Reply #208: Revenge.

[Shiver]

We've been kicked out of bars, restaurants, most buildings that are not our own homes. We get vilified and lectured and looked down upon for our habit, as if we don't already know the risks. People give us dirty looks on the street for daring to pass by them with a lit cigarette, and a continuing crusade to take away our rights.

So, as revenge, the rest of the world gets to deal with our butts.

Seriously, though, I don't drive, so I don't do this, although I will admit that I do drop butts on the ground. I do it all the time. In fact, I did it ten minutes ago. In some cases, there is no ashtray or even a garbage can nearby, nor is there any kind of device or container to put them in to dispose of later. Sometimes I'm running late and they put the ashtray on the other side of the building. If I'm in a car and there is an ashtray, I use it. If there is an empty soda can, I use it. If there is a container of any kind that I can use to store a butt, I use it.

But an option like that is not always present.

So I guess I'm a scumbag. I'm a DUer who often tosses his butts on the ground with no second thought behind it. I try not to, but between situational circumstances and the head-injury that damaged my short-term memory five years ago, I sometimes forget.