How do you feel about people who flick their cigarettte butts out the window
By RealIolo
@RealIolo (1854)
United States
November 16, 2006 1:50pm CST
of their car while driving down the road? Are you a motorcyclist who has been hit by one of these fire bombs? Or how about people walking by your home and they flick them into your yard?
In the car, we have these things they call ashtrays so there is no need to litter.
In the military they taught us that we could crush the fire out and roll between our fingers to get the tobacco out and put the butt in your pocket till you get to a trash can or ash try!
Do you think people who do this are thoughtless of others?
How does all this make you feel? What do you think?
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@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
24 Dec 06
This drives me wild, too. I am always afraid that a butt or a hot ash will land on my car- I buy a new car every several years and am neurotic about keeping it looking good, so this would be devastating to me. I also can't stand to see butts lying all over the place,especially in front of entrances to buildings. It's a filthy, disgusting habit.
I used to smoke many years ago, but I had an ashtray in the car and I used it. I hated when the ashes would fly back in the window at me if I tried to use the window! I would be in trouble now, if I still smoked, because the new Toyotas don't have ashtrays or lighters in them. I think that they may be available as an option, but I'm not sure. Just goes to show that smoking is NOT COOL!!!
Recently I had the cable people in my backyare fixing some lines that came down in a storm. One guy was out there chain-smoking for about 1/2 hour and dropping the butts in my yard. I didn't have the nerve to confront him, but I did call the cable company to complain about it. I wondered at the time if I was being petty, but it seems from reading this that a lot of people would have done the same thing.
@RealIolo (1854)
• United States
24 Dec 06
I don't think it is petty at all. Those butts don't decompose for years! It is very inconsiderate and rude in my opinion. I have some neighbors who keep flicking their butts into my yard. I flick them back aiming for their porch! After all, that is where they came from!