HoneyBBQ
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Dec 23, 2013 15:55:21 GMT -5
I just made sure one person in Seattle never litters again.
I was crossing a quiet street and a minivan passed me and tossed a huge handful of shredded paper out the window and drove away. I stopped to pick up the pieces and noticed the car stopped about a block down and watched me pick up all the paper shreds. I started walking back to work when low and behold the minivan pulls up beside me and starts demanding the pieces of paper out of my hand. Best I could tell, it was a check-in-to cash receipt with bank account numbers and a signed receipt with her name on it.
First she told me they blew off her windshield. I told her she was a liar because I watched her throw it out the window. Then she asked for the pieces back.
I told her no, they were mine, she threw them away. She started yelling at me and I told her she was the one that was littering, I was the one stealing her identity, and that she should be more careful in the future about where she tossed her trash. She followed me for another block yelling before she gave up.
Environment: 1
Litterbug: 0
Yes, I could have been shot by crazies, but honestly, I saw it was a woman in a mini-van. I guess I had some gender and car stereotyping going on subconsciously so I decided that she wouldn't pull out a sawed-off and blow me away for the papers.
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Post by The Captain on Dec 23, 2013 15:56:25 GMT -5
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Dec 23, 2013 16:00:55 GMT -5
Ya know, Honey.....there have been enough weird shootings and attacks in Seattle recently that that might not have been the smartest thing to do. Mini-van driving mommies are not restricted from doing sick things.
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HoneyBBQ
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Dec 23, 2013 16:03:08 GMT -5
Ya know, Honey.....there have been enough weird shootings and attacks in Seattle recently that that might not have been the smartest thing to do. Mini-van driving mommies are not restricted from doing sick things. True. In all honestly, though, I didn't know she was going to come back around and demand her trash back. I was just doing that whole good samaritan thing and it just played out this way. It did dawn on me that it wasn't 'super' smart but hell, once you're in that spot you just gotta run with it, I guess. |
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Dec 23, 2013 16:07:35 GMT -5
I think that the stabbing of the college prof and his g/f this fall really bothered me a lot. That couple coming out of a game was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time.
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HoneyBBQ
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Dec 23, 2013 16:09:28 GMT -5
I think that the stabbing of the college prof and his g/f this fall really bothered me a lot. That couple coming out of a game was simply at the wrong place at the wrong time. I walked right by there after the stabbing and saw all the cop cars and EMTs. Could have been us. |
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Dec 23, 2013 16:12:08 GMT -5
Crap! That's just a little too close!
All that I know is that in the 2 years I've been out here, there have been a LOT of incidents in downtown Seattle. Enough such that I carry when I go downtown by myself.
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Post by hoops902 on Dec 23, 2013 16:50:55 GMT -5
She's only going to learn her lesson if you really steal her identity. New YM project!
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Gardening Grandma
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Dec 23, 2013 17:03:22 GMT -5
Well I'm glad she didn't hurt you. I'd have been mad too.
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Post by milee on Dec 23, 2013 17:17:04 GMT -5
She's only going to learn her lesson if you really steal her identity. New YM project!
Let's not do anything illegal. That being said, we can all get together and help you to really annoy her.
PM us all her address and we'll keep sending her postcards telling her not to litter and that we are selling her info to our favorite scammers.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Dec 23, 2013 17:21:30 GMT -5
I know where you can go to sell the identity info you have. If it's just bank account numbers and a name you won't get much for it. Maybe $5. With a DOB and credit/debit card number you could get somewhere between $20-100.
Identity theft isn't that lucrative at the wholesale level because it's too easy.
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HoneyBBQ
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Dec 23, 2013 17:39:06 GMT -5
LOL. I just told that to her to get her goat. I tossed her trash. I'm not that vengeful but it is funny to think about.
I thought about calling the Money Tree or wherever with her name and transaction number and telling them that she littered everywhere but I figured... eh, money tree probably isn't filled with the most sympathetic folks (but I guess I could be wrong).
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Post by Cookies Galore on Dec 23, 2013 17:40:49 GMT -5
Crazies be damned, I'd like to think I'd do the same thing!
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Dec 23, 2013 17:45:32 GMT -5
Too bad you can't send her a photo ticket!!!  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2013 17:48:06 GMT -5
Hooray for you!  I despise littering. I'm not as brave as you though. I usually just yell litterbug as loud as I can to litterer. |
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HoneyBBQ
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Dec 23, 2013 18:03:41 GMT -5
If you REALLY want to mess with her, go to her house and steal her garbage. I've heard that freaks people out.  No way, then I might really get shot. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2013 19:16:42 GMT -5
It would have been funny if people contacted her and told her not to litter - from all over the US. LOL
Every.single.time I am in the woods, far, far way from humans I ALWAYS find a beer can. Is there some reason no one brings them home to recycle? I swear the local homeless dudes should go out in the forest to gather those suckers up.....
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Post by Bonny on Dec 23, 2013 21:14:27 GMT -5
It would have been funny if people contacted her and told her not to litter - from all over the US. LOL Every.single.time I am in the woods, far, far way from humans I ALWAYS find a beer can. Is there some reason no one brings them home to recycle? I swear the local homeless dudes should go out in the forest to gather those suckers up..... Damn Beer-drinking bears!
What a bunch of rude b*astards!
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Post by tloonya on Dec 25, 2013 13:43:03 GMT -5
I just made sure one person in Seattle never litters again. I was crossing a quiet street and a minivan passed me and tossed a huge handful of shredded paper out the window and drove away. I stopped to pick up the pieces and noticed the car stopped about a block down and watched me pick up all the paper shreds. I started walking back to work when low and behold the minivan pulls up beside me and starts demanding the pieces of paper out of my hand. Best I could tell, it was a check-in-to cash receipt with bank account numbers and a signed receipt with her name on it. First she told me they blew off her windshield. I told her she was a liar because I watched her throw it out the window. Then she asked for the pieces back. I told her no, they were mine, she threw them away. She started yelling at me and I told her she was the one that was littering, I was the one stealing her identity, and that she should be more careful in the future about where she tossed her trash. She followed me for another block yelling before she gave up. Environment: 1 Litterbug: 0 Yes, I could have been shot by crazies, but honestly, I saw it was a woman in a mini-van. I guess I had some gender and car stereotyping going on subconsciously so I decided that she wouldn't pull out a sawed-off and blow me away for the papers. Bravo bbq!  I hope we will be reading your posts long after this bravery. In a meantime pls make your car bulletproof. Please.  |
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