Hell is too good for a Litterbug
I sat at the same bus stop near you, the 20-something lazy ass litterbug, along with several other riders and as the Arbutus bus on Granville Street arrived you just left your coffee cup on the shelter bench. I did tell you that there was a waste bin not even six feet from where you were sitting but you just told me, “Well, I’m sure that someone will toss my cup into the bin,” as you boarded the bus.
So tell me, who is that someone who will be kind enough to toss your litter into the closest bin? Who’s job is it to pick up after inconsiderate lazy slobs like you who leave their beverage cups on every bench, sidewalk, retail book or clothing shelf or in public park you can find?
I’m sure that the city of Vancouver could use many more waste bins and increase the frequency of garbage pick ups during this busy summer months when 100,000+ tourists visit our city, but dumping your shit for someone else to deal with it doesn’t make that any easier.
Either way I have to laugh when I think about it because I’m about 25 years older than you and I suspect that I’ll be long gone when you and your spoiled techno-addicted entitled generation inherit the polluted and resourced-depleted world that we all live in. The mess you make today will be left for you and your children to clean up with long after the worms have already eaten the last of my body and shit me out.
–Leslie Benison
Cancel the fireworks
Many of us are asking that the fireworks be cancelled this year due to the extreme fire hazard in and around Stanley Park. Inviting multi-thousands of people to line the seawall to watch fireworks both sends the wrong message and asks for trouble: cigarettes, family fireworks – Roman candles, cherry bombs, etc – and carelessness on the part of just one person could instantly ignite this tinder-dry park.
Protecting Vancouver’s most profound heritage – Stanley Park – should come before sponsorship dollars. What’s the chance for cool heads, smart politicians, and real leadership to prevail?
-Wendy Bradley
Why such waste?
We all are aware that water is a precious commodity during this very long hot summer of record temperatures. Most of us are conserving as much as we can, so why are power washers still allowed to use and waste so much on office buildings. Maybe I am alone in thinking this is criminal?
–Bernard Cuffling
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