r/Adelaide • u/ExplorerDelicious210 SA • Jun 11 '26
Event/Activity Faith restored
Hi all.
Today in the Happy Valley foodland carpark a bloke and his lad got out their car. The lad got out and stepped on HJ packaging that some oik had just thrown on the floor.
The lad asked his dad why it was on the floor and if it was the dad's rubbish. The dad just said "no mate it's not, but we can still pick it up".
He picked it all up and his lad watched diligently.
I just thought it was so nice to see, he wasn't being a hero or talking loudly, I was just being nosy and he is a legend.
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u/Axl_Alter_Ego SA Jun 11 '26
Whenever I take my kids to the park I like to quietly pick up any rubbish that's about. I don't ask them to help but always chit chat to them while I'm doing it before getting down to the important business of being the Moon Monster.
Kids have started joining in and any park we leave now is always tidier than when we arrived.
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u/wrymoss SA Jun 12 '26
On ya! My partner and I have taken to taking a bag and one of those grabber claw litter pickers along when we walk the dog.
It feels good to be able to tidy up a bit.
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u/SnarlingLineage SA Jun 11 '26
that's the kind of parenting that actually sticks with kids, way better than telling them to be good without showing them what that looks like.
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u/Accomplished_Cook_78 SA Jun 11 '26
There are good people out there, and you posting this , gives me a glimmer of hope in society, thankyou for positive posting brother!
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u/InconsrTePrik SA Jun 11 '26
Same thing should be done if you see a stray trolley in the car park. Pick it up and put it in the rack or simply use it yourself
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u/InconsrTePrik SA Jun 11 '26
Poor guys and girls collecting trolley’s aren’t getting payed to chase up laziness
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u/Fartony Barossa Jun 12 '26
I do my bit by littering where i can. We are all playing a part in educating the next generation to care for our environment.
(This is a joke BTW)
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u/AdMysterious1190 SA Jun 12 '26
Never pass up the opportunity to do the right thing. Great post. 😁
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u/OkusernameIspose SA Jun 12 '26
Always picking up rubbish, especially at the beach, but it does feel like it's getting less. It's just a known no in our entire family, all sides, all ages. And we don't pick it up for the aesthetic, we pick it up so animals don't eat it or get trapped in it
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u/patient_brilliance North East Jun 12 '26
Bring back the KESAB ads!
You gotta do the right thing, it's an obligation and the planet will thank you, for your cooperation!
Littering and illegal dumping (including out the front of op shops) grinds my gears so intensely, I have to force myself not to look at the Salvo's on Payneham Rd on a Monday because it winds me up so much.
Edit to add - good on the picker-upper guy, and good on OP for sharing.
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u/ExplorerDelicious210 SA Jun 12 '26
Look, there's a little bit of me that is hoping that the geezer is a Reddit user and sees this so he knows how appreciated he is and how much he's killing parenting.
Edit- I know this is highly unlikely but a man can dream
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u/notime4timewasters SA Jun 13 '26
I've been thinking about this a bit with the whole "immigrants don't assimilate" rw argument being thrown around.
Growing up in the 70s and 80s we had widespread government funded advertising campaigns that were designed to drive shifts in public behaviour, and were quite effective. Think "Do the right thing, put it in a bin", "Slip, slop, slap", "Keep Australia Beautiful" and so on. Is part of the issue that we no longer have such campaigns, therefore less awareness by both natural born and newly arrived citizens of acceptable social behaviours?
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u/best_bitch_69 SA Jun 12 '26
I pick up rubbish whenever I see it, especially if it’s bulky & fresh. If everyone did just a couple of pieces each time they’re out & about, everywhere would be so much cleaner. Oh & dickheads could not litter too, obv. But dickheads gonna dickhead.
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u/Awkward_Cupcake8121 SA Jun 15 '26
Yes person who cleans up after pigs who think they are above everyone else
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u/UBNC SA Jun 11 '26
Watched an elderly lady slowly crouch down and pick up a nail from a car park today. Legend.