What gives here?

What gives here? This afternoon I again cleaned the block directly in front of the Jean Dean Public Safety Building on 10th Street at 7th Avenue. That facility houses the City of Huntington Police Department, the Huntington Municipal Court, and the Amazon.com call center is located on an upper floor.

After almost an hour spent picking up hundreds of cigarette butts and assorted litter right in front of the main entrance to the building, where many of the Amazon.com call center employees congregate to smoke during their breaks, I was absolutely stunned when two of the young ladies finished a friendly chat and their smokes and casually threw down the butts on the sidewalk right in front of me! What gives here? I was wearing a bright green vest with "VOLUNTEER" blazing across the front and back, and I was carrying a bright orange litter pickup-stick and a large black plastic bag! I had been rapidly picking up cigarette butts - one after the other within earshot of them! HELLO? Couldn't you see me? My better judgement dictated that I not say anything, because I was so angry. Instead, I have decided to make a personal visit to the management of the Amazon.com call center on Monday. That company and their employees must assume personal responsibility and be held accountable when they violate our litter ordinances.

Again, I ask this question - who is the person ultimately responsible for the management and daily operation of that city facility? Why must volunteers have to continuously keep the space in front of that city building free of trash, litter and cigarette butts? Whoever is in charge needs to provide proper litter disposal units and cigarette disposal dispensers at this entrance and service them on a daily basis. The litter disposal units in the area are currently located at each end of that block, and building employees and pedestrians are not using them - I suppose because they don't want to walk a half-block away to ensure that block stays clean and neat.

What gives here?

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