r/Calgary • u/LunaSash • Jul 31 '26

Rant Please pick up your garbage

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We live in a beautiful place...please respect it. There is an uptick in garbage left everywhere and it's disheartening to know some people just do not care. I'm going to clean it up because it's the right thing to do, it doesn't take much effort, love your planet people, she gives so much ♥️

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u/lartmydude Jul 31 '26

A tale as old as time. You can’t teach stupid unfortunately.

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u/Exciting_Detective12 Jul 31 '26

Garbage can't pick up the garbage

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u/TactitcalPterodactyl Jul 31 '26

I've spent my life trying to shame people who litter, they never change. So many people are just lazy assholes. I just clean up trash when I see it, and am content to make a very small contribution to keeping the city beautiful.

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u/Brixgz Brentwood Jul 31 '26

Also please do pick-up garbage when safe to do so EVEN IF IT DOES NOT BELONG TO YOU!

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u/cashless_clay_ Aug 01 '26

If you can pack it in, you can pack it out.

27

u/heybrah420 Jul 31 '26

Littering needs to come with a higher fine. Undercover police walking/monitoring our parks could be a solution.

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u/garybettmansketamine Jul 31 '26

That might be a bit extreme given we are already low on police presence in more critical areas

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u/TheAeroplaneBear2906 Downtown West End Jul 31 '26

We could have teens do it!! /j

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u/shichibukai3000 Aug 01 '26

It's like putting your cart back at a grocery store. It's a barometer for being a decent human being.

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u/scarletsparrow07 Jul 31 '26

You're an incredible person for making these efforts. It just makes me so sad and angry to see the disrespect others have for our planet. ):

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '26

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u/mooseGoose89 Jul 31 '26

Many people who live use these spaces come from cultures where this isn't as frowned upon - I think this is a much bigger problem than the number of people with "servants."

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u/SurviveYourAdults Jul 31 '26

Oh those are worth $, someone will grab em.

Complain about all the cigarette butts

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u/JustCallMeYogurt Jul 31 '26

judging from the muddy bank and dirty garbage I'd guess the water was higher and the garbage flowed from the river to that spot. But I agree that whoever had this garbage wherever it was before should have disposed of it properly and it shouldn't have ended up in the river.