I keep seeing it all of the time. People buy plants, impress people, have no use for them after that and toss them like trash. It is not a healthy way to think about living things. I recently created a photo-journal called "Progress Report". I watched 7 houses demolished, many trees ripped apart and dragged from the ground (even a few fruit trees). I have photos of large rose bushes buried in the rubble along with many other flowering plants. I took photos of a dandelion flowering between the treads of the back-hoes and machinery. An elderly woman asked me to help her save one of the rose bushes but it was buried too deep.
I wonder how that affects how people think about and treat each other...