The world is your oyster not your dumpster

A few weeks ago, a Montrealer was caught on camera by his friend teaching someone the lesson in the subject line. He saw someone dumping the ashtray of their car onto the sidewalk, and promptly walked up to the car, picked up a handful of the discarded butts and dumped it back in the man's lap. Here's a CBC article with accompanying links to a video on YouTube, and a radio interview with him.

The act brings up a number of points to think about, from why people think it's OK to dump their trash in public areas, to why more people don't stand up to offenders. I'd like to think that most people would like to live cleaner, greener lives if they could believe they could make a difference with small gestures. I also believe that if we weren't afraid of each other and were more accepting of criticism, we'd be able to provide guidance to each other when messed up - pun intended.