I wish my problems were so fucking pathetic.
My friend (who's an engineer) is so fed up with a neighbor doing this he's building an electric dog whistle that'll automatically go off. Seems a bit petty to me but 🤷
If he asked nicely first, he's not in the wrong. Post vids, sounds hilarious.
Even dog shit in a trash can is super polarizing. This was the first comment I saw even mentioning asking the person nicely to stop first. Like maybe put up a sign saying 'No dog poop please' before making a threat or a thing meant to bother the dog.
Oftentimes, these kinds of people don't bother to check if the bins have already been picked up or not, so you get a bin that smells like dog shit for the next week.
Your friend sounds very creative, I'd personally go for gluing a piece of velcro to the inside lip of the handle with razor blades on it. Of course, I'm also not an engineer, just somebody whose grandfather was friends with the #2 Hell's Angel for a state who would ask if he wanted him to "take care of" problems like that. The old razor blades and broken glass in the root ball trick worked wonders when somebody was repeatedly stealing the shrubs out of my grandfather's pots.
Maybe try asking them nicely first, or putting up a sign that doesn't have a threat in it? Like, I get it, someone slighted you so you got to make them think twice before crossing you again, but going straight to building a trap with razor blades is a bit extreme and will probably land you before a judge.
Who cares, it's all going to the same place. You parted with your trash, it's not like it's a storage bin for you to get stuff out of later.
As someone whose bin receives unwanted poop, the issue is that it goes straight to the bottom of the bin and never leaves because they don't lift the cans up all the way. Then it gets smashed by my own trash, so now I have a permanently poopy-smelling trash bin that receives weekly deposits.
my dad found that putting a big, heavy rock on top of the bin was enough to stop this from happening to him. (he removes the rock before the crash gets collected.) from his perspective, the people who use other people’s trash cans to throw away their dog poop are doing it because it’s the most immediate and convenient option. if you find a way to make it slightly less convenient, they’ll look for something else.
A bad smelling trash bin you say?
...so now I have a permanently poopy-smelling trash bin that receives weekly deposits.
I understand and sympathize with your frustration but did no one ever explain that you're supposed to wash those things out occasionally? 60 seconds with the hose on a semi-regular basis solves the problem. If that doesn't work then you can use can liners to prevent it.
It's not fair that you have to go through extra work or expense to solve a problem that someone else is creating but its better to take action than it is to sit there and stew over it.
Many people do this after the bins have already been emptied, meaning that for the next week, you have to deal with a bin that smells like dog shit.
I agree with you half way. If a person asks then yeah, however you don’t know where the trash bin is being stored. It could make it extra smelly and they may not want that to be next to their house. If it’s on the curb about to be picked up, sure why the heck not.
Because single poop bags tend to slide down and get mashed to the bottom so the can always smells life dog shit.
Idk I'd rather a passerby toss their poop or other trash in my can rather than throw it on the ground. Hell if you're really desperate and can't afford trash service I'd even tolerate a bag. But don't be filling up my can.
I used to like in a neighborhood where one lady would randomly throw her trash bags in someone's yard or behind my fence. City wouldn't do shit about her. I didn't like any of it and never did figure out where she lived but I was at that point of just telling her to put it in the fucking can because at least I wouldn't have to pick it up after the raccoons got into it and scattered it in the grass behind the fence.
Assuming it's sealed in a plastic bag and the night before collection, who cares? The alternative is carrying around a warm poop bag in your coat pocket until you get home. Seems completely reasonable to take care of it this way on trash night. If it's not meeting those above two criteria, then hell yeah, it's time for a new hood ornament.
Trash collectors on my street don't empty the can into the truck, they just grab the bag I put in and throw that in. That dog shit bag would stay in my can until I moved it to the larger bag. I should not have to do that.
Ah.
If it's the night before collection, no one would notice or care. People who do that are not the people anyone complains about.
What happens is people dump their plastic bag of dog poop in the empty can. So it stays there.
Next pickup the resident's trash bags go on top of it. The trash men never manage to get the poop bag out. After a couple weeks of hoping it will disappear next time, the person whose can it is has to dump it out and put it in a bag with their trash.
People who dump their dog's poop bag in other people's cans should be force fed the bag.
Ehh, I'd prefer they bag it and put it in my trash bin, rather than just leaving a pile of shit in my yard. I'd honestly prefer neither, but using my bin to throw poop bags or even loose trash doesn't bother me too much
But my bin is also only on the curb when it's trash day. And they pick them up twice a week here, so a poop bag won't necessarily "marinate" in there for long. And I rinse the bin with a hose if it becomes gross, but that's rare because usually the rain will handle most of it
But that's just my particular situation, so it doesn't bother me as much. I could easily see how a multitude of different factors, might make the situation aggravating/infuriating
Never thought I'd feel lucky about my trash bin situation though. Sometimes it really is the little things I guess
Actually dumb NIMBY-esque take. Surprised to see this on lemmy, but not that surprised. It's trash going in the trash dude. You're complaining about a problem with the trash can itself, and only if someone's dropping it in an empty container. And you really think you should be so territorial over your trash. Get real.
When my dog poops I don't put the poop bag in my pocket, I just carry it home. If there is a public trash can I will use it. Never in the pockets though. It is poop.
The alternative is carrying around a warm poop bag in your coat pocket until you get home.
What kind of psycho puts the bag in their pocket? /s
With all the pointy bits and pieces in my coat pockets I'd end up with bits, pieces, and coat pocket covered in dog shit.
Cold weather. Dog that needs two hands on leash and no sidewalk so carrying a flashlight. Needs a dedicated pocket. Also, while these dog aliens have definitely enslaved us, I like the modicum of dignity provided by not visibly showcasing that I'm carrying a dangling bag of their poo I picked up.
Must be a posh nimby, don't know why anyone would willing carry dogshit around with them, especially if there's no public bins available, just don't use the same one every time.
Where is the poop supposed to go then?
In the old ladys trash can, some people just don't want dog shit smeared in theirs.
You're making a lot of assumptions, about the availability of trash cans in the area.
Very well. I'll leave it in the yard, then.
How does this have 30+ upvotes? So inconsiderate, holy hell. Deal with your dog's shit yourself- why is that a controversial concept?
Its to show the actual reality of what you're asking fort once you make it inconvenient for people to clean up their messes by being territorial over a literal trash can, uhh smell?? Presumably, this guy doesn't leave dog shit around and neither do I. You got wooshed
Because complaining about a golf-ball sized bag in a bin is Karen behaviour. Grow the fuck up.
This is funny?
It's a poem
There are poetry communities
Next time put it in top of the can.
I always feel like a douche when I do this, but sometimes I'm in a bind. Soz bro.
Let's take the most biodegradable substance on earth and wrap it in eternal plastic
Is anyone still using non-degrading bags? They’ve been around for a long time at this point.
In my experience people just reuse their grocery bags
Sounds like a terroristic threat to me.
If someone did this in my neighborhood, every single dog walker in the area would go out of their way to deposit 100% of their poop babies (autocorrect but I'm leaving it) in this trash can only. If I was still in Texas, we'd open carry while doing it!
Seriously people. No one should tolerate elder abuse.
I generally don't care but by god if you do this after it's just been emptied i will fucking end you
Do it to my recycling bin and i come after your family too
I had some Karen type yell at me for doing this. So I pointed at the side of the can, which did not in fact say her name, but instead said Borough of Naugatuck, and reminded her that as a resident of Naugatuck I had as much of a right to its garbage bins as she did.
People downvoting this probably also get pissy if you park in the street in front of their house. ITS EVERYBODY'S STREET YOU SCHMUCK
Trash disposal isn't free, yea the dog poop is probably a negligent amount, but most people have to explicitly pay for trash disposal, and so filling up other people's trash cans can either cause an additional financial burden on them, or mean that they can't effectively dispose of all of their trash.
It looks like in your case, each unit gets a can assigned to it, and service fees and replacements cost the individual directly, additionally, there are fines for trash violations, so having other people put unknown trash in your bins can result in a direct financial burden. I think it's pretty reasonable to be relatively protective over your trash bin if you are the one that has to pay for service, replacements, and fees.
Trash pickup is paid for by regular local taxes in Naugatuck Connecticut. The town gives each household a trash bin and a recycling bin with instructions to fill them and leave them by the curb on a specific day. Nobody weighs them. The bins say 'Borough of Naugatuck' on them, because the town owns them, which makes them fair game.
My trash pickup is municipal. Even if it wasn't I'd rather just take an extra kilo of trash than have it in the street.
I don't know how trash disposal works wherever Naugatuck is, but it is usually a paid service. It makes no difference whatsoever which party owns the container serving that household.
It is not a paid service in Naugatuck. It's a municipal service. That's the case in most of Connecticut.
I'd like to imagine that the old lady took this photo. Then she printed it out, wrapped it around a big ol stinky dog turd, and dropped it in the can.
Am I the only person that makes my dog carry her own poop bag? I just double knot it and attach it to where the leash attaches on her harness. All these people talking about putting bags in their coats or carrying them...I don't get it.
Old Lady should turn that period into a comma next time she's putting poop in the bin. Or maybe just put white-out on it.
I can tell the creator of this picture is a cat owner. As a dog owner, I just carry their shit home. But sometimes you just need to get rid of it.
sweet sweet suh-suh-suh-sweet can
Speaking as someone with no skin in the game (I have no pets and I've never had weeks old bags of dog poop in my bin), does any dog poop keep the racoons away from your bins?
I also don't have racoons getting into my trash (I do not overfill my trash bin and it is always left closed) but I do see their little paw prints appear on my trash can sometimes.
sounds fair
