Discarded free 'news' papers

[Dead Cat Bounce]

OK, a mini rant about the state of the tube trains now that these two free papers have been around for a while.

Tonight I counted 34 discarded papers in my half of the Northern Line tube carriage alone.

People of London... Take it home and recycle it! It can't be that difficult can it?

And whilst I'm ranting how the fuck is Victoria Beckhams skiing trip relevant to London as seen on the front page of one of the papers?

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

Victoria Beckham going skiing is as relevant to London as it is to anywhere else.

 

[maomao]

Were you sitting in the last carriage? On the Vicoria line in the evning the wind blows all the papers down into the last bit of the last carriage and it really looks like a rubbish tip in there. At least it means I get left alone to read my book.

 

[Treacle Toes]

OK, a mini rant about the state of the tube trains now that these two free papers have been around for a while.

Tonight I counted 34 discarded papers in my half of the Northern Line tube carriage alone.

People of London... Take it home and recycle it! It can't be that difficult can it?

And whilst I'm ranting how the fuck is Victoria Beckhams skiing trip relevant to London as seen on the front page of one of the papers?

I agree it is a waste and I'm sure the train cleaners would agree.

 

[Dead Cat Bounce]

I agree it is a waste and I'm sure the train cleaners would agree.

These days I guess I should be grateful for those people who do the paper drop over the shoulder, the ones who causally finish reading the paper and chuck it behind them without a care in the world.

I've now seen passengers dropping the papers on the floor and throwing them outside as soon as the tube doors open.

Grrrr...

 

[Ackland]

I got on the number 25 at Tottenham Court Road one evening, just after the rush hour probably about 8 or 9pm. One of the "vendors"*, for want of a better word, of one of the two main free evening papers, got on after me and dumped his whole remaining stash, probably about 50+ copies, on an empty seat. He then got off a few stops later and left them all there.




* what do you call them? representatives? handers-out? stomach-ramming-fuckers?

 

[Sunray]

Its nutty. TFL should take them to court for the clean up costs. There are so many now its got out of hand.

 

[Badgers]

Do the paper companies not subsidise the clean up in any way? That is a real shame if not but I guess there no legal reason why they have to.

I hate taking the free papers but have to confess to doing so if my train is delayed or I am really bored.

 

[Kanda]

Surely leaving them on the seat for the next reader *is* recycling them??

 

[Andy the Don]

Surely leaving them on the seat for the next reader *is* recycling them??

The leaving of a quality daily paper for your fellow commuter is recycling. These so called newspapers are just vastly slimmed down versions of the parent paper, Standard, Express etc..

I have argued before that the owners of these free papers should pay for the removal of any discarded papers. Can we blame the reader when there are no more waste bins on tubes or stations. I would not want to carry a paper for an hour home on a crowded tube train.

I would like to see business pay for the amount of rubbish that can be identified as coming from their place of business for a about 500 mtrs radius. An example would be one of those vile chicken fast food places has recently opened up near us. You can see their stinking chicken boxes & stinking chicken bones all around the area. I am tempted to collected this discarded rubbish & throw it back over the counter at them. But they would say it has nothing to do with us its our customers & once we have handed the food over the counter & its out of the door what has it to do with us..

 

[jæd]

Both the people giving out the papers and the papers themselves are annoying as fuck. No I don't want your free paper... Its "free" because no-one else would buy this mistake ridden reprint of news.bbc.co.uk. And no I don't want your free paper. I just passed 15 of your paper chuggers up the road and I don't want your's either... And I no I don;t want your free paper even if you are blocking the exit to Leicester Square tube to try and give it to me. I have nicer toilet paper.

 

[stat]

these papers divert our attention. they serve reassuring pap to us, so that we feel we are involved in monitoring wordly affairs and informed citizens.

nothing could be further from the truth.

 

[Melinda]

I would like to see business pay for the amount of rubbish that can be identified as coming from their place of business for a about 500 mtrs radius. An example would be one of those vile chicken fast food places has recently opened up near us. You can see their stinking chicken boxes & stinking chicken bones all around the area. I am tempted to collected this discarded rubbish & throw it back over the counter at them. But they would say it has nothing to do with us its our customers & once we have handed the food over the counter & its out of the door what has it to do with us..

Agreed.

 

[Melinda]

Both the people giving out the papers and the papers themselves are annoying as fuck. No I don't want your free paper... Its "free" because no-one else would buy this mistake ridden reprint of news.bbc.co.uk. And no I don't want your free paper. I just passed 15 of your paper chuggers up the road and I don't want your's either... And I no I don;t want your free paper even if you are blocking the exit to Leicester Square tube to try and give it to me. I have nicer toilet paper.

Absolutely agreed.

 

[Dead Cat Bounce]

Both the people giving out the papers and the papers themselves are annoying as fuck. No I don't want your free paper... Its "free" because no-one else would buy this mistake ridden reprint of news.bbc.co.uk. And no I don't want your free paper. I just passed 15 of your paper chuggers up the road and I don't want your's either... And I no I don;t want your free paper even if you are blocking the exit to Leicester Square tube to try and give it to me. I have nicer toilet paper.

I'm glad it's not just me.

I wouldn't mind the people who hand out the papers if they stood at the side of the pavement but no , they've got to stand in the middle of it blocking everyone who's walking whilst thrusting newspapers at everyone in a manner that resembles an octopus having a seizure.

 

[Front101]

Victoria Beckham going skiing is as relevant to London as it is to anywhere else.

The worst section is the 'text us your comments' or whatever it's called. Like opening up the door to a room full of screaming fucking morons, it's as if all the fucking idiots of the planet have found a voice.

 

[Xanadu]

I am tempted to collected this discarded rubbish & throw it back over the counter at them. But they would say it has nothing to do with us its our customers & once we have handed the food over the counter & its out of the door what has it to do with us..

Probably better to throw them at the owner of the shop instead of the workers behind the tills...