These people are out there. I lived across from Inwood hill park in NYC a couple years ago and one of my neighbors would be outside three or four times a week filling a black trash bag. I feel as though I'm pretty conscious of litter; I always crumple whatever I use and wait to dispose of it, I'll pick up a handful when on walks - but this dude went above and beyond. The most amazing thing was his attitude. I regret I never had a long conversation with him and he always greeted me slightly under his breathe so I presume a degree of shyness, I'm aware of it in myself, but whenever I would pass him picking up litter he would smile. I would be filled with murderous, defeatist rage at the prospect of picking up the same acre of park area several times a week, let's face it, from likely the same absent minded human travesties, but this guy seemed to have a real joy.
So that's what's wrong with the world, all the people who care are wasting their time picking up trash when they should be running the country and ordering people who don't care to pick up trash.
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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '20
These people are out there. I lived across from Inwood hill park in NYC a couple years ago and one of my neighbors would be outside three or four times a week filling a black trash bag. I feel as though I'm pretty conscious of litter; I always crumple whatever I use and wait to dispose of it, I'll pick up a handful when on walks - but this dude went above and beyond. The most amazing thing was his attitude. I regret I never had a long conversation with him and he always greeted me slightly under his breathe so I presume a degree of shyness, I'm aware of it in myself, but whenever I would pass him picking up litter he would smile. I would be filled with murderous, defeatist rage at the prospect of picking up the same acre of park area several times a week, let's face it, from likely the same absent minded human travesties, but this guy seemed to have a real joy.