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Originally Posted by Tinlar
If you have ever been through Austin Texas you have probably heard of 6th street; our club section of town. The smoking ban that passed here included clubs (something about providing a safe work environment... BS) so you can not smoke in the clubs. 6th street is lined with bars on both sides for probably a half mile. Now everone smokes outside the bars in the street. Sunday morning the ground is carpeted with cigarette butts ... literally carpeted. The club owners are refusing to do anything about it because the problem is in a public street; and they'd be happy to clean it up if the problem can be moved back inside their club where they can sell drinks.
Providing public ash trays and writing littering tickets have done nothing to deal with this issue. The city is considering lifting the ban for this reason alone.
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You know what this brings to mind? This conjures up the thought of parents trying to teach their seven year old to pick up their plate after dinner set it in the sink, and put the uneaten food down the disposal. The kid is so pissed at the thought of doing this, they instead fling their uneaten food all over the floor, and refuses to pick it up because it's not their job to clean the house. And the parents, instead of staying on them to do what they ask, reneg and just let the kids do as they please.