So there’s this secluded little park, right on Lake Washington, an idyllic in-city location for a warm summer’s night barbecue. And you just leave your garbage for others to pick up?
Who the fuck does that?
I’m okay with the beer drinking, even though alcohol is banned in Seattle parks, as long as it’s done in moderation. And I’m even okay with the illegal fire you lit on the beach, though you could’ve cleaned that up too. But what kind of asshole enjoys a beautifully maintained public park and then just leaves empty beer cans and raw chicken packaging and the rest of their garbage behind? How does one walk away from this mess, past empty trash cans, without feeling totally ashamed of oneself?
Sure, life can be tough in the urban hellhole. And often unfair. But not in this place, at this time. You’ve just enjoyed one of the most pastoral public amenities a big city has to offer, and you trash it for your neighbors who follow? What the fuck?
My guess is that the person was homeless and/or addict and they don’t give a fuck.
I know this location and NYC are two totally different settings, but if you think that is bad you should see NYC. And yes mostly from the homeless and the addidcts, but not limited to.
So Goldy did you clean up this mess or leave it there?
@1 How many homeless people have Costco memberships? Because the trash included a family-sized pack of chicken thighs and other Kirkland brand products.
@3 Yes, I cleaned it up.
My reaction to Sawant eventually being elected was a similar outrage.
@4 How many homeless have Costco memberships? I dunno. Some people recommend it. http://urbandumpsterdiver.word.....-homeless/
asshole @5…
You can always move to Idaho Falls. Lots of fellow right-wing fucking nut jobs for you to hang out with.
Skeee-daddle, why doncha?
re 5 — Are you really a chef or just a line cook at Applebee’s?
“How does one walk away from this mess … without feeling totally ashamed of oneself?”
The same way one votes Republican without feeling ashamed of himself — by having no shame.
@1, @2 The homeless did! The homeless did it! The homeless did it!
Lets see. Empty beer cans. Obama drinks beer. Therefore this must be Obama’s fault.
QED
I blame gay marriage.
@ Darryl @12
None of the queerfolk I know would stoop to drinking that swill.
@10 I wasn’t blaming the homeless, only stating that they contribute, in NYC, but many non homeless also offenders.
@12 – no, they only leave used condoms all over the place.
It wasn’t that many years ago that Costco accepting WIC (food stamps) was a big deal. Amazing how Goldy makes a leap to presume that being able to get a $55/yr membership card equates to not-homeless. It could well be the second card of someone they know ($0 of new expense).
@8, I’m a chef as much as you’re headless, I bet.
Judging by the brand of beer I would say somebody with no taste, namely teenagers.
@16: WIC is not the same as food stamps. WIC is a program to provide, among other benefits, supplemental nutritious food for infants, pregnant women and postpartum women (up to 6 months). The idea was to make fruits, vegetables, whole grains and other good food available to these groups. It is totally separate from food stamps. But you don’t care, do you?
@18, my apologies, WIC/SNAP/EBT… complimentary programs with the same goal of helping people eat.
So someone cooks raw meat over a hand-built fire in a park and you assume they *aren’t* homeless?
@20 et al, Jesus guys, why the desperation to pin this act of incivility on the homeless?
They used charcoal brickets. There were paper plates and plastic utensils and other Kirkland brand detritus. This was a cookout, not a homeless encampment.
@21: because it spares them any uncomfortable introspection.
Now that GOP states are criminalizing feeding the homeless, they’re moving here.
http://guardianlv.com/2014/04/.....s-a-crime/
@23 that is their point on all aid for the poor, cut it off, so they’ll move to “Democrat” held states, as a burden……why would they want to be responsible and help make America better, they are isolationists, they want the Bible and nothing else to govern, and then they have their own rules for themselves, they still get to lie, cheat, steal, commit adultery, and murder. Kind of like the Taliban.
@21 – Goldy, I had to laugh, although I know you weren’t trying to be funny. I’m sure the perpetrators that you speak of weren’t homeless. But here in NYC, every morning I come across littered food, in the same exact spot, at the corner of 8th Ave and 51st street. No sign of utensils or paper plates, strictly half eaten food, could be anything from chicken, fruit, vegetables, etc. I am sure it is got to be a homeless person but I also have had thought that it might be someone in the business that sits at the same spot….same spot, every morning a different type of food. I wish they would set-up a camera and figure who is doing it, and take care of the issue. Every morning there is someone cleaning it up. But without exception the following day there is more food.
Could have been kids doing the damage. Kids are notoriously irresponsible.
After many years in the service industry, this surprises me not at all.
Even if you put a trash can RIGHT THERE in front of a person, they will still just throw their shit on the ground more often than not.
Isn’t it possible the culprit is neither a Seattle or Washington resident?