Oi! Take your gel packets home with you!

[winjim]

Indulge me then and answer the question directly despite how obvious the answer may be. I'm not very clever you see. Do you toss your gel wrappers, or are you just excusing those who do?

No and no.

 

[mjr]

No and no.

and that will forever be known as the post where @winjim denies being a tosser...

 

[benb]

The fact is that some people are selfish fotzes who don't give a sh1t about anyone else.

 

[JoshM]

No and no.

Why offer an explanation then?

Does having a reason for unacceptable behaviour male the behaviour less unacceptable? Or does it mean you shouldn't feel the consequences of your actions?

 

[winjim]

and that will forever be known as the post where @winjim denies being a tosser...

 

[winjim]

Why offer an explanation then?

Does having a reason for unacceptable behaviour male the behaviour less unacceptable? Or does it mean you shouldn't feel the consequences of your actions?

You obviously disagree with my actions on this thread yet here you are asking questions to try and understand it.

 

[keithmac]

Anybody who drops litter is either lazy or has no respect for other people (or both!).

It boils my p1ss.

My workmate years ago picked up a load of McDonald's litter dropped out of a car (possibly a taxi?), and pushed the bag back through the drivers window.

Should be done more often!.

Cigarette butts are another annoyance.

 

[JoshM]

You obviously disagree with my actions on this thread yet here you are asking questions to try and understand it.

Let's not say disagree with your actions, especially since you've clarified you are not a tosser! Rather lets say confused as to why someone would offer a rationale apparently defending a course of action they don't condone or partake in and go no further and I wasnt sure if I was missing the point you were trying to make.

I'm certainly not having a dig at you personally, and unreservedly apologise if I've given that impression.

 

[stephec]

Already been done, as a kid in the sixties my main source of income was collecting all the discarded pop & beer bottles and taking them to the newsagent/off licence to get the deposit back.

What about shinning over the back wall of the shop to liberate the empties you took back earlier, then taking them to a different shop down the road?

 

[screenman]

What about shinning over the back wall of the shop to liberate the empties you took back earlier, then taking them to a different shop down the road?

Or even back in the same shop.

 

[fossyant]

As folk have said, it's all walks of life where people drop litter. Even MTBers complain about people dropping gels on trails or remote tracks. Take it home.

 

[winjim]

Let's not say disagree with your actions, especially since you've clarified you are not a tosser! Rather lets say confused as to why someone would offer a rationale apparently defending a course of action they don't condone or partake in and go no further and I wasnt sure if I was missing the point you were trying to make.

I'm certainly not having a dig at you personally, and unreservedly apologise if I've given that impression.

You haven't given that impression at all . I'm mainly just being silly, but within the silliness there are a few serious points.

1. This subject crops up from time to time and always leads to several pages of people pointing out how naughty it is to drop litter, which is quite frankly stating the bleedin' obvious and rather boring so I'm having a little fun.
2. Gel wrappers are fiddly and messy, and this is maybe one reason why people drop them, especially if they are pretending to race so daren't slow down to sort it out properly.
3. Only by attempting to understand bad behaviour can you hope to address it. This does not mean you have to excuse or condone it. That was the point I was trying to make above when I said you were asking questions of me. It's probably a bit heavy to apply to this situation but by then I was committed to the thread so in for a penny, in for a pound.
4. I refuse to take seriously any thread predicated on an article from the Daily Mail.
5. Winky face

 

[Smokin Joe]

Perhaps a £10 surcharge on every sportive entry fee would make people think twice about littering. Litter to be bagged up by marshals travelling behind the event and the surcharge returned if less than X bags is collected. Drop a wrapper then and prepare for a mouthful of abuse from other riders.

 

[Lpoolck]

Anybody who drops litter is either lazy or has no respect for other people (or both!).

It boils my p1ss.

My workmate years ago picked up a load of McDonald's litter dropped out of a car (possibly a taxi?), and pushed the bag back through the drivers window.

Should be done more often!.

Cigarette butts are another annoyance.

I was just saying the other day how dropping cigarette butts seems a socially 'acceptable' form of littering as most smokers I have seen and I know drop them, even those who are against littering!

There is no excuse for littering, including gel wrappers...sticky, difficult to put back in pocket or whatever lame excuse there is. If your fingers are sticky, squirt your water from your water bottle onto them and wipe on your shorts. Job done.

 

[jefmcg]

The original post was about the London Duathlon, which is a race. The cost of cleaning should be included in the entry fee.

Does the Mail have articles in April about "litter lout runners"?