[sancochojoe]

I remember when I was walking in colonial in Santo Domingo, and this young lad about 8 or 9 threw a piece of trash on the ground while standing right next to a trash can.

I was angry, but I walked up and picked up his trash right in front of him and put it in the trashcan and walked away. I happen to glance back at him to see his response, and he just stood there staring at me in amazement. I just winked and kept on going.

I personally can't stand it, even when I see it in the states. Some people do it here as well while standing right next to a trash can. Sometimes you see more trash all around a public trashcan then you do inside.

P.S. Vent
There is one form of litering that seems to be worldly exceptable, no matter how clean the country is, and that is throwing cigarette buts on the ground. That irritates the hell out of me, but nobody complains about that.