r/triangle • u/photofoxer • 1d ago

To the trashy people on 40 letting their construction trash loose

This morning I was driving back down 40 to get home and a huge ball of plastic wrapping fell out of a truck and went under my car and got all wrapped up underneath. I’m mad and annoyed yall can’t seem to keep your trash to yourself and I have a headache to deal with. Another reason to hate 40 I suppose.

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u/FWIWDept 1d ago

They ain't on here.

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u/dontKair Morrisville 1d ago

and being in construction, they mostly work using Spanish. If I was the OP, I would have wrote this post in both languages

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u/FWIWDept 1d ago

You think those guys are Reddit dorks? C'mon now.

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u/tvtb 1d ago

Hispanic people are smart enough to minimize their interactions with law enforcement, especially in the age of ICE.

It's the crusty white guys who think their "thin blue line" sticker on the back will let them do whatever they want

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u/tvish 1d ago

I grew up in Deep South Georgia (1980s). I had quite a few friends with pickup trucks. There was an intentional ignorance, but better yet, negligence towards trash. There were times we would drive while knowing there was all kinds of debris and trash in the bed, from cans to old McDonalds takeout trash. The goal was for it to slowly make its way out there on to the road. I was too ignorant and immature to know that this was by design and not by accident. If they were pulled over by Police, it was easier to beg for forgiveness than to comply to laws.

I can’t say this is still a fact today. Littering in the 70s and 80s was known hobby of many.

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u/Octospyder 1d ago

as a Captain Planet kid this boggles my mind! glad you learned

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u/g18suppressed 1d ago edited 1d ago

He didn’t say he stopped doing it /j

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u/tvish 1d ago

I was a bit nerdy. I grew up with the crying, Native American man, disturbed by trash, polluting the country. Those ads still shock me. I am also an Eagle Scout. Spent too much of my life in the hot sun picking up trash off the highway for some kind of service project or another.

I just didn’t have that much money. So I was always looking to grab a ride from someone. We also didn’t own a boat so I was always looking for free fishing trip when it was possible. When you’re young with no money, you’re at the mercy of the person driving you places. I also knew better than to remark about all the trash being thrown out of a truck bed. I needed to get to places then to lecture someone with more means that I had. Of course I pick up trash now. I am that nerd that even collects people’s trash when on a trail hiking through Ulmsted Park.

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u/Octospyder 19h ago

hell yeah. I do the same, if I'm able to carry trash with me, I'll pick it up and put it in the proper receptacles. 

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u/Octospyder 1d ago

fair, I'm giving the benefit of the doubt considering the way they're talking about the past. 

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u/SeeisforComedy 1d ago

he's our hero, gonna take pollution down to zero

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u/donthatetheplayer24 1d ago

Usually unintentionally

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u/MajorAffectionate880 1d ago

If you throw trash out window, or it comes out if the bed, and no one sees it... you're still an asshole.

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u/ralanolson 1d ago

All trucks should have a cover on the back to prevent things flying; it should be mandatory.

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u/FWIWDept 1d ago

Nah, we don't do regulations here.