I had a friend in college who would randomly pick up trash around campus and put it in a trash can. At the time I thought he was a super weird freakazoid, but I find myself doing the same thing nowadays.
don’t worry – there’ll be plenty more trash to take the place of what she collected…
one of the neighbors in a previous location told me with a straight face that if i kept cutting the grass along the road in front of our property and picking up the trash that idiots just chucked out the car window that people would expect me to do it all the time…
hfergus Premium Member over 2 years ago
There should be more people like that. I don’t go out with that objective in mind, but I clean up what I can when I run across it.
Darsan54 Premium Member over 2 years ago
You were talking to David Sedaris.
Bob Blumenfeld over 2 years ago
Actually, what’s in it for her is likely the feeling that she’s doing something good.
Bruce1253 over 2 years ago
It is a concept we seemed to have lost, which explains so much: Contributing to the Common Good.
ajr58(1) over 2 years ago
The same guy probably also bitches that government cannot be trusted to solve problems, and that private citizens can be relied on to solve them
moondog42 Premium Member over 2 years ago
I had a friend in college who would randomly pick up trash around campus and put it in a trash can. At the time I thought he was a super weird freakazoid, but I find myself doing the same thing nowadays.
blah_duh over 2 years ago
Maybe she lives in a beach house and doesn’t have a lawn. Instead of cutting grass, she picks up trash.
gopher gofer over 2 years ago
don’t worry – there’ll be plenty more trash to take the place of what she collected…
one of the neighbors in a previous location told me with a straight face that if i kept cutting the grass along the road in front of our property and picking up the trash that idiots just chucked out the car window that people would expect me to do it all the time…
crazeekatlady over 2 years ago
I do that on my block every other Sunday. Trash night.
Laurie Stoker Premium Member over 2 years ago
Good for her!❤️