To be pissed off that parks are closed?

[breadcheeseandpickle]

AIBU to think this is not on?

I have complied with rules but despite some restrictions being lifted there still isn’t much on, and waking the streets is really no fun.

@Plumbear2

Blame the people who went overboard,;trashed the parks and ruined it for everyone else. Of course parks will close if people treat them.this way.

Absolutely. Fucking morons.

I was livid when I saw that on the news last night, same as I was at footage of litter all over our beaches when restrictions were lifted last year.

Are children not taught to bin their litter or take it home any more? If not, it's time to reintroduce "keep Britain tidy" and teaching the countryside code.

I also wonder how many of those dumping litter on the beaches then watch David Attenbrough on tv and get all upset about the amount of plastic in the sea.

You have lived somewhere different to me march

People have mostly - mostly - been incredibly accommodating.

I cannot think anyone could be anything but disgusted at the state our parks were left in,but to close them seems very heavy handed.We have to blame ourselves though (not us especially I didnt go!) for leaving them in such a state,It was ridiculous how supposedly decent people left them.

@breadcheeseandpickle

And yet again it’s parents and children who are screwed over.

It's everyone who wants to spend time out in the open and doesn't have a garden or easy access to countryside.

A lot of middle-aged or older people live in flats, too.

the litter is a disgrace, and of course people should be ashamed of themselves.

But really? How can anyone have been surprised that on the hottest days of the year, in the week when restrictions have been lifted and school and college kids have finished for Easter, that this would happen?

Most of us are still working and haven't been to a park.

The littering is disgusting.

When is there going to be a serious govt. campaign on this? It’s long overdue.
Maybe we need big placards in parks etc., and/or loudspeakers yelling ‘Don’t litter! Take your rubbish home!’

I’m reluctant to say there should be campaigns in primary schools, since I know teachers have more than enough to do, but children obviously pick up behaviour from their couldn’t -give-a-fuck anti-social parents, so it’s not going to come from home, is it?

Police closed them because people turned up, left their rubbish everywhere, got into fights, set fires, and at one a woman got raped, so yeah, if you can't look after it, you're not having it. People's behaviour was vile and it's ridiculous that emergency services should need calling out to a bloody park because people have such little self control and respect. It's better that people stay in their gardens because you won't set fire to your own property, your rubbish is your problem.

Looks like a case of 'abuse it and lose it'.

Why on earth did they not send out wardens to fine the litterbugs instead? Could have made a “tidy” revenue

Are they your only parks locally OP? No other green spaces or playgrounds?
I think it's just two parks in the UK closed. I haven't heard of more.
I'm sure they'll be open soon once put back in order and your council feels it has made its point about littering.

I’m reluctant to say there should be campaigns in primary schools, since I know teachers have more than enough to do, but children obviously pick up behaviour from their couldn’t -give-a-fuck anti-social parents, so it’s not going to come from home, is it?

I work in a primary school. We already discuss this with the children, encourage them to respect their environment and talk about the impact of litter etc. Unfortuntaely we can only do so much.

I thought people would have learned to appreciate nature more over lockdown. Apparently not

Maybe they should be made to stay indoors until they do, @tenlittlecygnets!

It's made me so cross that if someone suggested a minimum sentence for littering of 3 months house arrest, monitored by electronic tag, right now I'd support them.

I'm obviously having a Daily Mail moment, best I go and read the Guardian for a while.

I can't understand why we have a littering problem. If there's a bin, you put the litter in. If there isn't, you take it home again and put it in the bin there. Not difficult.

Only scum people litter, there are no excuses or exceptions.

Sorry that your park is closed, OP, hope it's open again soon.

Two parks were closed because people were using them to behave like pigs and destroy tree collections that have taken years to create.

If people stop behaving like pigs, the parks can reopen.

Are these your local parks, OP?

there should be campaigns in primary schools

Sorry, too busy teaching 6 year olds how to use the toilet, use a knife and fork and clean their teeth.

Scumbags are going to scumbag. Always.

YANBU

Bloody fair weather park users become the bane of my life at this time of year - I've got a dog and my local park is an urban one, popular with students. Some of those students will even try and feed DDog from their picnic - which isn't helpful when you've spent a lot of time teaching DDog that picnics are not an open buffet!

STAY AT HOME

is what those with big homes and gardens love to shriek

YANBU

It's made me so cross that if someone suggested a minimum sentence for littering of 3 months house arrest, monitored by electronic tag, right now I'd support them.

@LakieLady, I'd rather see people who drop litter being made to spend their time cleaning it up, so they see how long it takes and how horrible it is. Genuinly can't understand why people think it's OK.

(I'm pretty sure the Guardian is against littering too...)

Closing parks because of vandals is lazy. Deal with the vandals and the litter-bugs and keep them open for the community.

It's like punishing the whole class at school because the teacher is too lazy to find out who the actual perpetrator was.

Totally with you OP. Haven't had parks closed near us but they have closed a couple of car parks because of boy racers using them for handbrake turns etc. Clearly too difficult to look at CCTV, get the reg no and prosecute the drivers.

Are these your local parks, OP?

They can't both be, as they're in different parts of the city, one is in the area that Nottingham University students tend to live and the other is in the area that Nottingham Trent University students tend to live...

@lurker101

Why on earth did they not send out wardens to fine the litterbugs instead? Could have made a “tidy” revenue

I suspect they've probably got very few, given the pressures that council budgets are under.

There were 7 tonnes of rubbish left. If litter lout left 1kg of litter, that's 7,000 people. You'd need a hell of a lot of wardens to issue penalty notices to that many people.

Both parks are reopen again now anyhow

I cant believe the rubbish that people leave behind them.when I was a kid there was a bit of litter but then you couldnt/didnt walk round all day eating and drinking fast food and dropping rubbish. You rarely saw people eating and drinking in the street except for after closing time when people had been to the chippie

Every time Ive come back from a foreign holiday you always knew you were back in England because of the filthy streets

@thereisonlyoneofme

Every time Ive come back from a foreign holiday you always knew you were back in England because of the filthy streets

Depends where you go on holiday.

British streets are a lot cleaner than many.