Do people speaking on their mobile phones in public realize that they are in public, or are they trying to impress those around them by their ignorance?
A woman, obviously a tourist, was speaking very loudly on her phone, bragging about how she had seen tar balls on the beach in Pensacola, Florida. She lamented the fact that the tar balls were only 1-2 inches in diameter and wondered why everyone was so up in arms about their appearance on the beaches. She noted that the beaches were quite deserted, with only clean-up crews around to pick up these "little balls of tar."
Does she not understand the consequences of the presence of these "tiny" tar balls on some of the most beautiful beaches of the Gulf Coast? Does she not realized that the BP oil spill, the cause of these tar balls has caused irreparable damage to the entire Gulf of Mexico? That the fishing and shrimp industry has been damaged, that the migratory birds have had their habitats destroyed?
The tar balls on the beaches are serious, not something that tourists should be gloating over.
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