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To put dog mess in a strangers bin?

393 replies

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:
KeeleyJ · 16/03/2026 23:40

SteveandLeanne · 16/03/2026 23:38

It’s in a bag 🤷‍♀️

Ok, if I shat in a bag and deposited it in OP's bin 👍

SteveandLeanne · 16/03/2026 23:38

KeeleyJ · 16/03/2026 23:32

Totally gross, how you feel if I shat in your bin?

It’s in a bag 🤷‍♀️

XenoBitch · 16/03/2026 23:37

Mouldwarp · 16/03/2026 23:33

Someone once did this in our recycling bin which was out for emptying. When I got home from work there was a dog shit bag in our front garden - it wasn’t even sealed. I checked the camera and saw the bin man open the bin presumably to make sure everything he could see was recyclable, hook it out and drop it in my garden. So I had to dispose of it. I don’t have a dog because I don’t want to pick up dog shit or have anything to do with it. Disgusting of you OP.

That is different though. OP put the poo bag in with general waste. However, someone putting shit in with your recycling was totally in the wrong.

I had similar a while back. Someone opened my food waste bin and put rubbish in there. The bin men emptied the whole bin into a clear bag and left it in there. They would not take it.

Mouldwarp · 16/03/2026 23:33

Someone once did this in our recycling bin which was out for emptying. When I got home from work there was a dog shit bag in our front garden - it wasn’t even sealed. I checked the camera and saw the bin man open the bin presumably to make sure everything he could see was recyclable, hook it out and drop it in my garden. So I had to dispose of it. I don’t have a dog because I don’t want to pick up dog shit or have anything to do with it. Disgusting of you OP.

KeeleyJ · 16/03/2026 23:32

Totally gross, how you feel if I shat in your bin?

XenoBitch · 16/03/2026 23:31

CrystalGaze · 16/03/2026 23:28

Putting bags of poo into a normal refuse bin is a bit disgusting, to be honest with you. Personally, I disapprove of dog-poo bins in public places and think people should take their own dog's excrement back to their own homes and dispose of it there, either by flushing it down the toilet (obviously, not in the bag) or burying it in the garden.

You should not flush animal poo down the loo. Our sewage system is not set up for it.

There is nothing wrong with dog poo bins in public places. Imagine the mess if they were not there. Not everyone is near home when their dog has a poo. Would you like to see someone get on a bus with a few swinging bags of dog poo?

CrystalGaze · 16/03/2026 23:28

Putting bags of poo into a normal refuse bin is a bit disgusting, to be honest with you. Personally, I disapprove of dog-poo bins in public places and think people should take their own dog's excrement back to their own homes and dispose of it there, either by flushing it down the toilet (obviously, not in the bag) or burying it in the garden.

Purplerubberducky · 16/03/2026 23:25

I wouldn’t care about a small bit of rubbish. But don’t put dog shit in people’s bins. That would really piss me off.

IsThistheMiddleofNowhere · 16/03/2026 23:19

It's not something I would do. I would have carried it home or to the nearest public dog poo bin. It's really not nice to put it in someone's bin even if it was about to be emptied. Putting myself in the shoes of the bin owner, I would have been pretty mad too. It's very disrespectful.

NotTonightDeidre · 16/03/2026 22:56

I love a batshit MN thread. YANBU, people (on mumsnet) are weird AF at times.

It's a bin, its sole purpose is to collect rubbish.

DappledThings · 16/03/2026 22:24

Gloriia · 16/03/2026 21:39

It does seem strange yes that the one and only time the op dumped dog shit in a resident's bin was when a bin wagon was just there ready to empty it and when she also got caught by an understandably p'd off person.

This is not something she makes a habit of oh nooo, absolutely not!

It's perfectly believable that the only time she's done it is when the bin lorry was seconds away because that was her entire rationale for doing it. A completely understandable rationale.

At the start of this thread I'd have said the less believable bit was that someone was standing watch over their bin as the lorry approached just poised to run out and yell at people using it. But having read all the bonkers angry posts on here that bit now seems also entirely plausible.

Ireallywantadoughnut36 · 16/03/2026 22:20

I think people are being a bit ott here, if it was a fairly full bin it would have gone from on top of the rubbish to the inside of the bin lorry without touching the wheely bin at all. I'd have zero issue with this (in fact I'd be glad because at least you picked it up, unlike some people).
Clearly I'm in a minority but put whatever you like in my bin so long as there's space and it's wrapped up. It's a bloody bin and it's full of all sorts of rotting rubbish anyway.
I think reading the comments, the world is divided in to two. Those who give a shit about their wheely bin, and those who don't. Trouble is, you won't know when walking past, which bin belongs to which type of person.

XenoBitch · 16/03/2026 21:47

YANBU, the bin was literally about to be emptied.
I have had random rubbish appear in my bin (think McD wrappers etc) on bin day and I don't care. Better than it being on the street.

NotDarkGothicMama · 16/03/2026 21:45

I don't like dogs, hate seeing dog poo everywhere and think most dog owners are selfish and annoying but wouldn't mind if you'd done this OP. It's a bin, not a letterbox, the poo was well wrapped, the bag only touched rubbish and it would have been in there for literally minutes. I can't say I'd be bothered TBH.

Londonrach1 · 16/03/2026 21:42

Yabu. Can't imagine why anyone in their right mind so that. Pop it in a public bin or take it home like everyone else.

AnnaQuayRules · 16/03/2026 21:40

@Gloriia believe what you want but yes, the only time I've ever done this. And the last.

OP posts:
Ritasueandbobtoo9 · 16/03/2026 21:40

I supposed it is better than hanging it on a tree 🤮

Gloriia · 16/03/2026 21:39

RodneysGotaNewHairdo · 16/03/2026 20:39

If you usually walk past people's bins with your dog's shit, what was different about today?

It does seem strange that the one and only time you have dumped dog shit in a stranger's bin is the time you were caught.

If you normally take your shit home with you, why couldn't you do the same thing today? The proximity of the dustbin lorry doesn't seem like a particularly compelling reason to break your usual (more considerate) routine.

It does seem strange yes that the one and only time the op dumped dog shit in a resident's bin was when a bin wagon was just there ready to empty it and when she also got caught by an understandably p'd off person.

This is not something she makes a habit of oh nooo, absolutely not!

Sooose · 16/03/2026 21:35

AnnaQuayRules · 16/03/2026 19:31

If you'd bothered to read the whole thread you'd know that the refuse collectors aren't allowed to do that here. No one can throw anything directly into the lorry - including the operatives

Who's got time to read the WHOLE thread?? I read about 46 replies then skipped. So sorry for that...
So then take it along with you and pop it in a public bin next time. Hmmm.

Lifeomars · 16/03/2026 21:19

DappledThings · 16/03/2026 19:00

The exact same thing? So a bagged poo sat in your bin for less than two minutes and that made your bin stink and need to be bleached. Sure it did.

Apologies for the literal response, not of course as you rightly point out the exact same thing, the poo was in there overnight (bins go out the evening before collection day) and as I went to add some extra rubbish the following morning I discovered a leaky bag of the offening excrement in my bin. I got the bin cleaned as it stank

Allisnotlost1 · 16/03/2026 21:12

HorrorPudding · 16/03/2026 20:47

@Allisnotlost1 my dogs cross their legs until on a morning walk so it’s never in my garden. On a walk I bag it up and put it in one of the dedicated bins.

Fair enough. We only have one two poo bins in walking distance here and they’re usually overflowing or broken. Home based poos are bagged and in the bin, never had any split or needed to clean the bin or had any complaints from the bin men.

AnnaQuayRules · 16/03/2026 21:08

@RodneysGotaNewHairdo I guess because it's the first time that set of circumstances has presented itself? I can't remember walking down a street holding a bag of dog poo with the bin lorry practically besides me.

And usually the dog craps in our garden or in the nearby park, where there are plenty of bins. Today he decided to wait until we were in a residential street.

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Teenagehorrorbag · 16/03/2026 20:58

Normally I'd say that was gross but if the bin lorry was literally there I'd say it was fine.

ThisZanyPinkSquid · 16/03/2026 20:58

I would rather it be in my bin than on the bottom of my shoe 🤷🏼‍♀️ some people are very precious about their bins though

Pinkissmart · 16/03/2026 20:48

I wouldn’t care. It’s in a bag, in a bin and was immediately taken away.
Precious people on this thread