Darin in Chicago came across the note on the side of his neighbor’s garage just as he was throwing his own dog’s crap in the trash can. (This is kinda like getting out the new roll of TP, but then leaving it on the side of the sink to get wet instead of just putting it on the dispenser…except, worse.)
I don’t really understand the logic here either, but perhaps this particular dog owner is still dealing with the scars from dealing with neighbors like this one, from Ottawa:
related: This is not a trash can
99 responses so far ↓
#1
Quite Contrary
Would the note writers prefer the dog owners leave the dog crap on the note writers front lawn? Team-dump-in-the-nearest-refuse-bin.
Sep 1, 2011 at 7:45 pm rating: 43
#2
tzed
The old lady note is an actionable offense; threat of GBH.
Sep 1, 2011 at 7:46 pm rating: 13
#3
lagne
Unless the old lady’s dog is an elephant, I fail to see the problem.
Sep 1, 2011 at 7:50 pm rating: 17
#4
KT
I’m going to start using the head bolting to the hood of the car line. It’s a good one and my usual “I will stab you in the throat” pales in comparison.
Sep 1, 2011 at 7:53 pm rating: 16
#5
JGerman10
I get it! When you throw the poop in the can, it cooks in the sun. So every time you open your trash can you almost pass out. If you leave it next to the can, it dries out a bit so you can just throw it in the can without the enormous stink.
Sep 1, 2011 at 7:55 pm rating: 20
#6
Nack
A trash can is better than not. And what do you care? It’s going to go out with the rest of the trash. Usually it doesn’t matter at all. Now, leaving it -next- to the trash can, I don’t get that either. Garbage men don’t pick that up!
Sep 1, 2011 at 8:00 pm rating: 12
#7
everydayathena
I had to laugh at the photo from Ottawa. People here are strange when it comes to their dogs. It is the only place where you can take your dog to an off-leash dog park (amazing) and half the people will leave their poop bags hanging from a branch in a tree (disgusting)!
Sep 1, 2011 at 8:11 pm rating: 7
#8
Ol' Pal Steve
That smell in the trash can is lethal.
Sep 1, 2011 at 8:11 pm rating: 5
#9
Nahhh
The worst part is, the Old Lady doesn’t even have a dog.
Sep 1, 2011 at 8:21 pm rating: 49
#10
Twez
I reserve the right to put poop into any receptacle which is clearly marked “Property of [Town]” as in the first photo.
Sep 1, 2011 at 8:57 pm rating: 13
#11
Winston Smith
Welcome to my world.
Sep 1, 2011 at 9:05 pm rating: 0
#12
Me
I would call the police on the second note…
Sep 1, 2011 at 9:40 pm rating: 4
#13
S E
I too live in Chicago. If our condo mate picks the poop up in the yard it rarely makes it to the can. The bag of poop is tossed over the fence or hung on a nail on the fence. One bag sat on the ground next to the can for weeks upon weeks. In the winter time. I too am tired / fed up with lazy dog owners who only go half way in cleaning up their dog poo. Having rats /possums/ raccoons in the alley scavenging at the poop cafe is disgusting. News flash: the poop fairy does not exist. However, decapitation is a big extreme.
Sep 1, 2011 at 9:57 pm rating: 4
#14
DZ
TEAM GRANDMA FTW!!!
Sep 1, 2011 at 10:29 pm rating: 1
#15
pony girl
Bad Dump You!
Sep 2, 2011 at 2:33 am rating: 10
#16
T
Well the thing is, that’s NOT a trash can. It’s a green bin for food waste only (compost). Fecal matter is not allowed in the green bins. They probably got in trouble by the guys who picked it up, hence the sign
Sep 2, 2011 at 5:14 am rating: 9
#17
cinnamngrl
My thing is people that leave their trashcans on the sidewalk all week and then complain when the public uses them. Leaving your trash out all week is just as illegal as letting your dog poop all over.
Sep 2, 2011 at 5:59 am rating: 6
#18
KerstenKolache
This is bad, but not as bad as some jerk in our neighborhood. He picks up his dogs crap in the bag, then hangs it in the trees that line the sidewalk. F-ing douche!
Sep 2, 2011 at 8:32 am rating: 3
#19
divaandwriter
Speaking as a former New York City dog owner:
1. If you are walking your dog, and you pass one of those nice trash cans that the city puts out on streetcorners, you can toss a plastic bag of dog poo into it. Anyone who complains is just being an obsessive-compulsive, whining bitch or bastard.
2. You are NOT permitted to throw dog poo into someone else’s garbage can. If you do this, the owner of said garbage can is perfectly justified in picking it up and placing it over your head.
3. You are permitted to throw it into your own garbage can. It will be picked up with the rest of the garbage when the sanitation workers make their weekly rounds.
4. If you are being good about picking up after your dogs, just ignore the morons who come screaming out of their houses whenever they see you. (That’s a whole other story.)
Sep 2, 2011 at 8:35 am rating: 21
#20
anonymous
STEPHEN ROOT IS A KLINGON!
Sep 2, 2011 at 9:34 am rating: 0
#21
Hawk
I have two dogs. I pick up their shit. I think I am justified in putting that shit in the nearest garbage can (UNLESS there is a public garbage can around the corner, then I don’t mind holding onto until I find it.) I don’t know why people get so miffed about throwing poop in a bag in a garbage can… especially when you are the one leaving your can out on the sidewalk all week instead of rolling it up to your house. And would you prefer said shit on your lawn? Or picked up and thrown away?
Sep 2, 2011 at 9:48 am rating: 6
#22
pickup
I throw my poop bags away in the nearest trashcan I see (no public cans except in downtown). If the lid is left open, I choose that can. Most people here do not shovel their sidewalks in the winter (about 9 months here in Montana) and it can be very hazardous to walk around. I don’t feel bad about adding a little bagged poo to random trash cans. I do think about throwing the raw stuff into the lawns of people who don’t shovel their sidewalks or have dogs that lunge at us from behind a fence on a regular basis… but I’ll stick to throwing the poo away in the nearest trashcan instead of taking it home.
Sep 2, 2011 at 9:52 am rating: 4
#23
Kim
I can’t believe so many people think it’s OK to put their dog’s poop in a stranger’s garbage can. WTF? How rude are you? That is DOG FECES you are putting in another person’s property. That is so disgusting. It doesn’t matter that it’s a garbage can, it’s not YOUR garbage can. So suck it up, be a responsible dog owner, stop being a lazy piece of crap and carry it back to your own can and throw it out.
Sep 2, 2011 at 10:17 am rating: 25
#24
C
I really didn’t even realize throwing away dog poo was the norm. It seems kind of nasty to me since the can is never going to lose that smell. We dig deep holes for ours and cover it with special enzymes we buy for just that purpose. No smell and, pretty soon, no poo.
I suppose if you live in an apartment you’d have no choice, of course, but then you can just hold onto it long enough to put it in the large dumpster outside your building.
Sep 2, 2011 at 10:38 am rating: 6
#25
aj
So, by the logic of nearest can ok no matter who owns it, can I put my bags of cat poop and dirty litter into my neighbor’s trash can if it’s a little closer to me than mine?
No – that would be gross and likely actionable. I choose to have cats, their crap goes in my can. You choose to have dogs, take their poop home with you to YOUR can. It’s part of the deal. If you don’t like the deal, don’t have pets.
Sep 2, 2011 at 10:43 am rating: 17
#26
AC
Weird weird weird. I think it shakes down this way: If you want us to be responsible dog owners and enjoy the feeling of warm poop in our hands as we scoop it off your lawn and into a baggie, can you give us a break and not make us walk all the way home with it, too? And they call golf a nice walk ruined. IT’S AN EFFING TRASH CAN. They’re not SUPPOSED to smell good.
Sep 2, 2011 at 12:00 pm rating: 17
#27
treedweller
this is often a problem in parks, as well. I am continually seeing bagged poop sitting beside the trails I hike.
WTF? I’d rather see a pile of shit that will essentially disappear the next time it rains (it still does that, right?) than a plastic bag. Even if you fully intend to pick it back up on the way out, I still don’t want to see it. In one particular park, I routinely fill a grocery bag as I walk (with other trash as well as poop bags). If I am picking up poop from one of my dogs and another pile is nearby, I scoop and carry that out, as well. And still never make a dent in the detritus of discourtesy.
Sep 2, 2011 at 12:19 pm rating: 13
#28
Wayne
I don’t understand these dipshits either. Just like I don’t understand the lobotomites who pick up their dog crap in the countryside then hang their biodegradable dog shit in its non-biodegradable plastic bag from the nearest tree until the view they came to admire is spoiled by the sight of trees festooned with shite-filled carrier bags. Fuckwits.
Sep 2, 2011 at 3:33 pm rating: 10
#29
Smokey the Cat
So emptying my cat’s litter box and putting that in your trash bins would somehow offend all of you? Nothing like a good ten lb. bag of cat urine and poop to smell up a barrel! >^..^<
Sep 2, 2011 at 4:02 pm rating: 1
#30
Smokey the Caqt
I think I will start putting my ten pound bag of smelly cat litter in other people’s barrels….why should I smell it in mine?
Sep 2, 2011 at 6:43 pm rating: 3
#31
Smokey the Cat
Please excuse above TYPO!
Sep 2, 2011 at 6:43 pm rating: 0
#32
Uhh
I, for one, couldn’t care less if strangers put garbage in my garbage can. That’s what it’s for.
Sep 3, 2011 at 7:00 am rating: 12
#33
notolaf
Sheesh. I do this all the time. I’ve always been able to imagine some people getting a bit territorial about their trash cans, but I didn’t realize I was being criminal. In my own defense, most of the cans I hit* are the ones that are left outside all the time. I don’t want it in my own trash can because we usually put it in the garage, and I wouldn’t want to do that to someone else either. *Four days/week it’s either trash day or the day before trash day.
Sep 3, 2011 at 4:00 pm rating: 3
#34
KH
I have the kids launch the dogs poop over the backyard fence. It is a field full of poison oak. The dog has been trained to poop in sandy areas, and then we cover it up. I will not pick up dog poop. I am the human. The dog is the dog. I will not use plastic, something that will never break down. I just will not. When our dog dies, we will not have another one. Dogs should be able to run wild and poop wherever they want to.
Sep 4, 2011 at 2:17 am rating: 0
#35
misspiggy
good Lord, I’ve never heard of such shocking behaviour. Of course you have to carry your dog’s poop home – you don’t get any special credit for doing so, you just have to do it. If you don’t like it, don’t have a dog.
Don’t you people have dog poop laws? In the UK there is so much of the stuff that there are big fines for allowing your beast to poop without picking it up, or for putting it in the wrong place.
Sep 4, 2011 at 12:58 pm rating: 7
#36
Twez
Maybe this is one of those opinions which is very dependent on where you live. I’m in a midtown suburban area in a midsized Southern city. I’d be so damn thrilled if my neighbors actually picked up their dog’s crap that it wouldn’t even occur to me to be “disgusted” that someone put the bag in my can.
Sep 5, 2011 at 1:43 pm rating: 2
#37
K
I own a dog. I walk my dog every night. I make sure I pick up my dog’s poop and throw it away when I get home. Nothing annoys me more than several of my neighbors that don’t pick up THEIR dog’s poop. As far as throwing it in someone’s garbage? I’ve never done that, but I can’t say I’d really care (if the poop is in a bag and sealed up) if someone threw it in my garbage. At least it’s picked up.
Sep 6, 2011 at 4:29 pm rating: 0
#38
Canthz_B
At least the old lady gives a shit.
Sep 7, 2011 at 3:01 am rating: 2
#39
azurelunatic
The smell inside a trash can where bagged dog poo has been marinating unventilated is *amazing*. My aunt keeps a dedicated trash can outside and then takes that bag to the big bin at the last minute, to cut down on the gag-factor.
Sep 10, 2011 at 8:23 pm rating: 0
#40
Tyisha Jue
Come on, tell me how you really feel.
Sep 18, 2011 at 6:26 pm rating: 0
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