Halifax, I love you. I’ve always loved you. But what the fk is up with the dirty fking nasty smokers that walk on your streets!!?? I have moved away and been to many other cities in this wonderful country of ours, only to return, on my once a year vacation, to the province, and the city that I love, to see it littered with cigarette butts. So you smoke, big deal. Yes, you’re now forced to go outside to do so, letting us righteous non-smokers enjoy all the glory inside. But, when you start littering your fking habit on the streets, that’s where I must take a stand. Pick up those fking cigarette butts!! I want nothing to do with your gross, cancer stricken, disgusting smelling, yellow fingered, yellow teeth habit! So, put your fking butts in one of the gazillion designated “butt out” bins on every corner of the city!!!!! Thank-you smokers of Halifax!
—runninw/abrownie
This article appears in Aug 13-19, 2009.
Since you are a non-smoker, I’d like to throw in my nicotine-laden two cents. I agree that a sea of cigarette butts is completely gross. I don’t actually enjoy throwing them on the street, though I can see how non-smokers might get this impression. You are correct, there are many “butt-out” locations around downtown. But one of the most common places you will find smokers is outside of a bar, which is one place where butt disposals are pretty hard to come by. Would YOU carry something burning in your hand until you found an appropriate receptacle? Should I put the flame out on my tongue? Should we put used condom receptacles in high-traffic prostitution areas because that’s gross too? I see your point, but well – your point is ridiculous and entirely unfeasible.
What, did part of your vacation plan include rolling around on the sidewalks? Keep your ignorant, pseudo-sense of superiority in whatever shithole burg you emerged from.
Better yet, YOU pick them up if it irks you so much, and throw yourself in the fucking butt-out bin while you’re at it.
There were far less cigarette butts on the street before the government decided to make us go outside and then didn’t provide enough Buttstops. When we could smoke inside at least our butts ended up in ashtrays.
So, non-smokers, it’s really your own fault our streets are littered with cigarette butts.
It’s the nonsmokers fault? Good one. I totally agree that there should be more ashtrays outside, but that’s the city’s responsibility. Don’t get all pissy because you have to go outside to smoke, the fresh air will do you some good.
Nobody gets my sarcasm…
Fuck you OP… I’ll litter my cigarettes into your face if you say this to me in person… lol
Fuck off OB, now you are reaping what you sowed. Too fucking bad. Boo hoo.
I’m ODB to you young man…
An old, er, flame, carries a little metal Altoids box around with her and puts her butts in it. Not a big deal. I stuff garbage in my pockets all the time, get home, throw it away.
I’m a smoker but I’ll be damned if I litter up the ground with my butts. I have a simple method: wiggle/twist the cigarette so the ‘heater’ falls to the ground, and you’re left with just a filter that can be thrown in the trash, or shoved in a pocket until you find a receptacle. It’s careless and inconsiderate smokers that give us conscientious smokers a bad name.
That being said, OP can fuck off with their ‘righteous’ judgement and generalization of smokers. Preachy non-smokers make me want to dump a truckload of cigarette butts on their front lawn. Acting like a superior asshole isn’t going to make anyone respect your point of view.
whoever you are, i’m crying big purple turds for you. don’t like the smoke, move out of the way. you nons make me fucking laugh, kay, got a good rip for this bird. let it fly, me, i won’t waste my precious smoke time on.
I am curious. When I eat a chocolate bar on the street I do not then toss the wrapper on the sidewalk. If there is not a garbage can nearby I simply crumple it up and put it in my pocket until I find one. So here is an idea. Take your ciggy, butt it out against the brick building and wrap it in a little piece of tinfoil (or something) that you keep in your pocket and then dispose of it later. There now. Was THAT so difficult? It could be worse though. I was at an event at the Banook Boat club last weekend and the smokers were flicking their butts into the lake. I am sure that the ducks and fish appreciated that.
Nevermind – I love you and want to bear your children, you brilliant human.
I would prefer to deposit my cigarette butts in an ashtray, but guess what? Most of the time it’s impossible to find one that isn’t littered with Starbucks coffee cups, or food wrappers or something else that will surely catch fire if I throw said cigarette butt in there.
Awwww! Ain’t you sweet!
I’m with Meow, it isn’t that hard to make sure your cigarette is out and then simply throw it in the trash. I’ll carry the burning butt until I find something to put it in- if there’s no bin around, down the sewer grate works just fine.
Sewer grates: Nature’s ashtray! 🙂
Dude get over it!
i think they should provide us smokers with more butt stop things to put he butts in it makes sense!! there are alot of smokers here and it would make everyone happy!
One night while on a break, a few of us went down for a cigarette. This guy pulls up in a pickup truck and parks it in the fire lane and leaves it running while he jolts in to use the ATM. It took him about 5 minutes to conduct his business. On the way out he pauses just long enough to spew some vulgar language in our direction. Considering the obvious, we ignored him.
Most smokers are considerate, but they’re getting a bit perturbed at being treated like social pariah and are starting to fight back. To those anti-smoking nazi’s out there that cringe at the mere sight of a cigarette pack, I have only one word of advise for you – Caution. Your attitude might result in unforeseen consequences – unforeseen by you only.