Bubbie’s View this morning, is out the windshield of his ol’ Ford pickup truck. Sitting at a red light, five or six vehicles back from an intersection; the drivers of the two cars immediately ahead of him take their last drags off of their cigarettes and flick the white butts out their drivers’ side windows. Bubbie, a non smoker, is disgusted, annoyed, infuriated and saddened, all at the same time. He would like to ask those people why they think it is OK to toss those butts out of the window. Do they think that they are littering? Do they think that others may not appreciate seeing the millions of little white cigarette butts littering every roadside and parking lot? What about the fire hazard? Do they realize that throwing a burning cigarette butt onto dry, roadside debris can cause a fire? Do they care about the environment, or the legacy and lessons they are leaving our children?
Please, if you smoke, help me to understand the thought process behind this anomaly. Why don’t you put the cigarette out in your ashtray and deposit them in the garbage when you get to your destination? I suspect it is because the butts are dirty and smell stale after they accumulate for a few days, which smokers don’t care for; but I’d like to hear what the smokers’ answer is.
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Also, if you smoke on the road, please don't throw your butt out the window, this is coming from a convertible driver.
I live on a first floor apartment with a small porch. I like to sit outside, but a neighbor directly above me on the third floor tosses his lit cigarette butts down to the ground by my porch. They smolder there unless I go out and step on them. Our lawn is littered with the little white butts! I've complained to no avail; but why should I have too?
Thanks for speaking up Bubbie.
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