What kind of person are you? How many of you consider yourself considerate of others? I imagine most of you will say “Yes, I am considerate of others”. However, upon further investigation into the true being of many people, we often find that many are selfish, rude, and downright inconsiderate.

It takes an immense amount of power to admit, “Hey, I’m a Jerk and I really only care about myself and my immediate surroundings”. Most will never even seriously question themselves on the authenticity of their compassion. It’s too rough for the ego to become aware of this type of thing. Therefore, many continue an existence that is lacking in sincerity, love, and true wealth. They blindly live as inconsiderate humans wasting space on earth.

The reason I bring this up is because too many people go through their day to day actions with complete disregard for others. I’m speaking of a specific action that many of you do. You can deny it, but you are only lying to yourself, and are only further perpetuating the problem unless you realize right now that yes, you are a Jerk.

I’m talking about “littering”. So many people litter, it makes me sick. People try to justify their abhorrent behavior by saying things like “This is New York, and everybody litters”. Most don’t even think about what they are doing when they do it. The reason is, they just don’t give a shit about anyone but themselves.

Last week I was in San Diego, the place where my litter hatred started. I lived on the Beach in Mission Beach and daily I would watch people leave their trash in the sand, while a trash can was always about 15 feet away.

I have a huge hatred of cigarettes. I’m so anti cigs that I won’t even touch a pack of smokes. Once I had a friend who was down on his luck and really needed a drag. He had no money to buy any smokes either. My friend tried to give me a pack to take to him on my way home, but I refused. I physically won’t even touch them under no circumstances. My friend was irate and could not understand my reasoning. I didn’t care and was unwilling to budge at all.

Despite my hate of touching cigarettes, I created something amazing at that beach in San Diego. I created a device that would clean up over 300 cigarette butts in the sand in just one hour. It was basically just a broomstick attached to a wire screen mesh contraption that would sift in the sand and collect tons of cigarette butts. Soon I created a 501 c3 non profit organization to clean up all the assholes trash in my front yard (the beach).

While in San Diego last week I had a friend who selfishly left her smokes in the sand. Of course I made her pick them up, and she thought I was a dick. Maybe I didn’t have the most polite tone, but that’s not the point. I wouldn’t of had to reprimand her had she had some decency. Of course she acted like she was going to pick up the butts, but I knew better. The only reason she picked them up was because I was so insistent.

Two hours later, my hunch was confirmed when I saw her throw another cigarette butt into the street. I said “You know that when it rains, that cigarette will go straight into the ocean (likely the river in your city)”? She could of cared less. It was just one more cigarette ( I hate even typing the word) to add to the hundreds of other ones.

This is like saying, all people drink and drive, so why should I stop? Well, later that day she was drinking and driving too. Needless to say, this girl was no longer my friend. Yes, I will terminate a friendship with someone over something as small as this. If you are so inconsiderate that you think it’s okay to pollute other people’s surroundings, you are no friend of mine. The odd thing was, her house was insanely clean. She was a neat freak. Neat in her own home that is, but when she left the house, nothing mattered.

Now I won’t name any names, and my girlfriend will probably be mad at me for talking about her friend, but hey, I hold people accountable for their actions. If you act like an asshole in front of me, don’t expect me to duck tape my lips. And don’t act like I’m the one that is out of line when I check your ass. Anyone with any bit of compassion could easily see that I’m not the one in the wrong by me merely suggesting you use the trash can.

So, the next time you decide to throw your cigarette butt into the street, ( I don’t even care if it’s in the slum in Cleveland), please think twice. The only reason many places are slums and disgusting is because of inconsiderate assholes like yourself who refuse to do something as simple as use a garbage can.