tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post2076536789479126372..comments2024-03-28T19:35:05.313-04:00Comments on The AC is On: Not Letting GoAnvilcloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-42319096948769579452016-08-20T16:25:35.986-04:002016-08-20T16:25:35.986-04:00I hear you! I'm happy with my mailbox, even th...I hear you! I'm happy with my mailbox, even though the snowplough takes it out from time-to-time!Jenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-46550075601728973972016-08-16T11:33:29.918-04:002016-08-16T11:33:29.918-04:00I agree with Jayne. It's a matter of respect. ...I agree with Jayne. It's a matter of respect. Even the golden rule! I have to use a handicap parking space due to my arthritis. It really pi##es me off when some thoughtless person leaves a cart in those spaces. I feel that if you're able to get out and about, even if you have a handicap, you should be able to put the cart away where it belongs. As far as trash is concerned, I live in a neighborhood where a new convenience store has opened just a block away. I also live at the junction of two alleyways. I am constantly picking up candy wrappers, soda cans and bottles, bags, and other detritus from walkers who have visited the nearby store from my yard. Talk about things that stick in your craw. "Didn't your mother teach you better than that?" is correct. No, evidently not! The walkers are not children, they're adults! Sad, isn't it?Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05048908920247516125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-24777803748663756922016-08-16T05:11:52.044-04:002016-08-16T05:11:52.044-04:00Same here, except with the thought, "Didn'...Same here, except with the thought, "Didn't your mother teach you better than that?" I think it boils down to respect for others. Period.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057094040409159429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-78370915666137997812016-08-15T22:40:40.225-04:002016-08-15T22:40:40.225-04:00Bravo for picking up the trash. With my fragile w...Bravo for picking up the trash. With my fragile wrists, I'll just let you tidy the shopping carts. :)Magehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333086721654817750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-57850053607886406182016-08-15T20:00:09.783-04:002016-08-15T20:00:09.783-04:00This is so funny! I regularly pick up our ditches ...This is so funny! I regularly pick up our ditches around here.<br />These mailboxes are so awful. What a step backwards. <br />Good for you for picking this stuff up I'm proud to know you!Jenn Jilkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05259681360456905055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-80619773736142752202016-08-15T12:06:42.985-04:002016-08-15T12:06:42.985-04:00There's a big wooden box with a slot in it nex...There's a big wooden box with a slot in it next to our array of 8 mailboxes, and people have been trained to post their discarded junk mail into the slot unread. The property manager empties the box whenever it gets full and recycles it. Those companies insist on filling our boxes with this rubbish... don't they realise we just throw it away before even looking at it? Well, I do anyway. Perhaps not everyone does.Shammickitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11969803866899076638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-6919774678948681052016-08-15T09:41:12.898-04:002016-08-15T09:41:12.898-04:00As you know, we now live in an apt community, and ...As you know, we now live in an apt community, and people here are just as thiughtless and careless. Some have left furniture items in the trash room, other have left their bagged garbage there without putting it down the chute. And, some will place a bag in the trash chute but nit oush it down, leaving it for the next person to do so. And, yes I too return my shopping cart and try to straighten out the rows, but Inlike KG's comment about suggesting the person who leaves it by his/her car shiuld be spoken to...I just find it easier to move it myself. Some folks may not take kindly to being reminded of their inconsiderateness.<br />And, good for you and your fellow neighbors for correcting the misdeeds of others in not recycling.Beatrice P. Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281239556392874979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-80887565326114206782016-08-15T08:39:22.436-04:002016-08-15T08:39:22.436-04:00I'm another shopping cart tidier. I saw a meme...I'm another shopping cart tidier. I saw a meme on Facebook -- something like "I won't judge you by your appearance' I WILL judge you by how you return your shopping cart." Yep.Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-77435645058390160792016-08-14T20:11:47.695-04:002016-08-14T20:11:47.695-04:00We are fortunate to still have home delivery, even...We are fortunate to still have home delivery, even though I seldom receive mail any more. Flyers are annoying but stuffing them between boxes is irresponsible. I shop at grocery stores where carts "cost" 25 cents to release. People tend to return them properly in order to get their coin back. To get a cart at Walmart here, you have to use a loonie. I never buy more than what I can fit in a hand basket there. Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892804871759397018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-42882497454094004282016-08-14T11:38:52.924-04:002016-08-14T11:38:52.924-04:00AC--By George, I think you've hit upon a commo...AC--By George, I think you've hit upon a common tidy up theme. Cart straighteners! I can't abide the fact that people abandon carts right where they had their car parked. Unload the groceries, get in the car and drive away. I have been known to walk up to a person getting ready to get in the car, leaving said cart in the parking lot, and saying--Here, I'll take your cart back to the store so you DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. Of course what I mean is--you are so selfish you can't even take the time to return the d#mn cart. <br />Ugh--the people who stuff junk mail in the communal mailbox area! Do you ever SEE someone doing this? I know I wouldn't be able to keep my mouth shut.KGMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05165941950953938943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-14830181750850434052016-08-14T10:53:00.259-04:002016-08-14T10:53:00.259-04:00Yes Im a cart straightener upper too. But other pe...Yes Im a cart straightener upper too. But other people garbage not so much unless it end up on my yard...troutbirderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-61950465551074275042016-08-14T10:40:16.662-04:002016-08-14T10:40:16.662-04:00the junk mail turned litter is very sad. i will wa...the junk mail turned litter is very sad. i will walk my cart to the 'trap' and push others into it, too. TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-86454639121070533802016-08-14T09:31:43.936-04:002016-08-14T09:31:43.936-04:00My husband cleans up stuff on our hikes. I clea...My husband cleans up stuff on our hikes. I clean up at other places. I also like to help keep the carts in the shelters without spending a lot of time. I think you ought to get a recycle bin on wheels near the mailboxes and then once a week wheel it to the trash pick-up site. I DO NOT think this is reflective of a mental illness. It is just tidying up our world.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11053208644196545549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6998770.post-72950352307756866442016-08-14T08:01:18.082-04:002016-08-14T08:01:18.082-04:00I do the same thing with the carts as you do. I al...I do the same thing with the carts as you do. I always thought it was the teacher in me, wanting to make things flow more smoothly for people. What irritates me more, is the people who don't return the carts to the proper place. I will do it for a cart in the area where I park. From a distance, I watched a man one day roll a cart downhill towards a corral. It barely missed several cars. Unbelievable! I hope it is not Alzheimers!Marie Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882722634065183364noreply@blogger.com