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First of all, nice semicolon placement, angry poop hater. And second, why can't dog walkers put their vile plastic bags of fecal matter into any trash can that's on the street? We do.
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this might be the woman who chased me down in her car with her kids when i put my blue bag in her can -- which was sitting out on the curb on a wednesday, two days past trash day. she's cuckoo, and doesn't understand the power of the internet. gotta say, though, i haven't put any blue bags into anyone else's can since...
im gonna have to hate on the semi-colon use. should just be a comma since the second part isn't a full sentence. (yes, im a nerd.)
Man, if you're worried about someone putting a tied-off bag of dog poop in your trash can, you are wound way too tight.
I routinely deposit mine (well, my dog's, not actually mine) in the closest available can. I wouldn't give half a shit (pardon the pun) if someone put their dog's crap in my can. It's a trash can, not my living room.
Next time dont try to clean it up. Lets see if people like to walk in poo. I for one commend those that pick up after there furry friends.
I have a dog but don't use other people's trash cans because that trash can might end up in their garage (like mine does) and make a smelly garage. Which, might matter to some people who do things in their garage, like laundry, work on stuff, etc. I wouldn't get that freaked out if someone put some in mine (maybe if it happened all the time though).
Some people really need to chill out.
I like that the note writer took the poop bag out and stapled it onto the note. That takes commitment to getting your wacko point across.
I'm with cloudgazer. It's very rare I throw a tied off poop bag in other people's trash bins, the reason being it can reek after a few days. Granted I walk Great Danes and it would be rude to put that much poop in anyone's bin.
I use SF city-supplied cans vs. neighbors, for the aforemention reason of smell.
I can't help but notice, though, that the SF cans are routinely rummaged through by the chronic inebriants in the 'hood... ewww.
Yet another reason dogs and cats should be taken away from the homeless - they don't have their own rubbish bins in which to deposit their turds.
i have no problem if the shit was tied in a bag and dumped into my can. if however the shit is just scooped from the ground and tossed into my can then i take offense.
1) it stinks up the can, requiring more regular rinsing off.
2) not sure how prominent this is in your areas but quite often i get regular diggers in my 'hood who go throw cans on the street looking for plastic cans and other recyclables. there runs the risk these trash profiteers will squish the un-bagged shit; smearing the dog shit onto the inside walls. again, requiring not only a rinse off but possibly scrub. why should i have to scrub YOUR DOG SHIT off MY TRASH CAN.
the thing is, that persons trash can is not for public use/disposal. If they want to get upset and take action, it's their prerogative to do so.
I never put my dog's poop in someone's personal garbage can. I either put it into a city garbage can, or if the poop happens between a city garbage can and my house, I take it home and throw it away there. It just seems rude to use someone else's garbage can. You don't know where it's stored. Maybe it's stored close to their door and they'll smell the dog poop, or as another reader mentioned, maybe it's stored where they do laundry.
I try to be as considerate a dog owner as possible, because I know a lot of people are just waiting to see a dog owner do something they can bitch about.
"look at her!! Her elderly crippled dog with its leg in a cast is off the leash!! Call the cops!!"
Last time I checked, all of those "personal" garbage cans are provided by the city or Waste Management. So they are not really personal. And if they are left on the street, they are fair game for anyone to use.
Hey, at least it went in a garbage can. That is a HUGE step forward from the usual SF behavior.
grumblor, pardon your ignorance. the cans may be city property, but trash collection is paid for by the owner of the property and is not a free service.
Sounds like a good name for a comic.
DOG SHIT OFFENDER
And talk about commitment...if you notice, the lettering was drawn twice. But the possessive looks to have been added as an afterthought.
I rarely put my poochie's poo in personal garbage cans. Luckily, I live in a neighborhood that has trash cans at almost every corner. I feel like it can get too stinky.
At least they are picking up the poop, though. That's a step in the right direction.
I usually toss my tied off poop bag in the nearest available can, public or private. I have had one person ask me not to do that, politely and nicely, and I was more than happy to comply. Idiotic passive-aggressive note leaving, on the other hand, earns you nothing but ridicule for failing at basic human interaction.
@oznog: but the person was only able to ask you politely because he caught you in the act. I'm guessing anyone who put up such an angry sign would have no problem confronting someone in person, should they catch them.
And the last time I asked someone politely to not do something, I was subjected to such a nasty tongue-lashing that a note would have been an infinitely better idea.
for all you who are OK with people using your trash cans, i will gladly cancel my sunset scavenger service and dump ALL my garbage (including animal feces) in your cans. thank you!
Thank you harryhood! Anyone that thinks it's uptight to be upset about this is a moron and a selfish turd.
Bottom line: Your problems aren't my problems. Your dog dookied and you don't feel like dealing with it properly, then maybe you shouldn't be a pet guardian.
Jeez, I'm not sure if I'm happy for you people because your life is so problem free that you can focus on such an extremely minor issue, or pity you for being uptight misanthropes who can't wait for their latest opportunity to light into someone.
I don't have a dog, but I do often use my neighbors' paper bins for my junk mail as I read 'n walk. I guess I should rethink that.
Oznog - buy a house, pay for garbage service and store your garbage cans in your house with some stranger's dog shit in it. Let it sit there for a week and enjoy the smell.
I pity you for being so un-uptight that you felt the need to post a response to an issue that you aren't concerned about.
This site isn't meant to save the world or cure diseases. It's meant for a little fun and expression. Mabye you're the one that needs some real problems since your so focused on other people's problems.
Been there, done that, still doing it. If a poop bag is tied shut, it does not cause that much smell. It's a garbage can, do you expect it to smell like a perfume counter?
Could the person who puts their doggie poop-bag in our green compost bin, please follow this person's example and put it in the black garbage can instead? Thanks.
it may take a village to raise a child, but it certainly doesn't take one to maintain a pet. Your dog may be brilliant and wonderful in every way, but please keep it's shit out of my trash can.
As a taxpayer, property owner and non dog owner, I ponder the last time a dog or their owner has done me any favors...oh yeah never!
In SF, a majority of dog owners are fanatics. There it had to be said.
wow, there's some harsh anger in the above posts. That's really too bad. As a dog owner, house owner, waste collection payer and user of Susneet Scavenger's trash cans, I can honestly say that for the most part, I don't beleive any poop disposal is done to be disrespectful of someone's trash can. In fact, for those dog walkers that do pick up their pooch's poop, thank you for helping to keep the city a cleaner and more sanitary place to live. I'd rather have poop in the trash (in a tied off bag, of course), than poop on the sidewalk, grass or street.
You can't leave your garbage cans in from of your house and reasonably expect a passerby not to use them.
Scruff,
Are you paying for garbage removal by the pound? No? Well then a bag of poop here and there isn't hurting you. Pull the bug out of your ass and STFU.
And why would anyone want to do any favors for someone as cranky as you? Instead of picking up the poop in front of your house and dropping it in the city's garbage can, maybe we should just leave it there to match your shitty disposition. What is your address?
In SF, a majority of crackpots with nothing better to complain about are you. There. It had to be said.
City Dweller - odd question, but what color are the bags? In pet stores there are green and black 'plastic' bags that are made out of corn starch and are fully compostable. Just sayin'
"Well then a bag of poop here and there isn't hurting you."
why do dog owners act so entitled in this city?
excuse me, scruff but please read some of the previous posts. Not all dog owners have a sense of entitlement.
Oznog: the bags may be compostable, but I don't think poop is. I use those bags, but I'm pretty sure the compost bin says not to put dog crap in there.
Wow, you are correct about the no feces in the compost bin. I just always assumed it was ok because they used chicken shit fertilizer on the fields when I was a kid.
The more you know...
@ lbwo
As a nerd who is concerned about the misuse of
a semi-colon, shouldn't you use upper case letters, apostrophes, spell "gonna" as "going to", and make sure that your sentences really are sentences?
Oh, my. I'm not only nerdier than thou, I'm
w-a-y off topic. Uh - picking up dog poop isn't optional, dog owners, it's required by law, so if you don't want to do it, get a cat instead. :)
if this is the biggest trash related problem plaguing this street,that person's lucky. Next time I step outside my house, and around the upturned cans, and though the piles of trash that were once inside the cans, and into yet another steaming pile of hobo poo, I'll be thankful that at least no one's dropping their DOG SHIT in there.
Cause that would be gross.