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To ask why people hang poo on trees?

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HotCrossBunplease · 10/09/2024 08:01

This perplexes me. I can’t think of anything more disgusting than hanging a bag of shit on a tree. Yet they are everywhere.

Someone on here must know someone who does this. What is going through their heads when they do it? Is it a massive “fuck you” to society now expecting poo to be scooped up (I grew up in the 70s/80s when it was acceptable just to leave it on the pavement)?

Or do they think that somehow hanging it like a macabre bauble is what they are meant to do? Do they believe that the Faeces Fairy will come and clear the trees at night time?

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poppyzbrite4 · 10/09/2024 08:06

They don't want to carry it on their walk, so hang it up.

Badbadbunny · 10/09/2024 08:05

They're the ones who only picked it up in the first place because someone was watching them. Otherwise they'd have left it on the path. Then they carry it, pretending to be responsible, and chuck it somewhere when there's no one watching them because they can't be bothered to carry it home or to a bin!

UltramarineViolet · 10/09/2024 08:04

You are right, it's grim!

I'm sure a dog owner will be on soon to claim it's been left there for the owner to pick up later but the reality is that never happens

If you were out and about and changed your baby's nappy, you wouldn't leave the nappy bag hanging from a tree to collect later so not sure why some bog owners think it's an acceptable practice

Whaleandsnail6 · 10/09/2024 08:04

Its horrible. There is absolutely no excuse.

Even if you have more than one dog so more than one poo to carry, just use another poo bag as a little carrier bag to carry them in.

I'm never going to believe there is a situation where people have to do this. Its just laziness and half arsed dog care. Ok so noone can stand in it but who wants to look at bags of poo hanging from bushes and trees?!

Carnageisthenewnormal · 10/09/2024 08:04

Lots of walks don't have bins on so people hang them on trees or leave them somewhere noticeable to pick them up on the way back to the car, home etc rather than carry the poop bag the entire way.

Pootles34 · 10/09/2024 08:02

No clue - hoping someone comes along who knows! The weird thing is they've done the gross bit of picking it up - why bother if you leave the bag?! So weird.

stripybobblehat · 10/09/2024 08:01

No idea. It's really bizarre

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