My neighbourhood is a beautiful place to live. Be it fall, when the leaves all start to turn colour, the spring and summer when wildlife inhabits my backyard, or the winter, as now, when everything is covered in a glistening blanket of white, a walk through my very own neighbourhood can be absolutely breathtaking. I look forward to my daily walks with my dog, as just enjoying the quiet and the beauty with her is a peaceful start to any day.
Except, of course, for the garbage and dog waste that my neighbours think is acceptable to leave strewn all up and down the street. For the first day or two after garbage pick-up, I’m actually ashamed of what I see nearby. It’s as though the residents got together without me and decided to take part in some sort of Operation Feed the Crows of Hammonds Plains, and they’re doing a remarkable job.
I don’t understand what the problem is, how my boyfriend and I seem to be the only ones on the street who can remember whether it’s garbage week or blue bag compost week is beyond me. Big news friends, when garbage gets put out on a compost week, the garbage men leave it behind. Then, for some reason unknown to me, you leave it there! Right at the end of your driveways! The crows get to it, rip the bag open, and we’re left with an astounding collection of dirty Q-tips, empty toilet paper rolls, and other various rubbage that I don’t what to get close enough to to analyze. And even on the odd times when you put your garbage out on the right day, it still somehow ends up decorating your driveways and the rest of the street. On one particularly windy Tuesday, someone’s dirty maxi pad made its way into my yard and got stuck in a bush. Imagine my delight. Why, just today on my walk with my dog, I had to pull a Tim Horton’s wrapper out of her mouth, and then had to maneuver her away from the bottom of six different driveways to avoid little snow covered trash piles. SIX!!
Your garbage is only half of the problem. Pick up after your pet. Do you realize how disgusting it is when I have to pry my dog’s mouth open and pull your dog’s morning turd out? Come on, it’s actually the law, folks.
Isn’t the environment taking enough of a beating without us trashing our own back yards? What’s even worse is that most of you have children! This means that not only are you doing significant damage, you’re teaching the next generation to think this is perfectly acceptable. Honestly you should be ashamed of yourselves to so easily fall into the cliché of snobby rich folk who are too good to be bothered with their own trash or dog crap. Have some pride in your neighbourhood, and your planet. Have some pride in yourselves. —Fed Up
This article appears in Feb 2-8, 2012.
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I hope you enjoy when your dog gives you a “kiss” lick after he has a nice turd in his mouth. Smart animals indeed. Why don’t you teach your dog not to eat garbage and shit?
Most of the dumbasses with garbage strewn about are fools who think a garbage bag is somehow a good enough trash receptacle. Anyone who doesn’t use an actual garbage can is the fool you are speaking of.
another long-winded environMENTAL bitch. Nothing to see here….move along
It’s called complaining to the CITY, nit bitching online. Dummy! Try calling 490 4000 and register a complaint. You can do it anonymously. And stop being a stupid bitch.
Crows gotta eat!! I think that’s a grackle not a crow Double Jeopardy Ivan, still funny though.
Most people are idiots OP when comes to disposal of household items. For you, the evidence is in plain view.
yeah, that does look like a grackle. crows really like perogies
o.p., it’s a very great thing to pass along to the next generation of people. of course that should come to a screaming end on may 24 of this year. the mayans were wrong folks. you heard it here first.