Littering is selfish, irritating

Pop! Smush ! I looked up as I heard those sounds coming from ahead of me in the grocery store parking lot. On the ground between me and the car ahead of me, was a large plastic drink cup of ice spilled onto the ground. Obviously from the car ahead of me, the cup would now add to the litter scattered around the parking lot. The occupants of the car ahead of me saw my look of surprise and just laughed... I finished my apple for lunch as I was driving to my next appointment. What to do with the apple core? There s a nice grassy area where the birds can finish off what I don t want. Out the passenger side window goes the core right into the grass a good toss. Litter? I didn t think so. After all, apple core is biodegradable and serves as food for birds and squirrels and ants and... I know there are a lot of birds in Anaheim an there are probably some ants. But there are also children who walk alongside the streets way ahead of their moms or dads who might just be tempted to pick I decided that my litter was just as bad as that of the plasticcoated drink cup I was so angered about earlier. What makes us litter? Why do I why do you toss our trash out of our cars onto a parking lot or a walkway or the grass? Why can t we just keep our trash with us until we come to a storage container for garbage and then toss it in? Is it impatience? Is it just the inconvenience of having to keep a box or bag for our trash in our own car? Perhaps we are afraid that we will get our own car dirty and then we will have to clean it up. How selfish! Who do we think is going to clean up our trash after we throw it onto someone else s property? Remember Bill Cosby s bit about Noah and the ark and the animals and Who s going to clean up that mess down there, huh? Well, God probably had a plan for taking care of that mess, but what about the plans that have to be made and paid for by someone to clean up our mess here whech parking lot. There are always people who will drop a chewing gum wrapper (please, not the gum) or a note paper. What is more irritating, though, is when someone decides to empty their car of the sandwich wrapper and drink cup and fries wrapper, etc. instead of putting those items in the Dumpster less than 100 feet from their car. I m not innocent of the crime of littering as I mentioned above. I am going to be more thoughtful and keep my trash in my car until I can dispose of it properly. How about you? To do anything less is downright inconsiderate.