Readers who follow this blog know I abhor the sheaves of plastic garbage bags that COTA feels compelled to offer its il-litter-ate customers, many of whom use them as seat covers, which end up on the floor and often out the door to add to our tremendous stream of plastic garbage. Here's a recent scene on the bus--though I have seen worse when I did not have my camera on me; on a recent day, I counted more than 15 of these horrible bags littering the seats and floor of a bus. More than one driver has told me they are tired of picking them up day after day. I cringe every time I see a selfish rider pull off a bag and spread it over their seat. My dander rises even more when the lazy bums just leave them there when they disembark. Riders seem to think, like many people these days in general seem to do, that "someone else" will come along and pick up after their asses. WRONG, PEOPLE! BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR TRASH, AND PICK THAT BAG UP AFTER YOU'VE SPREAD YOUR ASS OVER IT.
While I always find this annoying to see on the bus, THIS had me totally incensed when I spotted it in the community garden next door to my building last month.
And no, I did not "plant" the bag there. A few days later, again without my camera, I saw no more than FIVE COTA bags littering the lawn of a building that houses doctors' offices at 18th Avenue and East Main Street.
COTA buses had ads that boasted about its new "green" headquarters downtown a couple of years ago. The authority won some kind of award for the "green" features built into the North High Street building it occupies downtown. I propose that the award be rescinded until COTA cleans up its act, and gets rid of these loathsome plastic bags.
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