Litterbugs be damned
It was approximately 8:30am on Thursday, March 3. You were in the front passenger seat of a beige minivan (or maybe it was an SUV) idling eastbound in the alley right next to Gordon Neighbourhood House. The driver was dropping someone off.
You stuck your hand out the window, casually swinging a banana peel. I assumed that you had asked the person being dropped off to come around and pickup the peel from you to dispose of it. I was wrong in my assumption.
You flung the peel into the shrubs on the pathway in front of the neighbourhood house. I was too far away to say anything to you or record the plate number or, trust me, I would have.
WTF?! Yes, I know it’s organic and will, in time, decompose. Perhaps you come from a place where people regularly throw their organics on the ground. The thing is, that’s not the way we live here!
Imagine what the city would be like if everyone followed your lead and simply left their organics – including, as it would be justified under your rules, dog crap – anywhere they wanted!
This city has enough issues without a self-involved, inconsiderate, lazy-ass pig like you contributing to things.
–Anonymous
Repeat after me...
Please people, the pronunciation of my beloved city is NOT ‘Vang-couver’. Don’t be so lazy with the way you say things. Pretty soon we will be talking like Americans who ‘ax’ you things. Be proud of the rich history of the beautiful city.
–A second generation local
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