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This Happened To Me
Please Judge Me On The Evidence
The day I got told off for someone else’s litter lying about.
In February 2021, we had a 6-week lockdown due to concerns about the COVID-19 Delta variant. We were allowed to leave our apartments for exercise and essential shopping as long as we followed social distancing regulations.
After being stuck for 4 weeks in my apartment I needed to get out and socialize. A friend joined me for a 30-minute walk in the vineyards. We decided to have a takeaway coffee from a bakery in town on our way back.
Close to the bakery was a public seating area in front of a small apartment complex. We sat down as there were not many people about. I lit a cigarette and we chatted away about this and that.
It was heaven to be outside and socialize a bit.
I used my empty coffee cup as an ashtray. Thirty minutes later I lit another ciggie. A lady stormed out of the apartment complex and started screaming at us. Totally flabbergasted I asked her what was wrong.
She pointed at a couple of cigarette buds lying on the paved area in front of the seating area. Her screaming pitch increased by an octave.
“Why do you throw your cigarette buds on the pavement? I have to…
