think it’s awful of them to litter, I also think it’s rude of you to call them out. You’re not their mother and you won’t chance their behaviour by being passive aggressive to them.

It's not rude to call them out. Nor is it "passive aggressive". Hmm

dementedma · 03/02/2021 13:50

The damage and mess from so called "wild campers" gets worse every year.
Now we have sodding masks being dumped everywhere. Stop calling them disposable, they're not. They contain single use plastic.
How hard is it to have a few cloth ones and just wash them?
And it's the plastic bags of dog shit left hanging from fences and trees that infuriate me. Why do people DO that?

Bangable · 03/02/2021 13:53

@emilyfrost

You can’t control other people, so there’s no point getting angry and stressed about it. That just affects you.

While I think it’s awful of them to litter, I also think it’s rude of you to call them out. You’re not their mother and you won’t chance their behaviour by being passive aggressive to them.

While I think it’s awful of them to litter, I also think it’s rude of you to call them out. You’re not their mother and you won’t chance their behaviour by being passive aggressive to them

I couldn't possibly disagree more

Crunchymum · 03/02/2021 13:56

I know MN loathe a stereotype but I have found litter bugs (particularly those who leave dog shit on pavements - as those are the people I challenge) are always a certain type of person. There is just no reasoning with rude, ignorant people!

tinkerbellvspredator · 03/02/2021 14:17

I hate it but not sure if behaviour has got worse.

Our street cleaner was reduced and now is barely ever spotted.
Increased numbers walking in the local areas - more litter
More dog ownership - more poo
We're out walking more often and spotting it all, become more focused on it.

CounsellorTroi · 03/02/2021 14:27

Supermarket trolleys seem to always have rubbish in them. Where does it come from?

icanboogieboogiewoogie · 03/02/2021 15:23

It's appalling. I always wonder how it doesn't bother the people doing the littering, that the country looks like a shithole? We're all spending more time outdoors so who can't more people take a bit more responsibility for the place looking nice?

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