Squaddies are Different

Areas

I'm an ex-soldier, but I'm still a squaddie, a squaddie is not a role or position, its a state of mind. There are two basic people types, Squaddies and Non-Squaddies (aka Civies), many civies show signs of squaddidom, but unless you serve you can never truly be referred as a real squaddie.

So There are certain things that really grip my shit about civies, the first is areas.

Areas is the squaddie term for cleaning the localized area, picking up rubbish and the like (most often cigarette butts) but its ingrained into the squaddie psyche to clean up after themselves. So why the feck can't civies ? I have lost count of the number of half drunk mugs of coffee and sweet wrappers laying NEXT to bins, not in them, NEXT to them. If there's a brew area (that's a kettle and tea/coffee making kit for the unenlightened) then why the feck can't they wipe up the inevitable spillage, or perhaps, here's an idea, clean the spoon ?

Sorry for sounding anal but its basic skills and drills people, catch on.