Some idiot smoker doubled my commute time today. You have to be a total moron to throw your cigarette butt out of your window into the brush on the side of the freeway. Today, we were treated to a brush fire. Its a giant display of stupidity.
I was in a discussion with some friends about smokers over the weekend. I know there were more smokers when I was a kid, but I feel subjected to more smoke now and we couldn't figure out why. I think it comes down to courtesy. I used to hear people say "do you mind if I smoke?" a lot as a kid, but never anymore. Now, you leave a movie or a hockey game and there's a crowd stuck on a corner waiting for the crosswalk light and a smoker will light up in the middle of a hundred people and assume it won't bother anyone.
I get that smokers have the right to their disgusting habit. I'm not sure why that entitles them to be a nuisance to everyone around them. Throwing the butts on the ground is just being a pig. Maybe I should start spitting my gum out on the ground, its small, it won't be that noticeable.
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