Getting the Habit of Throwing Trash in the Trash Can
Manila Commuter on Nov 13 2011 at 10:23 am | Filed under: Jeepneys
Courtesy of Team Bayani
When I rode a jeep in November 2011, I observed a couple across from me. The man opened a single candy package, put the sweet in his mouth, and then casually let the plastic packaging slip from his fingers through the long “window” opening of the jeepney, to be carried away by the rushing wind.
In contrast, his female companion also opened a piece of candy, but threw the wrapper in the makeshift trash can at the front of the jeepney, which, ironically, was also near the man, making it quite clear that throwing trash in the proper receptacle is a habit. She had it, he didn’t.
And, when a trash can is not available, it would be timely to remember — “Kaonting basura, ibulsa muna (Just pocket small rubbish)” — the signs of which I first saw in the Marikina area before being put up by the MMDA throughout the whole of Metro Manila.
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