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For a while I worked in an office “strip” — we had a pharma company, a CAD company, etc, and also next door to us in the biggest suite a company that provided s
by gumby 3y ago
For a while I worked in an office “strip” — we had a pharma company, a CAD company, etc, and also next door to us in the biggest suite a company that provided some sort of CPAP machine services to the general public.
I was fascinated / upset that the two parking spots closest to that place always had trash (which would blow around) — often fast food wrappers. the entrance was perhaps 10 yards from the parking spot and there was a bin in between, so 5 yards away. I’d see people pull up, open the car door, dump their trash out, then exit the car and head for the business.
Obviously there were more people parking there (higher throughput) than in the other spots, where someone would come to work and leave their car all day. But if there is a small n% of litterers in the population it felt (not scientifically) like this group had a higher percentage than the population in general.
This left me wondering since what the psychology is. Unfortunately this article didn’t really get into it despite the title. I grew up the opposite way (pick up litter as you walk around) so I find this weird.