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And by nice, I mean don’t yell at me.
I’m laying on my towel on Folly Beach with friends on Saturday, this lovely Memorial Day weekend, when a woman walks up and offers us a trash bag. Since we already had several beach bags and an empty cooler, we politely declined. She then said firmly, “well, be sure to pick up your trash.” We looked around quickly and said, “oh absolutely.” She then raised her voice at us and said that there was a cup under one of our chairs (so firmly tucked beneath a chair, by the way, that it was not in danger of being blown away). Then she followed it with, “I don’t want to have to clean up after a bunch of tourists.”
Whoa, whoa, whoa. First of all, I’m not a tourist. Secondly, we weren’t leaving or even thinking about leaving. It was a beautiful day at 2pm. I could see if we were packing up and had failed to pick up our trash, but this was a completely unwarranted criticism.
So I just wanted to say that yes, it is very important that we keep our beaches clean, but let’s also not forget to keep them nice. We’re known for Southern hospitality and the one tourist that was with us was appalled, asking if this was “the norm.” To be accosted by the natives? No, ma’am, it is not. And let’s keep it that way.
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