a snapshot of irony
This glove, used to increase hygiene when handling food, is ironically now a piece of refuse in a laneway behind a well known cafe. When bins are collected and emptied some rubbish falls out. This is an unfortunate fact but I think Fitzroy businesses could spend a few minutes ensuring that their immediate surroundings are not littered with their own waste.
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September 8th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Red Tongue?
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September 8th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Not telling – it is common to many cafes so making an example of one is not really fair.
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September 9th, 2009 at 8:50 am
So you would of picked it up and put it in the bin right?
Or kept walking and thought ‘this will make a great post on my blog’…
l’m going with the latter.
Meh.
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September 9th, 2009 at 8:57 am
I pick up my own rubbish. So should the cafe. I’m not picking up rubbish from the ground of a filthy smelly laneway. Get real.
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September 9th, 2009 at 10:20 am
That sounds logical indeed.
The internets is a much more logical solution then say….leading by example / doing something tangible.
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September 9th, 2009 at 10:25 am
How much rubbish do you pick up in laneways? I fail to see a point to your criticism. Responsibility for this problem lies with the businesses whose rubbish clutters the lanes.
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September 9th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
I don’t see too much of it around. I’d say the pavement it sits on did more damage to the lovely ecosystem we talk of it destroying… Honestly, I reckon the little bit of waste I see laying around gives the streets of Fitzroy a bit of style and scumminess that I miss from the suburbs.
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September 10th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Did you tell the cafe that they need to be more vigilant about their rubbish disposal?
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September 10th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
To repeat myself, I don’t want to make an example of one business; it is a widespread problem I noticed and chose to comment on.
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September 11th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Having a word with the proprietor is hardly making an example of them.
And how does this attitude fit in with your battle with the council over food hygiene records? Surely then it’s not fair to make an example of a business with a poor hygiene history when it’s a widespread problem?
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September 11th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Is it my place to tell people to pick up rubbish? Your expectation is inappropriate. To be impartial and fair I would have to talk to many businesses as the problem is common and I don’t have the time. Why don’t you do it if you are so concerned? My point is to draw attention to the problem, which is partially about hygiene and partially aesthetic.
Litter in a laneway caused by sloppy emptying of bins into bigger bins or rubbish trucks is no reflection on hygiene in food premises. There may be a positive correlation between indifference to hygiene inside and outside but there is no evidence to support this.
A dirty laneway does not give me food poisoning. As ratepayers we pay for inspections to be carried out, standards monitored and maintained and data to be collected. As we pay for this service I believe we own the data and should have open access to it. This has nothing to do with litter in laneways.
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