It IS trash! It IS trash!

So, I was waiting for a train on the Red Line and this woman next to me stood up, walked to the tracks and threw half a peach onto the tracks!

I pointed to a nearby trash can and said, "Ma'am, there's a trash can right there.  Don't throw your trash on the tracks!"

She bristled and started yelling, "It's not trash!  It's not trash!"

I told her that with millions of people in an urban environment, it's trash... not to mention that she'd only be feeding one of the trillions of rats in our fair city.

She didn't seem to get it.

I can only imagine that she thought the thing would gently decay into compost and enrich the gravel bed of the iron rails.  What a lovely image, yes?

Nope!

Use the trash cans, people!!  It's really, really, really basic sanitation.  Basis sanitation is a good thing.