Oh dear, another of my peeves. Littering.
I was brought up not to litter, so I almost *cannot*. Seriously, it’s so hard to break that conditioning. Okay, life or death, I’d drop whatever’s required with alarming alacrity, but otherwise, I know that if I drop something I’ll feel bound to pick it up again.
Of course this means that I’m awfully offended when I see people littering. I know it’s entirely normal to throw your fag end onto the street (and always has been, even among “nice” people), but we just shouldn’t do it. Do we really expect other people to pick up our rubbish just because we’re too lazy?
Then there’s the matter of the waste thrown out of cars. Look out of the window as you drive along a major road in the country. All those cans, bottles, wrappers. It’s not like it wouldn’t have been easy to keep the rubbish in the car and dispose of it in a bin at the destination (or en route), but there are people who actually think it’s okay to deliberately pollute our environment. I honestly don’t understand this.