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To put dog mess in a strangers bin?

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AnnaQuayRules · 16/03/2026 16:01

I normally would never dream of doing this. However, today I was walking my dog along a road when he decided to crap on the grass verge. So of course I picked it up and bagged it.

It was bin day and everyone's bins were outside their houses. The bin lorry turned into the street and so, as it approached, I popped the bag into the nearest bin which was collected almost immediately.

However the man in the house came storming out and started shouting at me. He said I had no right to put anything in his bin. It got worse when I tried to explain, especially as he hadn't realised it was a dog bag. So I apologised and moved off with him still shouting down the road.

I would never have placed anything in anyone's bin whilst it's on their property, but these bins are all on the pavement waiting to be emptied. It was about 3/4 full, I placed the bag on top of what was there and the whole bin was emptied within about 60 seconds.

Was I really out of order?

OP posts:
Thereissnowinmywellies · 16/03/2026 17:45

Back that's so skanky of people. So bloody lazy.

Blorengia · 16/03/2026 17:43

In this scenario, as described by the OP, with the bin van in sight already collecting...

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest.

(No, I'm not a dog owner)

AnnaQuayRules · 16/03/2026 17:43

Thereissnowinmywellies · 16/03/2026 17:42

Doesn't matter if the dust are about to pick the bin up, you don't stick in someone elses bin. End of.

And I've now said three times that I won't be doing it again. Lesson learned

OP posts:
backinthebox · 16/03/2026 17:43

I live on a local dog walking route. People even drive out here to walk their dogs in the countryside. Our bins are only collected once every 3 weeks. Dog walkers will often drop poo bags in our bins if we don’t bring them in immediately after the bins have been emptied, which means we then have to put up with the dog poo in the bottom of our bin for 3 weeks. It’s just revolting to have to deal with other people’s poo.

Cosyblankets · 16/03/2026 17:42

It would not bother me in the slightest

Thereissnowinmywellies · 16/03/2026 17:42

AnnaQuayRules · 16/03/2026 17:37

Thank you @MyThreeWords that's a really interesting point of view.

To everyone who says it's "minging" or "disgusting", I've said I accept that people feel v strongly about it and I won't do it again. But just to clarify for people who haven't read my OP properly.... The bin lorry was in the street. The bin I put it into was about 2 houses away from being emptied.

Every time my dog has a crap I pick it up and put it in a dog bin or in a public bin, or I take it home and put it in my own bin. Just because I misjudged this time does NOT mean I chuck poi bags over hedges or tie them in trees, as some people are accusing me of.

Doesn't matter if the dust are about to pick the bin up, you don't stick in someone elses bin. End of.

Pudmyboy · 16/03/2026 17:39

Bristolandlazy · 16/03/2026 17:37

Voted YANBU in error. That's vile, I don't have a dog,, it's not my problem.

You can change your vote, just tap or click on the option you intended to pick.

Thereissnowinmywellies · 16/03/2026 17:39

Where I live most people carry bags of dog shit around like it's a badge of honour. but at least they are clearing it up.
Either put it in a proper dog waste bin or take it home with you.

Bristolandlazy · 16/03/2026 17:37

Voted YANBU in error. That's vile, I don't have a dog,, it's not my problem.

outofofficeagain · 16/03/2026 17:37

Mumandcarer80 · 16/03/2026 17:26

You don’t clean your bin? That’s minging. At least once a month I spray mine with Jeys wipe the outside and clean inside them with an old mop. During the pandemic local bin men were asking us to wipe the handles of our bins before we put it out.

I’ve never cleaned my wheelie bin either.

17 years. It’s a bin. Outside.

What are you all doing with yours?

AnnaQuayRules · 16/03/2026 17:37

Thank you @MyThreeWords that's a really interesting point of view.

To everyone who says it's "minging" or "disgusting", I've said I accept that people feel v strongly about it and I won't do it again. But just to clarify for people who haven't read my OP properly.... The bin lorry was in the street. The bin I put it into was about 2 houses away from being emptied.

Every time my dog has a crap I pick it up and put it in a dog bin or in a public bin, or I take it home and put it in my own bin. Just because I misjudged this time does NOT mean I chuck poi bags over hedges or tie them in trees, as some people are accusing me of.

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WildLeader · 16/03/2026 17:36

Oh thank god, some common sense has entered the thread 🐕

WildLeader · 16/03/2026 17:34

You’re all fucking bonkers!!

it’s rubbish. Its in a poo bag going in the bin!

I do this every other week if I’m on the lane. I wouldn’t give a toss if anyone put their dog poo bag in my bin. I’d rather that any day of the week over not picking up after their dog.

@AnnaQuayRules Yanbu. That bloke was bonkers!

Pudmyboy · 16/03/2026 17:34

caffeinedependent · 16/03/2026 16:09

I don't get the outrage, I would have done the same if the bins were out on the street waiting to be emptied. Also, technically bins aren't people's properties either, they belong to the council, so I think everyone needs to take a step back and stop being so petty.

If someone rents a house from the council, the house belongs to the council, but it doesn't mean you can pop in and use their loo, sit in their garden, take a bath just because you pay your council tax..the bins are allocated to the household and the householder is responsible for them, if the bin is damaged (permanent stink) it's not automatically replaced free of charge. So it's not petty.

veggietabless · 16/03/2026 17:33

I don't have a dog but I think most of the people on this thread are completely mental. It's a bagged item that's about to go in a bin lorry, what is wrong with people?

whymadam · 16/03/2026 17:31

Of course its all right, OP. Those bins are probably half full of dog shit anyway, or where do all the dog owners in the country put all the mess that happens in their own gardens etc? I don't even have a dog, but I have dog poo bags for fox, cat, hedgehog poo I find in the garden. I sling all of it, bagged, into my bin. If my bin is out on the pavement, people are welcome to add! I'd much prefer this to the POS dog walker in my street who just lets his beast poo on the pavement. Wait til I catch HIM out!!!

icouldholditwithacobweb · 16/03/2026 17:30

WTF is all the outrage on this thread - the bin was emptied immediately after! If someone put a baby nappy in my bin and it was emptied right after, I wouldn't care, it'd be gone. It's not like it'd be there stinking the bin out for days. Do peope really have nothing better to worry about than bagged dog poo in a bin for a couple of minutes?!

IGrewUpElsewhere · 16/03/2026 17:30

All this outrage is so weird to me. It's a garbage bin?

I live in a big city in the US where most commonly the bins are kept in the alleys behind the houses. Around here, if you're out on a walk with a pooch and he/she poops, you pick it up and toss the bag in the closest bin, simple as that. I've literally never heard of anyone giving any thought to the "owner" of a bin. They all belong to the city, anyway, you just get the use of them.

IAmOphelia · 16/03/2026 17:29

Jesus fucking wept the level of outrage is mental. It’s a wheelie bin and it’s bagged dog poo. What’s the big deal? It’s not like you put it in his kitchen bin.

This thread is a depressing reminder that people are weird, territorial, and up tight.

And I am not even a dog owner.

AxolotlEars · 16/03/2026 17:29

I wouldn't be bothered about you putting it in my bin however I wouldn't put in anyone else's bin

PoachedSmoke · 16/03/2026 17:27

@mydogisthebest Not hard to work out what kind of dog owners you are 😂

WiddlinDiddlin · 16/03/2026 17:26

KLAXON, DOG POO, BINS, OTHER PEOPLES STUFF... ALARUM ALARUM.

No of course not, sticking it in the top of a full bin a few minutes before the bin waggon arrives to empty it is fine.

Our local council pointed out that THEY own the bins and empty them and if the bin is in a public place (so you're not trespassing to do this) and you're not causing the bin-adopter to clean up a mess, there really is no issue.

Obviously trekking across someone elses property, dumping it so it makes a mess for someone else to clean, or dropping it into a recently emptied bin is unacceptable... but thats not what you did so all the people getting aeriated about something that didn't happen need to calm the fuck down.

I have just thought of a genius new revenge though for those who leave their bins obstructing the path days after the bin lorry has been... if I have to move your bin to get past it, and I have a baggy of poo with me and need to put the poo down to move the bin, I will henceforth be putting the poo IN your bin. Peoples of the West Midlands, beware!

Mumandcarer80 · 16/03/2026 17:26

AgnesMcDoo · 16/03/2026 17:18

I’ve never scrubbed my bin - cause it’s an outside bin - no idea whether it’s had poop in it or not.

and I’m not in the batshit crazy and precious about my bin gang - cause it’s a bin

You don’t clean your bin? That’s minging. At least once a month I spray mine with Jeys wipe the outside and clean inside them with an old mop. During the pandemic local bin men were asking us to wipe the handles of our bins before we put it out.

Allisnotlost1 · 16/03/2026 17:25

I cannot imagine getting worked up about this. Certainly not to the extent of shouting at someone in the street! People have put their rubbish in my bin, on the odd occasion where there is no public bin I’ve used a wheelie bin that’s been put out onto the street. It’s quite common to see public bins used for bagged dog shit because the dog shit specific ones break and aren’t replaced. I tend to think that’s worse, because those bins are open and often near benches or bus stops. Outside bins are… outside. Who cares if they smell?

FunMustard · 16/03/2026 17:21

It wouldn't bother me OP but some people are oddly territorial of bagged items being put in their bin even when it's due to be collected within minutes.

(Yes it would bother me if it was unbagged).