Street food

Street food is very in right now. I mean, it's always been in...but now it is in vogue, if you will.

You and I have to seek out street food, and then pay for it. Not Bela.
During our walks, she has her fair share of treats, at absolutely no cost.

In the past (and without the nose of a dog), I had never noticed an abundance of fare for the taking. But oh...are there things to be had.

Bread. Bread is a big one. Lots of buns, rolls, and the like. Pizza. Partial pieces, tossed aside. A stray chip, fallen from the bag. Chicken bones. Damn chicken bones. 

I don't know about you, but I have never in my life been walking down the side walk, eating, and decided that a)I didn't want the rest of my food (I'm too frugal and stubborn for that) or b)that in this case, I would or should TOSS THE REMAINDER OF MY FOOD ON THE SIDEWALK BEHIND ME.

Who are these people doing this? Not only are they obviously wasteful, but environmentally disrespectful, to boot! And dangerous! They are orchestrating dangerous little dances, between dog owners and dogs, wherein the owner must pry the foreign object their dog's mouth, in case it is something harmful.

And while I named the most commonly found food items above, there have been some items of note as well. An entire McDonald's Sausage McMuffin. An entire Reese's Peanut Butter Cup! Now, have the morons who tossed these items aside ever TASTED these items? They're fantastic!

I know that gum is often found on the ground, and I may have even spat out a piece or two in my own lifetime, but...never on the sidewalk. The street, or better yet - the sewer.
But some people like to spit their gum in the grass, next to their granola bar wrappers. (At least they ate the moderately healthy and most likely delicious granola bar.)

Yesterday, after arriving back home after an outing at the park, Bela lay down to rest. And on her underbelly was a matted piece of mint gum.

I guess I should look at the bright side of it. That gum would have really freshened her breath after the Cool Ranch Dorito she had on the way to the park.