check yourself

it's pretty hot outside today, so i thought i would venture down to one of the twelve starbucks within walking distance of my office for an iced coffee. normally i'm not a big coffee drinker, but those frappacino things are good, and if you put enough splenda in them, you can hardly even tell you're drinking coffee. $5.50 later (this may be why i have about 6 of these things a year), i was on my way out the door when i practically stepped right into someone's venti triple skilm three pump decaf frap (complete with whipped cream and chocolate sauce topping), which had apparently launched itself out of it's owner's hands and onto the sidewalk. the owner, no doubt a bitter and jaded dc resident, left the whole kit and caboodle right were it fell and was probably already back in line at starbucks to tell those defenseless baristas that his cup was defective and he wanted a new one before he drafted up a lawsuit. i mean, this person left the whole thing right where it fell. what kind of a JACKHOLE drops something on the ground and doesn't have the decency to at least pick up the cup, lid and straw and put it 3 feet away into the garbage can that it is plain sight? what kind of SLOB drops something and says, well, it's not my responsibility to pick this up, because clearly, this is starbucks' fault and they hire people to clean up messes like this, anyway. do not assume that the rest of us want to walk through your clumsiness, or that there are people just lying in wait to fall out of the sky and pick up after you. if you're going to be a big enough jerk to order a stupid drink like that, own up to your other mistakes. garbage cans are there for a reason, and this may come as a surprise, but it's not to hold the sidewalk down so you can throw trash all over it.