While we were on vacation last week, we saw a municipal employee emptying the trash cans, then carrying bags up a large number of stairs to haul it them off. We asked him about this as at every other beach we've been to, the trash is collected by a truck that drives along the beach. He said that is how they do most of them, but there are 26 locations in the area where we stayed and the next town over where they are not allowed to do that. We got the impression they are too bougie to allow that. We told him how badly we felt for him as the bags are heavy. Also, it's Florida, and it gets very hot in summer. He said it was not pleasant. This made me so irritated. People emptying the trash help your beach stay nice. Why on earth would you make their job harder?
I was reminded of when we visited Palm Beach, Florida several years ago. Heavy construction is not allowed "during season". When is "season" you ask? Why, the winter, aka the most comfortable time for construction workers to labor. But, that might disturb the ritzy folks for whom all this stuff is being built.
A little common sense advise: don't make life difficult for those who make your life nice. It's not logical and it's not being a good human either.
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