I may be a dating myself, but do you remember that commercial "Give a Hoot... Don't Pollute"? This sort of applies to the food truck lots. Most of the foodies respect the lots and pick up after themselves, and then about 10-20% really don't seem to give a damn, and that really gets me upset.
Sure, 10% may not sound like a lot of people, but at a busy lot, for every 100 people who eat, 10 people just toss their garbage on the ground... that is actually a lot of trash!
Most of the time its not even foodies tossing their trash on the ground. The trash on the ground is caused from overflowing trash cans!
So why am I ranting?
We, the foodies end up getting hurt by this. First, the host lot sees trash piled in their lot. Then, the promoter gets warned, then yelled at if the trash isn't controlled. The host gets fed up and the lots get closed, and that means the food trucks lose a spot to sell food, and then you and I have to figure out where to eat the next Friday night.
What can YOU (the foodie) do? Well, besides the obvious (picking up your trash), please help and pick up the inconsiderate foodie's trash too. And... if you see an overflowing trash can TELL the food truck to give you an empty trash bag. Most likely the food truck vendor will come out and do it, but it doesn't hurt to lend a hand.
You can also help by tossing a few empty trash bags in the trunk of your car. (I went to the dollar store and got a box of the 30 gallon lawn bags). If you see an overflowing trashcan, just be a "good foodie" and start a new trash bag. Then, tell the busy food truck to tend to the overflowing trashcan when they get a chance. I'd also toss some Purell in the car as well.
It doesn't take much to help out... and ultimately this small sacrifice will save our favorite food lots.
