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People Littering Their Used Masks & Gloves

Pearlee — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 03:42:29 GMT

Ugh people are littering by just throwing down their used disposable masks and gloves in supermarket parking lots, on lawns, roadsides, leaving used gloves in shopping carts, etc.

What is wrong with people? All those items may have the virus on them and are strewn around and left for other people to get rid of.

All supermarkets have trash containers around. Why are people so thoughtless and inconsiderate?

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sunshine45 — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 03:46:57 GMT

yes @Pearlee i have seen quite a bit of it when i am out.....especially in parking lots. i think people are getting in their cars and taking off their gloves and dropping them outside their car door.

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Puppy Lips — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 03:57:24 GMT

That is disgusting. I never understood why some people don’t deal with their own trash.

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Carmie — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 03:57:28 GMT

I haven't seen this type of littering at all.

Maybe I don't go out enough. I try to stay home unless I have no choice.

I went to the grocery store today. It was crowded. The thing that shocked me was the number of kids in the store. One mother was there with an infant and nothing to cover it's face. I think I'd rather see the litter instead.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 04:04:34 GMT

Yup, I see it posted on my small towns FB. Horrible!

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KarenQVC — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 04:06:29 GMT

Nasty! We keep slider bags right in the car for exposed items. Drop the items in and bingo. Sanitize the hands.

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Tangocash — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 07:43:00 GMT

I saw about the litter tonight on the news. Sad...

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newname0 — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 08:12:47 GMT

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Lucky Dog — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 10:59:35 GMT

This is when you see people's true colors. Lazy.

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AngelPuppy1 — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:06:34 GMT

Here we are trying to wear masks and gloves to protect ourselves and then people are wearing them and just dropping them all over the place wherever they just feel like it! What is the point to us wearing these things to keep from spreading the virus if people are doing this???? Don't people have the smarts to realize that they are just causing more problems? It never ceases to amaze me --- the stupdity, ignorance and laziness of some people!!!!

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AngelPuppy1 — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:07:33 GMT

@Lucky Dog wrote:
This is when you see people's true colors. Lazy.

@Lucky Dog

Don't forget to add --- ignorant, stupid, inconsidate, etc.!!!!!

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ValuSkr — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:11:26 GMT

I've seen it in parking lots too. It may be time to enforce littering fines.

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CelticCrafter — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:17:41 GMT

@ValuSkr wrote:
I've seen it in parking lots too. It may be time to enforce littering fines.

Who and how would they be doing that?

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Mimi 1883 — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:28:45 GMT

@Pearlee Seriously?! What is wrong with people is right! 😧

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CherryHugs — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 11:39:33 GMT

So uncaring and disgusting! Someone has to pick all of this up too and these could be contaminated

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Stray — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:23:39 GMT

I thought it was only in my area. Very disturbing, thoughtless and dangerous

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drizzellla — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:37:52 GMT

We went to a grocery store and they were handing out wipes so people could wipe down the grocery cart before they went into the store. The parking lot had well over 100 of the wipes littered around the parking lot.

Then I went to a drug store to pick up a prescription and right in front of the entrance to the store on the ground were disposable gloves and wipes.

Makes me sad to think I live around these people.

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FiddleDeeDee — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:46:34 GMT

This may offend some people....

I took my youngest with me to do drive-by errands (banking, post office and Burger King) as the kid hasn't been out of the house in a month other than our deck. We have to pass by Costco and a super center Walmart to get to the bank and then to the post office. Due to traffic by the Costco (and Lowes and Aldi's and Trader Joes all in the same center) we wound up driving through the parking area of Costco. Didn't see any masks but boy, gloves were everywhere: pink ones, blue ones and cream colored ones. The pattern of removal was obvious because they were between cars (where the driver would get in/out) and not in the middle of the road. My son noticed it before I did. "What are all those plastic things...bags?" he asked. We started looking together and it was gloves.

Going past the Walmart we saw them as well but not as bad. Saw none at Aldi's or Trader Joes (well, he didn't as I was driving, lol). When we arrived home he said "you know mom, adults are disgusting. They have no respect for the planet." He looked away for a moment and then said "all the good people who died from this thing? Should be the ones who littered the planet with their gloves. Selfish people don't belong here".

Out of the mouth of babes.

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gardenman — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 12:52:28 GMT

Lots of people litter. I probably fill three or four trash bags a year from trash people throw out into my front yard. I've only had one medical glove since this started, but I handled it like toxic waste to get rid of it. We've had soiled diapers (both adult and child-sized) tons of fast-food wrappers and drink bottles. Even the occasional shoe ends up in my yard. It's nuts. I have to walk the yard before mowing to make sure I've got everything.

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luvmyteddy4 — Sat, 11 Apr 2020 13:49:55 GMT

People are posting on nextdoor app all the loose gloves they are finding on the ground. Regular gloves not the disposable kind.