A work colleague told me this story Friday. On his way home from work, he spotted a large chunk of metal in the middle of the road that had apparently fallen off or from under a vehicle. This was a major roadway, and traffic was heavy, but he pulled over the curb and dodged traffic to drag the thing to the curb. At that exactly moment, a large van pulled up, woman and two kids inside. She rolled her window and shouted, “How dare you set such a bad example for my kids by littering.” He was stunned and tried to explain, but she wouldn’t listen and kept bitching him out. Finally, he just threw up his hands and walked back to his car. This guy is one of the nicest, kindest people I work with, and I daresay the woman set a worse example for her kids than she wrongly accused him of being.