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orangesandlemonssaythebellsofstclements · 09/04/2025 14:48

This is a confession thread and also a mystery solving thread.

There are certain things in life that everyone seems to hate, but I've never ever seen anyone own up to doing, and I would like these people to own up now because I need to know your demographic and why you do them. This is anonymous, you are safe here, tell the truth.

WHO are the people that hang dog poo bags on trees? Who are you and WHY?
WHO are the people that bought all the toilet rolls during covid?

Please add your own answers and your own confessions. Especially the dog poo one because it's everywhere, and yet I never see anyone doing it or owning up to it.

OP posts:
Mrsgreen100 · 10/04/2025 19:24

Fly tipping should carry a custodial sentence or at least three or four months of community service it’s absolutely disgusting,
our local dump used to be open all the time you could just pitch up and take stuff there. It was never busy now you have to book a slot a month in advance. How the hell is this? Kind of stuff? Gonna help?

Corbusier · 10/04/2025 19:23

Corbusier · 10/04/2025 15:41

Wld you mind if pple hung full bags on your garden hedge or fence?

I think you’ve outed yourself & now backtracking when called out. Note for the future don’t cry wolf if you make stuff up on forums that’s antisocial or goady.

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 19:21

ruethewhirl · 10/04/2025 19:16

As I suspected. You did make it up.

You haven't really proved anything by doing this, except presumably that you would be doing this if you had a dog.

Ohh weep. i am hurt by your disapproval.

Gwenhwyfar · 10/04/2025 19:20

Ohwhatfuckeryitistoride · 09/04/2025 16:47

We bought (well, DH) bought gallons of bleach pre lock down. Fuck me why? I never clean with bleach(sets my asthma off, Plus-DH actually doing any bleach requiring cleaning would be miraculous) I still have a huge bottle under the sink.

The advice you got if you had Covid and lived with other people was to clean with bleach. There was a very detailed leaflet I saw where I live (not UK).

ruethewhirl · 10/04/2025 19:16

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 19:03

Corbusier you’ve misread this. Go back and look at the posts. I have commented on behalf of others that they will not respond because they feel bullied , and because OP and other posters have started the post with the intention of doing so.

I have not contributed to the “being a person who does these things” responses until many pages later when a poster said I had such a chip on my shoulder I must obviously be a poo dumper.

which I’m not, I made it up because I thought that post was so stupid

Edited

As I suspected. You did make it up.

You haven't really proved anything by doing this, except presumably that you would be doing this if you had a dog.

BogRollBOGOF · 10/04/2025 19:11

I bulk buy toilet roll at Costco and brought forwards a top-up in early Feb 2020 so stocks were back to normal again before we needed more. There was speculation very early on that there was digestive upset as a symptom, but we use a lot anyway. Even as a solo student I bought 9 packs because if I left one in the toilet by accident, my tight-wad housemates would use it all up very rapidly so I always have maintained a decent stock.

I have to be very careful pruning my front hedge as sometimes disgusting, idle cunts leave their shit bags hanging in it. There is a public bin 75m away in either direction. Pure laziness.
I CBA to deal with dog shit, but that's not a problem because I don't own a dog. I certainly do not want to have to deal with the aftermath of random shit bags left lying around. Or clear up the shit abandoned in the middle of the gateway perfectly dumped for the DCs to blunder through. 🤢

Recently, I was running along a canal on the outskirts of a village. There was a bridge going over where the old lane was truncated and just went down to the towpath. The trees where the lane cuts off were filled with shit bags like perverse Christmas baubles. The cunts that did that were clearly never intending on collecting them.

If you don't want to carry your own dog's waste with your hands, get a bag designated to put the shit bags in until you reach an appropriate bin for disposal. It's not that hard a solution!

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 19:03

Corbusier · 10/04/2025 18:48

You said you felt bullied by it & took offence to pple calling out your behaviour:

”I think you’re taking my post too literally.
OP: tell me why you do xyz I want to know
poster: I do xyz because abc
everyone: you dirty fucker how dare you. Your parents dragged you up. You’re dragging your own street urchins up. You should be ashamed to live.
me: you’re bullying
you: no I am publicly shaming! They deserve it”

You said you felt “bullied”. A strong word that would suggest strong feelings of upset/offence/hurt. But now you say you don’t.
You also expect admitting to antisocial behaviour should warrant no offence/response/disgust from others. Yet take offence to the same act (pple leaving poo bags on yr own property) being done to you. I’m merely commenting on the contradiction.

Corbusier you’ve misread this. Go back and look at the posts. I have commented on behalf of others that they will not respond because they feel bullied , and because OP and other posters have started the post with the intention of doing so.

I have not contributed to the “being a person who does these things” responses until many pages later when a poster said I had such a chip on my shoulder I must obviously be a poo dumper.

which I’m not, I made it up because I thought that post was so stupid

Corbusier · 10/04/2025 18:48

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 18:21

I don’t feel bullied, Or offended. Why did you say that? You’ve put feelings onto me that suit you, but don’t reflect my own feeling in any way. I’m really interested why you did that. Was it to give you the opportunity to criticise me for lack of empathy and anti social behaviour? That’s what it looks like

I’ve told you why but it’s not really good enough- you are now asking me why other people feel the way they do about it, which isn’t my concern.

You said you felt bullied by it & took offence to pple calling out your behaviour:

”I think you’re taking my post too literally.
OP: tell me why you do xyz I want to know
poster: I do xyz because abc
everyone: you dirty fucker how dare you. Your parents dragged you up. You’re dragging your own street urchins up. You should be ashamed to live.
me: you’re bullying
you: no I am publicly shaming! They deserve it”

You said you felt “bullied”. A strong word that would suggest strong feelings of upset/offence/hurt. But now you say you don’t.
You also expect admitting to antisocial behaviour should warrant no offence/response/disgust from others. Yet take offence to the same act (pple leaving poo bags on yr own property) being done to you. I’m merely commenting on the contradiction.

Alicehatter · 10/04/2025 18:28

I was once walking in a woodland type place that had no public bins. There was a house in the middle and I put a poo bag in their black bin (yes I was that person!) The resident saw me and came out shouting obscenities at me, took out the bag and hung it on a tree!!!!!!! I went back for it and noticed a big friggin pile of bags!! Obviously she was pissed at people using her bin (fine) but she's living next door to a pile of rotting dog shit instead 🤷🏼‍♀️🤷🏼‍♀️

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 18:21

Corbusier · 10/04/2025 18:12

Well it was asking “who does these things?” & why is usually a part of that. O’wise it wld be a thread saying “I do these things”, “I don’t”, “I do” with no discussion & so therefore a bit pointless.

You say you don’t care if others object but got v upset by others objecting here tho. I think you’d feel less offended if you had some empathy & cared about others’ feelings about antisocial behaviour. But as you say you don’t care. So unfortunately you’re going to always feel got at & “bullied”. Vicious & circle springs to mind.

I don’t feel bullied, Or offended. Why did you say that? You’ve put feelings onto me that suit you, but don’t reflect my own feeling in any way. I’m really interested why you did that. Was it to give you the opportunity to criticise me for lack of empathy and anti social behaviour? That’s what it looks like

I’ve told you why but it’s not really good enough- you are now asking me why other people feel the way they do about it, which isn’t my concern.

Chungai · 10/04/2025 18:17

About 6 weeks before lockdown I did a bulk warehouse buy of toilet roll. I think it was something like 96 rolls. I felt very smug.

Corbusier · 10/04/2025 18:12

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 18:01

I don’t really care if others object. That wasn’t what the post was about was it? It was asking why people do things

Well it was asking “who does these things?” & why is usually a part of that. O’wise it wld be a thread saying “I do these things”, “I don’t”, “I do” with no discussion & so therefore a bit pointless.

You say you don’t care if others object but got v upset by others objecting here tho. I think you’d feel less offended if you had some empathy & cared about others’ feelings about antisocial behaviour. But as you say you don’t care. So unfortunately you’re going to always feel got at & “bullied”. Vicious & circle springs to mind.

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 18:01

Corbusier · 10/04/2025 17:23

Can you see how others wld object to that?

I don’t really care if others object. That wasn’t what the post was about was it? It was asking why people do things

Corbusier · 10/04/2025 17:23

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 16:58

Yes, that’s what I'm Saying.

Can you see how others wld object to that?

Pandimoanymum · 10/04/2025 17:19

Havent RTFT all the way through so apologies if this has been mentioned but I want to know who those passive-aggressive people are who leave anonymous notes on cars or pushed through letterboxes.
An elderly friend of mine received one complaining about the state of her front garden. Whinging about how it made the street look untidy, and it got steadily more aggressive until it ended by saying if she didn’t do something about it, they’d ’report her to the council’
FFS, she can’t garden herself and she doesn’t have the money to pay hundreds of pounds for a tidy up. And it wasn’t even very untidy, I have seen far worse.
it was petty, and cowardly by someone who clearly didn’t know her circumstances but didn’t stop to think there might be reasons her garden doesn’t look immaculate.

springbringshope · 10/04/2025 17:00

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 16:58

Yes, that’s what I'm Saying.

don’t you walk a regular route? Isn’t it a habit to collect on your way out? How do you forget? And you say it like it’s not something you did once 15 years ago. How do you persistently forget

springbringshope · 10/04/2025 16:58

hopeishere · 09/04/2025 15:06

I think the poo bag people plan to pick it up on the way back on their walk but then forget.

But assuming they walk their dog daily and on a familiar route how do they persistently forget?

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 16:58

Yes, that’s what I'm Saying.

Corbusier · 10/04/2025 16:57

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 16:46

Of course I’d mind! Wouldn’t anyone?

So you do mind it being done to you but don’t mind doing it to others?

LSmiff · 10/04/2025 16:52

I never did the bog roll thing but I do now, I use a lot though so it makes sense never to run out.

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 16:46

Of course I’d mind! Wouldn’t anyone?

Corbusier · 10/04/2025 16:28

Better not to make assumptions that shld read.

Corbusier · 10/04/2025 16:27

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 16:05

It’s just I think they’re really obvious answers. What are you trying to get out of them?

I’m just trying to understand why pple do the things they do! It’s not obvious to me where you would or wouldn’t mind if others hung poo bags in your hedge or on your property. It’s usually better but to make assumptions & I’m just curious.

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 16:05

It’s just I think they’re really obvious answers. What are you trying to get out of them?

Corbusier · 10/04/2025 16:04

AquaPeer · 10/04/2025 15:48

Are these questions going to go on much longer? 😂 just say what you want to say

I don’t follow sorry what do you mean?

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