24 August 2013

Spot the odd one out in Braddon

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This in from elevendollars:

I took the following picture in delightful Torrens St Braddon this afternoon. I was shocked that someone had dumped their MacDonalds packaging on the ground right next to a garbage bin. Have reported to appropriate authorities.

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Maybe the Condamine Court/Jerilderie Court arsonist has calmed down a bit.

There seems to be a generation now that has such a issue with the world in general that they feel compelled to chuck their macas out the car window at any opportunity instead of disposing of it thoughtfully when they reach their destination. When I was a kid in school we had regular clean up duty scheduled, and spent a class picking up rubbish that kids hadnt put in the bin at school. Sorta stuck in my mind to put things in the bin after doing it about a hundred or so times.

I presume they dont get students to do this anymore?

My faith in humanity took a small hit as I read through these comments.

qbninthecity9:14 am 26 Aug 13

Pretty sure I heard the knuckleheads that burnt the bin in the wee hours of Sat night/Sun morning.

This is what we get for having the garbage collectors going on strike. sighs

Freewheeling6:35 pm 25 Aug 13

This actually made me lol

Thanks rioters, to be honest it looked like some sort of plastic but buggered if I could work out what it was,massive fail. Message to self, when in doubt read the tags, torching a bin 🙂

Primal said :

bundah said :

Bugger the maccas rubbish i’m more interested as to what the object is to the right of the bins?

It’s an ex-rubbish bin. It has ceased to be, it’s bleedin’ demised, etc. etc.

Can it go in the recycling?

bundah said :

Bugger the maccas rubbish i’m more interested as to what the object is to the right of the bins?

It’s an ex-rubbish bin. It has ceased to be, it’s bleedin’ demised, etc. etc.

bundah said :

Bugger the maccas rubbish i’m more interested as to what the object is to the right of the bins?

Burnt / Melted wheelie bin.

bundah said :

Bugger the maccas rubbish i’m more interested as to what the object is to the right of the bins?

Well exactly – the point of the original post was pretending that it’s about the Maccas discards, when of course it was about the bin-B-Q. Something not picked up by the initial responses! (I despair a little)

bundah said :

Bugger the maccas rubbish i’m more interested as to what the object is to the right of the bins?

It’s a melted bin. That, I think, was the whole point of the post!

bundah said :

Bugger the maccas rubbish i’m more interested as to what the object is to the right of the bins?

Well, it was once a bin. Now I guess it’s just rubbish.

bundah said :

Bugger the maccas rubbish i’m more interested as to what the object is to the right of the bins?

A puddle of plastic?

Bugger the maccas rubbish i’m more interested as to what the object is to the right of the bins?

justin heywood11:03 am 25 Aug 13

Roundhead89 said :

mr reason said :

“McDonalds’ sponsorship of Clean Up Australia Day has always stuck me as an enormous irony, and has greatly reduced my motivation to take part in the last few years.”

Not an irony – a tactic.

A bit like how they added salads to the menu as a sop to nutritionists when everybody knows that everybody heads straight for the burgers.

..so who is at fault? Are Maccas supposed to force their customers to choose the salads?

Seems to me that of the myriad of fast food franchises, they are the best of the bunch. They DO offer healthy choices, they DO contribute back to the community, but they take all the heat for the unhealthy lifestyle choices and general bogan behaviour such as this.

Roundhead89 said :

mr reason said :

“McDonalds’ sponsorship of Clean Up Australia Day has always stuck me as an enormous irony, and has greatly reduced my motivation to take part in the last few years.”

Not an irony – a tactic.

A bit like how they added salads to the menu as a sop to nutritionists when everybody knows that everybody heads straight for the burgers.

I thought the pic was gold already – but the responses have turned this into some kind of crazy riff on “elephant in the room” …

mr reason said :

“McDonalds’ sponsorship of Clean Up Australia Day has always stuck me as an enormous irony, and has greatly reduced my motivation to take part in the last few years.”

Not an irony – a tactic.

A bit like how they added salads to the menu as a sop to nutritionists when everybody knows that everybody heads straight for the burgers.

“McDonalds’ sponsorship of Clean Up Australia Day has always stuck me as an enormous irony, and has greatly reduced my motivation to take part in the last few years.”

Not an irony – a tactic.

McDonalds’ sponsorship of Clean Up Australia Day has always stuck me as an enormous irony, and has greatly reduced my motivation to take part in the last few years.

IP

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