Thanks GA campers for trashing the property

mkneece521

I'm a lifelong Columbia native and love the Colonial Life Arena - hurts bad to see the area around the GA entrance trashed with half-full beer cups, cigarette butts, food wrappers and other garbage. At least pick up after yourselves. So much for environmental activism.

hedonist

Sorry to hear about this. I despise litterers.

gotthebottle

pigs

RP112579

Brutal. It's not that hard to throw shit in the garbage. Embarrassing.

lotsalemon

Littering really pisses me off. There's no excuse.

Empty Glass

I agree with everything posted. Police your area, not that hard and it's not someone else's job

FoxyRedLa

Hear hear, wtf.

thatbeat

Jackass

Dr. Delight

Are you surprised?

hedonist

Dr. Delight said:

Are you surprised?

Silly me, I actually am. I just figured people (PJ fans or not) are better than that.

Then again, I still see assholes dropping their cigarette butts on the street from their cars.

How does one do that with any semblance of conscience?

Thirty Bills Unpaid

hedonist said:

Dr. Delight said:

Are you surprised?

Silly me, I actually am. I just figured people (PJ fans or not) are better than that.

Then again, I still see assholes dropping their cigarette butts on the street from their cars.

How does one do that with any semblance of conscience?

And they'll justify why they did it as well.

F**king slobs.

If you know a smoker... and their ashtray is nice and clean... they toss their butts out after finishing their smoke. Basically saying, "F**k you, everybody."

I try to get into it with people I see do it. I want to pick up the butt and stuff it up their nostril. Then slap them.

hedonist

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

hedonist said:

Dr. Delight said:

Are you surprised?

Silly me, I actually am. I just figured people (PJ fans or not) are better than that.

Then again, I still see assholes dropping their cigarette butts on the street from their cars.

How does one do that with any semblance of conscience?

I try to get into it with people I see do it. I want to pick up the butt and stuff it up their nostril. Then slap them.

I wish I could do that, but in this land of crazy, rage-y drivers? No way.

nycrats

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

hedonist said:

Dr. Delight said:

Are you surprised?

Silly me, I actually am. I just figured people (PJ fans or not) are better than that.

Then again, I still see assholes dropping their cigarette butts on the street from their cars.

How does one do that with any semblance of conscience?

And they'll justify why they did it as well.

F**king slobs.

If you know a smoker... and their ashtray is nice and clean... they toss their butts out after finishing their smoke. Basically saying, "F**k you, everybody."

I try to get into it with people I see do it. I want to pick up the butt and stuff it up their nostril. Then slap them.

I agree littering sucks but you're last line really reminds me of this
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cjzshhdVJso

thatbeat

It's Columbia, sc folks.

given2fly23

So selfish. This "community" has really lost its way.

Dr. Delight

thatbeat said:

It's Columbia, sc folks.

What does that mean?

RobbyD462

Always clean up the party after the party!

Thirty Bills Unpaid

nycrats said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

hedonist said:

Dr. Delight said:

Are you surprised?

Silly me, I actually am. I just figured people (PJ fans or not) are better than that.

Then again, I still see assholes dropping their cigarette butts on the street from their cars.

How does one do that with any semblance of conscience?

And they'll justify why they did it as well.

F**king slobs.

If you know a smoker... and their ashtray is nice and clean... they toss their butts out after finishing their smoke. Basically saying, "F**k you, everybody."

I try to get into it with people I see do it. I want to pick up the butt and stuff it up their nostril. Then slap them.

I agree littering sucks but you're last line really reminds me of this
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cjzshhdVJso

Hahhahahahhahaha!

Best show ever.

"Hey. Ringworm."

PJ_Soul

mkneece521 said:

I'm a lifelong Columbia native and love the Colonial Life Arena - hurts bad to see the area around the GA entrance trashed with half-full beer cups, cigarette butts, food wrappers and other garbage. At least pick up after yourselves. So much for environmental activism.

Doesn't the staff at the arena clean it up? I'm not saying I'm okay with litterbugs or that kind of inconsiderate behaviour - it's definitely irritating when people act like assholes - but it's not like it was in the woods or something and harming the environment, is it? It's outside an arena, where there is normally someone who they pay to pick up garbage.

PJlive

What a disgrave? They even ALLOWED them to camp!

dimitrispearljam

Not cool..no bueno

hedonist

PJ_Soul said:

mkneece521 said:

I'm a lifelong Columbia native and love the Colonial Life Arena - hurts bad to see the area around the GA entrance trashed with half-full beer cups, cigarette butts, food wrappers and other garbage. At least pick up after yourselves. So much for environmental activism.

Doesn't the staff at the arena clean it up? I'm not saying I'm okay with litterbugs or that kind of inconsiderate behaviour at all - it's definitely irritating when people act like assholes - but it's not like it was in the woods or something and harming the environment, is it? It's outside an arena, where there is normally someone who they pay to pick up garbage.

That's kind of like if I were to toss my trash next to my trash can at work and thinking that the woman who comes in at night will pick it up...will pick up after me.

Seems rude, ridiculously so. The environmental side doesn't have much to do with it really; it's about courtesy, you know? Just not something I could or would do.

given2fly23

hedonist said:

Seems rude, ridiculously so. The environmental side doesn't have much to do with it really; it's about courtesy, you know? Just not something I could or would do.

Absolutely agree. Can't we all just be a little more considerate?

markymark550

PJ_Soul said:

mkneece521 said:

I'm a lifelong Columbia native and love the Colonial Life Arena - hurts bad to see the area around the GA entrance trashed with half-full beer cups, cigarette butts, food wrappers and other garbage. At least pick up after yourselves. So much for environmental activism.

Doesn't the staff at the arena clean it up? I'm not saying I'm okay with litterbugs or that kind of inconsiderate behaviour - it's definitely irritating when people act like assholes - but it's not like it was in the woods or something and harming the environment, is it? It's outside an arena, where there is normally someone who they pay to pick up garbage.

I don't think the staff they pay will clean up the outside grounds. Where the OP was talking about probably will fall to City of Columbia workers.

PJlive

Shit. It was alongside the building where they all camped. It was a fucking mess. Looked like a fucking bomb went off

PJ_Soul

hedonist said:

PJ_Soul said:

mkneece521 said:

I'm a lifelong Columbia native and love the Colonial Life Arena - hurts bad to see the area around the GA entrance trashed with half-full beer cups, cigarette butts, food wrappers and other garbage. At least pick up after yourselves. So much for environmental activism.

Doesn't the staff at the arena clean it up? I'm not saying I'm okay with litterbugs or that kind of inconsiderate behaviour at all - it's definitely irritating when people act like assholes - but it's not like it was in the woods or something and harming the environment, is it? It's outside an arena, where there is normally someone who they pay to pick up garbage.

That's kind of like if I were to toss my trash next to my trash can at work and thinking that the woman who comes in at night will pick it up...will pick up after me.

Seems rude, ridiculously so. The environmental side doesn't have much to do with it really; it's about courtesy, you know? Just not something I could or would do.

Well right. It's just like that: littering because you know someone else will pick it up. It's not appropriate or considerate behaviour at all, but I was indeed just responding the environmentalist comment. I don't see how that factors in when the trash is necessarily going to be picked up, probably that very same night.

PJ_Soul

markymark550 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mkneece521 said:

I'm a lifelong Columbia native and love the Colonial Life Arena - hurts bad to see the area around the GA entrance trashed with half-full beer cups, cigarette butts, food wrappers and other garbage. At least pick up after yourselves. So much for environmental activism.

Doesn't the staff at the arena clean it up? I'm not saying I'm okay with litterbugs or that kind of inconsiderate behaviour - it's definitely irritating when people act like assholes - but it's not like it was in the woods or something and harming the environment, is it? It's outside an arena, where there is normally someone who they pay to pick up garbage.

I don't think the staff they pay will clean up the outside grounds. Where the OP was talking about probably will fall to City of Columbia workers.

Whatever, same diff in the context of my post.

iwasatpj20

I saw that mess also, a disgrace and lack of respect for the property. Littering is a no-no.

Come on now GA people, you can do much better.

pljam

Environment rapist's ,pathetic

Foriginal Sin

PJ_Soul said:

mkneece521 said:

I'm a lifelong Columbia native and love the Colonial Life Arena - hurts bad to see the area around the GA entrance trashed with half-full beer cups, cigarette butts, food wrappers and other garbage. At least pick up after yourselves. So much for environmental activism.

Doesn't the staff at the arena clean it up? I'm not saying I'm okay with litterbugs or that kind of inconsiderate behaviour - it's definitely irritating when people act like assholes - but it's not like it was in the woods or something and harming the environment, is it? It's outside an arena, where there is normally someone who they pay to pick up garbage.

I worked at the New World in Tinley Park, IL in the mid 2000s. There is an army of employees cleaning up after every show. We'd go through the lawn in a fire line and pick up anything other than grass. It happens at every arena, stadium, amphitheater, etc. Is this worth a thread?

ldent42

Happens at every show. Not unique to pearl jam fans, not unique to this arena. It's deplorable and frankly the venues should refuse to open the doors until the people who've been in line have tossed their trash in a bin (which the venue would have to provide, of course.) I think it was on this board somewhere that someone posted a video about the clean up crews that get called in for festivals, they salvage whatever they can of the equipment left behind for charity and sort the remaining rubbish for trash or recycling.

Fairly certain it's a considerable contributor to the great Pacific garbage patch, or whatever.