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stir crazy
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After posting here around 12.20 am last night I took a taxi into the city centre and was lined up in a long queue up at the BanK of Ireland ATM in camden street. 4 gardai were at the top of the ATM and another on a pushbike.
While I was in the Queue, sober as a judge, bored of the wait and observing humanity on all sides, I watched a taxi pull up to the side of the road. Four girls left Flannerys' pub and barely 6 metres away from the group of watching guards they each threw a long lit cigarette onto the road and climbed into the taxi.
What really bothered me was ok this is an offense, not a hanging offense and plenty of people do it all the time but the guards could obviously see it being done and they choose to ignore it and keep chatting among themselves. And crucially for me , the girls werent one bit discreet about it either and litterbins were actually very conveniently located for them to use. Am I being uptight about this ? I just feel that the least that should have happened would be a lecture. Otherwise the culture of littering in this country will never change. Or do guards leave this stuff to the litter wardens ? Its not a huge offence in the grand scale of things and drunks leave worse messes but I couldnt help walking away from the ATM feeling less respect for the authority of the guards. What do people think about this ?
While I was in the Queue, sober as a judge, bored of the wait and observing humanity on all sides, I watched a taxi pull up to the side of the road. Four girls left Flannerys' pub and barely 6 metres away from the group of watching guards they each threw a long lit cigarette onto the road and climbed into the taxi.
What really bothered me was ok this is an offense, not a hanging offense and plenty of people do it all the time but the guards could obviously see it being done and they choose to ignore it and keep chatting among themselves. And crucially for me , the girls werent one bit discreet about it either and litterbins were actually very conveniently located for them to use. Am I being uptight about this ? I just feel that the least that should have happened would be a lecture. Otherwise the culture of littering in this country will never change. Or do guards leave this stuff to the litter wardens ? Its not a huge offence in the grand scale of things and drunks leave worse messes but I couldnt help walking away from the ATM feeling less respect for the authority of the guards. What do people think about this ?