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Dog poo incident

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gwenlar · 07/04/2018 14:17

I've just drove past a girl about 12 that let her dog poo outside someone's house and walked off. So I stopped further up the road and wound my window down and just said are you not picking that up? She said oh sorry and went back and I drove off. That was it.
10 minutes later a huge man knocked on my door and when I answered he said oh sorry I've got the wrong house, I asked who he was after, he said a name and said they've got the same car as you sorry and got in his car and drove off.
We never get people knocking on and I'm assuming this is to do with the dog poo thing.
I was in no way rude to the girl that is literally all I said to her and she was fine when I drove off not in tears or anything like that but I can only assume that she's gone home and told her dad/grandad and they have gone out looking for my car.
Now what? If he had anything to say he would have said it then so now I'm thinking he's going to come back.
If asked my neighbours to let me know if they see anyone hanging round and have also logged it with 101. I wish I hadn't of said anything now.

OP posts:
bimbobaggins · 07/04/2018 18:43

The op has obviously spent a lot of time on mn threads and the log it with 101 message has worn off on her

ObiJuanKenobi · 07/04/2018 18:47

Is this a late April fools joke!? Grin best thread ever Grin

flowerslemonade · 07/04/2018 18:48

definitely sounds connected to me especially with the comment he made about car - the girl went home and told her dad soneone had been a massive bitch to her in the street, very distinctive car, guy drives around, finds it, knocks, when you answer the door he realises you're reasonable/ok and then when challenged makes up a random name.

himynameiss · 07/04/2018 18:49

@gwenlar how old are you ? He may have come to have ago at you and then thought twice

bitobsessed · 07/04/2018 18:52

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Gottagetmoving · 07/04/2018 18:54

Not unreasonable, and it was intimidation

How??... how is it intimidating if someone knocks on your door?... That's why we have door knockers and doorbell!

Not if he was doing a recce, in order to come back later and leave a bag of poo on the doorstep!

Ye gods! It wasn't the SAS....!! Some bloke who is annoyed you spoke to his daughter would just have told you to fuck off..while her was there at your door!

GinandGingerBeer · 07/04/2018 18:55

Well I think you did the right thing and think the two are probably connected.
Who knows why he left again but I'd tape my letter box up in case he tries to put dog shit through it.

Pumperthepumper · 07/04/2018 18:55

Just to reassure you OP, I’ve twice knocked on someone’s door (my cousin’s neighbour) and said ‘sorry, wrong house!’ without asking for anyone, since it was obvious they were not my cousin or my cousin’s husband/child. They live in a row of identical houses with very similar cars and I have twice misjudged it.

My cousin has a name plate up now which is very handy for me.

problembottom · 07/04/2018 19:00

I think you're getting a hard time OP. You felt something wasn't right and you called 101.

DonkeyOil · 07/04/2018 19:02

Some bloke who is annoyed you spoke to his daughter would just have told you to fuck off..while her was there at your door!

Really? If only life were that straightforward! There are many people who would opt for less direct and identifiable ways of getting their own back than 'in your face' confrontation.

RavenclawRealist · 07/04/2018 19:06

Really? If only life were that straightforward! There are many people who would opt for less direct and identifiable ways of getting their own back than 'in your face' confrontation.

Then why knock the door at all and give away his plan he knew where the car was?

Calatonia · 07/04/2018 19:11

"problembottom Sat 07-Apr-18 19:00:48

I think you're getting a hard time OP. You felt something wasn't right and you called 101."

This.

WeAllHaveWings · 07/04/2018 19:13

For all the people saying you can’t ring 101, is there amongst you a little rulebook we can all follow?

It feel like (on MN) 101 is perceived to be a catch all place to log anything and everything just in case. It's not, you need to think the other end of that number is an over stretch police force that probably gets thousands of ridiculous callers like the OP every week.

Coconutspongexo · 07/04/2018 19:15

If it’s ‘been done’ why did you start a thread about it?

Did you just fancy trying to wind people up?

bimbobaggins · 07/04/2018 19:15

No one has said you can’t. But just because you can doesn’t mean you should.
There’s no rule book, just common sense needed. Sometimes I think I live in a parallel universe to mn where a lot of people seem incapable of dealing with minor problems or standing up for themselves with the simplest of issues

Gottagetmoving · 07/04/2018 19:21

Really? If only life were that straightforward! There are many people who would opt for less direct and identifiable ways of getting their own back than 'in your face' confrontation

So he turned up in his car...and showed his face. Nothing identifiable there then 😒

DonkeyOil · 07/04/2018 19:22

Then why knock the door at all and give away his plan he knew where the car was?

He wasn't 'giving away his plan'. He was (theoretically!) checking to see if he'd got the right woman!

The op still has no idea who he is, where he lives, or what his intentions are. If a bag of dog poo is posted through her letterbox, she has no way of proving it was him, or how to trace him.

It's all speculation, of course, but it is feasible, and the op felt something wasn't right. Where's the much vaunted MN tenet of 'trust your instincts' when you need it?!

Pikehau · 07/04/2018 19:26

YANBU - I think it’s correct to trust your instincts and male a call.

My ds’ friends Dad is a police officer (not in our borough) I bumped into him on school pick up. .......He was on phone to 101.... reporting a man that looked “dodgy” the man was not breaking the law but it didn’t feel right so the off duty policeman was ringing 101..... Sonos he can do it why can’t OP???

Pikehau · 07/04/2018 19:27

Sonos= so if

Gottagetmoving · 07/04/2018 19:34

the man was not breaking the law but it didn’t feel right so the off duty policeman was ringing 101..... Sonos he can do it why can’t OP???

Ha ha....imagined the chaos if we all called 101 if we saw someone who looked 'dodgy' ?!

Bunnyfuller · 07/04/2018 19:35

So how will 'logging it with 101' (strange man came to the door) help solve the possible crime

  1. You don't know who he was
  2. You don't know who the girl was
  3. How would you prove that the stranger who may or may not do something in retaliation? The police generally tend to work with that pesky thing 'evidence' so your call to 101 achieved nothing. There also isn't a system to 'log' non incidents. Your call is automatically recorded. The end. No crime, no crime report: simples

Please stop ringing the police to deal with shit that is nothing to do with them. Being 'huge' and knocking on doors are not illegal.

Smacks head on wall repeatedly

Pikehau · 07/04/2018 19:38

Gottagetmoving I didn’t witness this man but my point is the police will see plenty of dodgy people but the policeman called 101 due to his instincts and something not feeling right / fitting in

So why can’t op.... in her situation it didn’t feel right and was out of place.

Pikehau · 07/04/2018 19:40

Bunnyfuller the op has explained why she called earlier in the thread. No need to be sarcastic about a huge man and a knock on the door

WeAllHaveWings · 07/04/2018 19:40

He was on phone to 101.... reporting a man that looked “dodgy”

ffs if that's what warrants a report I could walk down our town centre right now and make at least a couple of dozen calls about dodgy people. I hope a police officer had a little more reason to call than that!! Maybe the man looked dodgy because he had a balaclava and housebreaking toolkit sticking out in his pocket and was carrying a 44" TV when walking down the street.

Bunnyfuller · 07/04/2018 19:43

I suspect the off duty copper spotted the man and perhaps had knowledge of him looking like someone who was wanted, or matched the description etc etc (suspects have this horrible habit of LYING ABOUT WHERE THEY LIVE! So police sometimes use INTELLIGENCE which might mean they phone in having spotted the individual).

They can't very well tell you 'he looks like the suspect we have for the series of burglaries etc.... So will fob you off with 'he looked dodgy' etc.

The police do a lot of stuff they don't tell people (Ssshhhh the baddies might find out!)

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