That’s literally the patio of a commercial place that sells food enclosed in trash.
If they rely on volunteers to clean the trash, a lot of people are doing lots of things very wrong.
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abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoGenuine answer here, as someone who volunteers for the parks. A lot of times the budgets are tight, depending on whose responsibility it is to clean up the area and what services are there/nearby, the staffing just isn’t available. Yeah it’s a pretty easy thing to do in theory, but in practice when it becomes “okay and 2 hours of your shift is driving out there and emptying the cans” it’s not a far leap to just “Remove the cans, make the snack stand dispose of their garbage on their own”
I mean I get it, the cans are nice but also, like you’re an adult. Throw your trash away on your own.
“But then people will throw it on the ground!” Okay then pay someone to stand out there and slap every idiot that thinks littering is okay because they couldn’t find a can in 10 seconds.
It’s common decency in plenty of places around the world to take your garbage with you until you find a can. It’s not hard.
mmddmm@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
But you’ve removed all the cans rather than fix your budgeting problems.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’m sure the parking lot or your house has one. Why do you think other people should pay for your laziness to dispose of your own garbage?
Cryophilia@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s the function of the parks service. And it’s taxpayer money, so it’s my money paying for it too.
abigscaryhobo@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The function of the parks service is to maintain the parks, rivers, and forests (aka nature) of the area they operate. Idk what in your view makes “nature conservation” overlap with “making sure entitled lazy dickheads have a trash can every 10 feet they can ignore” but you might want to reevaluate your stance here. Govt funding is tight enough for these agencies trying to do what they can as it is. Catering to “But I don’t want to hold my trash for 10 minutes” like a whining baby is not their concern. Nor should anyones be. You’re a grown adult. Take your trash, shove it in a pocket or a bag until you can throw it away like an adult.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
So now instead of them being able to provide other services they need to continue piddling money away so you can be lazy and throw your trash where you please?
macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
With that logic, why go to this park? The parking lot is outside and with nature and your house would have trees and nature around. So we should just all stay home near our trashcans. Ridiculous.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
… did you hit your head today?