The Weekly Gripe

Roadside rubbish in the UK is a disgrace

People who throw rubbish out of their car

People who dump litter

Empty beer and soft drinks cans, fag packets, crisp packets, newspapers, drinks cartons, fast food containers etc. I really wonder what goes through the mind of the person who deposits this rubbish into the verge.



Just take a quick (safe) look outside of your car next time you stop at a slip road junction or roundabout etc. Gaze into the verge and do a visual check on all the discarded items on the roadside. It's a national disgrace

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01-3-2010 I have just came across this beautiful solution: www.car-bin.com.auAvi
30-12-2009 There seems to be a coincidence with people who smoke and eat junk food being too lazy to cook clean up after themselves or find a bin , sorry if you do these things but are one of the few who do clear up after yourselves .exhasperated
17-12-2009 It's the people who leave all their rubbish on the tables at Mcdonalds, Burger-king or KFC, after eating, they just get up and go, sometimes the rubbish is piled high, to me that is sheer bone idleness.Gainsborough lad.
05-12-2009 Miserablemoaninggit- I agree with you partly but you cannot generalise everyone as scum simply because they claim benefits. Theres scum in all social classes. I have seen some kids from well to do parents who are as ill-mannered and loutish as benefit scum families. I've also met very decent pe...moreDan
05-12-2009 I just saw this otherwise respectable middle aged woman finish off her fag in her car before tossing out the window onto the pavement in front of my house. She then gets out and visits her sister who lives just across the road. It makes me very angry to see such slovenly, disrespectful behaviour. M...moreDan
20-11-2009 I was walking through the underground and a well dressed woman in her twenties decided to clean out her handbag - she threw out her newspaper, chewing gum wrappers and some other tat and kept on walking - If I'd been quick enough I would have run after her saying "oh, you dropped your news...moreCharlie
16-11-2009 We are wasting our time with this gripe. Scum people will remain scum people all their lives. These basic lessons need to be learned as children. At the end of the day, we need massive and fundamental reform of the benefits system to stop children having children, who then go on to have children...moremiserablemoaninggit
12-11-2009 We live in a Me! Me!! Me!!! society. Litter, fag butts, chewing gum, anything goes. It's all down to poor attitude and non-acceptance of personal responsibility. What to do? Nothing.dobbo996
09-11-2009 Whatever happened to 'KEEP BRITAIN TIDY'? I'm sure Britain really WAS tidier during that campaign, and has degenerated into a rubbish tip since it ended. There is no message being sent out to the current generation that littering is bad. Hence, the problem.Litter Hater
07-11-2009 the council and police don't seem to be bothered about litter mess and general crime, I called the police after a group of 9 men were using the children's play ground as a drug smoking shelter, over 2 weeks I must have called them 12 times, nobody ever came, if they are not bothered about d...moreL x
07-11-2009 I do agree with all that it is said, people have got selfish and this is another way of them showing that they only care for themselves. I wish that those cameras at traffic lights would be used to prosecute those people the same as if they were either parked in the wrong place or speeding. It is...moreClarite
07-11-2009 SCUM! Pure and utter scum! People's behaviour means that they are in the category of 'scum'. Scum behaviour = scum! It amazes me how people behave. I have witnessed families walking along - parents followed by children, and what do I see? Parents, having consumed their coca-cola, ...moremiserablymoaninggit



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