Am I a jerk for calling him in?
 

I was parked at the Pilot in Battle Creek, MI earlier, and a SNI truck was parked across from me. The guy was in his driver's seat, enjoying his McDonalds lunch. Apparently, he didn't like his fries or something, because he opened his window and tossed them out onto the ground. I guess getting out and waddling his fat ass to the trash can that was sitting right behind his truck was too much work, so I figured I'd let SNI know what a great example the driver was making of their company.

Am I a jerk for giving a damn?


(BTW, since they have an automated phone system specifically for situations like this, they obviously want people to call in on their drivers....)

Litter bugs and those who flip their cigarette butts out the window rate up there with child molesters.
you done right by me. Ya should of found a broom and walked over to him and say. ' here driver, i see you need help sweeping your mess up, then hand him the broom and walk off. Oh heck , might as well go find the Pilot Manager , and let him know whos littering in his lot. :twisted:

LOL i do throw my cigarette butts out the window. If another driver would ever come up to me with a broom i would laugh right in his face.

BTW Rev in a way you did the right thing but i dont think your phone call will do much good.

I can understand your frustration of litterbugs, even lawbreakers of any extent. I wouldn't have called that particular offense in, but I am on your side, and care less about the litterbug.

As far as throwing cigs out the window. I retired last April from my Fire Dept. Throughout my career, we got a surprising amount of calls, to Wild Land fires, we confirmed were started by cigs. I won't go on about that further, as we all know the obvious results of that carelessness.

A criminal act is a criminal act. I've done my share of acting poorly, and now, I find it hard to look down on anyone else. I have limits though when I will take action against a wrong doing.

We need to be more proactive, but sadly there would be no end to it.

I think you should have walked over there -- with a broom and asked him to be more considerate--- and give him a choice-- either clean it up OR you were going to 'drop a dime' on him with that phone call system.

Maybe, that would have caused him to ASSAULT you--- then, you'd have something serious against him.


I find it really a sad sign of the times--- everyone's got a cell phone and willing to report -- little crap like this-- but, when it comes to Big stuff that could get you landed in court as a witness---there could be hundred people standing around and nobody saw a damn thing.

yeah, you did the right thing--- but did the parking lot get cleaned up?-- will that driver just be pissed that some anonymous person ' sprinkled some crap in his cornflakes' and make it a point to dump more garbage around then flip the bird to the world( just in case there's someone watching again)

Did he dump the fries out or the fries AND the box?

If it's biodegradable, it ain't littering.

-p.

Yeah, but since it was fries---- should have called PETA ; some poor animal might get 'heart disease' or become 'obese' from eating those fried foods.

I don't litter, ever, in a parking lot or going down the road. And although I used to, I don't throw cig buts out the window anymore either. Too many wildfires in the beautiful country that I get to drive through.

But, I'd sure like to see someone come up to me if I DID throw a cig butt out the window and tell me I'm no better than a pedophile! I might even pay his hospital bill when I was through with him! :roll:

Now, Skier, I ain't got nothing against you, heck.... I was looking forward to some good talks with you about the mountains and such. But, you just made one ASSININE statement!

No.

It was McDonalds, so it isn't biodegradable. :lol:

I picked the third option, simply because I'm under the impression that you were expecting it to be selected. And far from me to disappoint, you know?

Anyhow, I don't see what the big deal is. When I drove OTR, there was nothing I enjoyed more than parking in a truck stop at the end of a day's driving, then walking through the trash filled lot, taking in the scenery of plastic bags and piss bottles strewn about the asphalt, while enjoying the succulent aroma of rotting food and urine. Nothing like that to whet the appetite, let me tell you.