Epic street battle as private guards try to fine man for dropping cigarette butt
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J Ed
Follow Back Pro Expropriation
He isn't exactly a very passionate advocate of himself lol
FridgeMagnet
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Yeah, that guy. The thing is, when he's not winding up PCSOs and coppers i.e. most of the time, he just has this dull spiel about consumerism addressed to people going shopping, which is really cringey sixth form stuff. Through a megaphone.
BigMoaner
Some Might Say
My b-I-l is from there, it's a very depressing place
it's incredible, isn't it? i got htere early for a long walk around. i was actually gobsmacked at how run down that place is in areas. it reminded me almost of thsoe documentries about Detroit etc. mile up mile of boarded up old factories, waste lands of dumped shit, swirling hurricanes of litter. how can a house in those areas be worth anything? how would it ever sell? industrial decline. square mile upon square mile of neglect. easily the most run down place i have ever seen in the uk, and i've been all over. the difference between the SE and that place is just two different worlds and its out of order.
stethoscope
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BigMoaner
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makes me sick. cut everything within an inch of its life and expect fucking volunteers to sort it.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
It's basically dead, his family still live there, they are teachers, hardly any jobs in private industry at all, there is no equivalent in the south east. Yet Harrogate is an easy bike ride away, as posh as Kensington. Bonkers.
I don't believe the vast vast majority of people really care. I have been dropping fag butts for nearly 30 years, I don't ever recall even a dirty look.
BigMoaner
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can we come arond and flick our fag buts in your front garden?
FridgeMagnet
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I don't think many people care in public places—the proof being that there's not really any social pressure not to do it.
Personally I don't think anyone should drop fagends in the street. I'd like it to be common that people have those little pocket ashtrays, so that they can put fagends in them until they get to a bin. But in the grand scheme of things it's not a massive issue.
Personally I don't think anyone should drop fagends in the street. I'd like it to be common that people have those little pocket ashtrays, so that they can put fagends in them until they get to a bin. But in the grand scheme of things it's not a massive issue.
I don't have a front garden. The street is not your front garden.
Yes, you can. Stomp on rollie, pick it up with a bit of paper hankie or similar, and put in pocket. It's kind of important to extinguish it properly, though, otherwise you get a little fire in your pocket. I know this.
Bahnhof Strasse
Let's av ya fuckin' dancin'!
I like Hong Kong on the fag issue; quite large fine for dropping, but large ashtrays on bins every 100m. Wound up to filth by sparking a fag with a match and not binning it but not dropping it either until finished the smoke.
Lol, love it.
Pcso walks up to you when youre a bit drunk and asks if "y'alright mate" or "can you not smoke there mate" and you can see their heart break a bit when you say fuck off you're not even a real copper.
I just wanted to see how far your pettiness went, it seems to go as far as other people.
FridgeMagnet
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People are not going to do this though because it makes your pockets stink of fags, any more than they spit chewing gum into the wrapper so they can throw it away later. They could but they don't and they won't.Yes, you can. Stomp on rollie, pick it up with a bit of paper hankie or similar, and put in pocket. It's kind of important to extinguish it properly, though, otherwise you get a little fire in your pocket. I know this.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
Japan also has quite strict public smoking laws but loads of places to smoke. It seems to work in Tokyo. You're not allowed to smoke while walking in a lot of areas, but you can find an ashtray to hang around (usually near a street drinks machine) without too much trouble.
I'm not risking setting myself on fire just to appease someone's petty obsession that a tiny bit of paper and fluff lying on the pavement seriously impedes their quality of life. Anyway if you leave a bit of baccy in your butt it will probably get picked up by someone that needs it in a busy city centre.
sealion
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive
The video is one of his better days then.
I had a run in with that wanker in yellow some time ago in camden.He is a nasty cowardly fucker.
I'm sure a lot do. Anyway, I've usually got a wee pocket ashtray. In fact, LIDL has little tins of mints that work very well as pocket ashtrays. Of course, one has to eat all the mints first, which is a great sacrifice.
sealion
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive
Yes, Dave's "big Society" is in motion.
beesonthewhatnow
going deaf for a living
If you smoke, you stink anyway. It makes zero difference.
Gramsci
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There was interesting programme about this on radio
Litter, Costing the Earth - BBC Radio 4
In other countries they deal with this differently. In one they have litter ambassadors who instead of fining people engage them in conversation asking them politely not to do it. Apparently it works.
Another person in programme lived in France for years. When came here he was shocked at the amount of litter people drop compared to France. And goes around himself to pick it up.
Litter, Costing the Earth - BBC Radio 4
In other countries they deal with this differently. In one they have litter ambassadors who instead of fining people engage them in conversation asking them politely not to do it. Apparently it works.
Another person in programme lived in France for years. When came here he was shocked at the amount of litter people drop compared to France. And goes around himself to pick it up.
FridgeMagnet
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It's one of those situations where you basically agree with what somebody is doing but also find them annoying outside of that.The video is one of his better days then.
I had a run in with that wanker in yellow some time ago in camden.He is a nasty cowardly fucker.
FridgeMagnet
Administrator
If you smoke, you can't tell that you stink. You can tell that your pockets are full of ash though.
according to the Daily Telegraph around half of people drop litter (proper litter, not fag butts) so you can stick this moral majority crap up your arses as well.
fucks sake, I remember when you could kick the crap out of a bus shelter and folk would mind their own business. I am from Bradford though, so probably just scum.
fucks sake, I remember when you could kick the crap out of a bus shelter and folk would mind their own business. I am from Bradford though, so probably just scum.
sealion
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive
The tourists seem to like.
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