Yknow what really grinds my gears!

Maybe it's something that I took from Japan but I really believe in cleaning up after yourself. I was in a Second Cup in Streetsville yesterday and a family had taken over a good little portion of the place. Probably 10 people or so. When they decided they were leaving not even one of them put their paper cups in the garbage, no one took their plates or ceramic mugs back, everything was left littered on the table.

What's with that?

You may think this is getting a little too expectant of consumers. I know some people might reason that it's the job of the people working at the coffee shop to clean that stuff up. Sure. I know they're the people that end up having to deal with it when the stuff is left but I wouldn't say you should specifically leave all your garbage on the table to give them something to do. I think this little problem runs deeper than we think. How many problems in this world do you think we could solve if we all just did our little part? If we all spent the 5 seconds to do something for someone else it wouldn't be a larger job to complete when it all collects. It's just like cleaning your room. Wait for it to get crazy and it takes FOREVER to clean.

I'm no saint with doing my little part. I should help out more at home and things like that. We've all got the things we've got to work on, I hope that at some point we'll be able to clean up after ourselves when we're outside of our homes. In-convenience, laziness, ignorance.

Another fun thing I'll blow out of proportion while I'm at it. I'm sitting at a Timmies last night and a car pulls up in front. The car door opens and the person drops a few big McDonalds bags out of the car, closes the door and drives off. WHAT??? We're becoming a society where people that have all the abilities don't use them to do the simplest things. People who can hear, see, speak, walk and all that won't take literally 5 seconds to unbuckle a seatbelt, open the car door and put something in the garbage. 

Maybe it's not their fault? Maybe it was someone elses garbage? Maybe they were in a rush? Maybe ..... uh yeah. There's no excuse! We all know littering is just stupid. It shows disrespect for the people around you and the environment. It's like people don't take any pride in the upper middle class society in which they leave. Such a disappointment. If it wasn't past 1 in the morning and I didn't think it was dangerous I probably would have approached the car about it.

GRRRR, gears grinding...

Everyone enjoy the crazy sunny day with the crisp blue sky. Don't let my rant get ya down.