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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.

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DonkeyOil · 08/04/2018 23:23

'Trust your insticts' always applies on MN with child protection and LTB issues. Why not with potential dog poo bullies?

manicmij · 08/04/2018 23:52

Appreciate how you feel. Had an incident in November when young kids were out playing (7 - 9 year olds) and screaming and shouting 8.30 pm. I went out to ask them to quiten down a bit and to stop running in and out of communal planting ( which all residents pay for).. Later man comes to door asking why I had shouted at his daughter and that she was crying her eyes out. Blimey, speaking to a shreiking group
of 7/9 year olds in the pitch dark on a freezing cold night can have that effect I asked. I pointed out I did not speak to his daughter but addressed the whole group asking them to be a bit quieter as young children in bed. He told me, yes it was getting on in the evening and it was dark but he had been watching his daughter from his window. Asked him if he was happy with noise level and potential damage to planting that we will all have to pay for to be replanted. He didn't say anything and went off. Later found out his daughter can do no wrong and just cries whenever she doesn't get what she wants. Some folk really do think their kids can do no wrong eleven when standing watching them doing it. Think the dog poo incident is of the same ilk.

DonkeyOil · 09/04/2018 00:10

I cannot believe how many people say they would call the police for this. No wonder they are struggling.

Isn't that precisely why the 101 service was set up? So that people weren't taking up police time by dialling 999 for non-emergency matters?

I probably wouldn't have called 101 for this, but I can totally see why someone might, if they felt they might be left in a vulnerable position. And I certainly would have been on the lookout for strange people around my house brandishing little plastic bags!

Abbylee · 09/04/2018 00:24

Mind your own business unless it is your yard.

Who made you poo police? It's frightening to children to be chastised by strangers in cars. This isn't decades ago when communities were friendly. People do not like it if you smile at their children; and dc pick up on that fear.

Her father frightening you was equivalent to you frightening her.

"She wasn't crying.." shows you know you overstepped.

You're a bit lucky you didn't get the poo given to you in a surprising and unpleasant manner.

italiancortado · 09/04/2018 00:30

Isn't that precisely why the 101 service was set up? So that people weren't taking up police time by dialling 999 for non-emergency matters?

Yes and no.

It was set up for non-emergencies to take the strain off the 999 number. This wasn't a non-emergency, it was a non-event.

DonkeyOil · 09/04/2018 00:38

Mind your own business unless it is your yard.

Who made you poo police?

Thing is, dog's business is everybody's business and ends up in everybody's 'yard'. Have you never trodden in, or had a child tread in a pile of dog shit? Not pleasant. The op didn't go into someone's private garden to chastise them. She had every right to comment on dog shit being left in a public area.

WeAllHaveWings · 09/04/2018 01:26

Isn't that precisely why the 101 service was set up? So that people weren't taking up police time by dialling 999 for non-emergency matters?

It was sent up to report non urgent crimes like your car being stolen, finding your house burgled, reporting drug offences etc.

It wasn't set up to log non events. Hundreds of thousands of 101 calls, potentially genuine reporting of crimes, go unanswered every year due to busy lines. It was setup for people who need police support in an non emergency situation, no one needs police support because someone knocked on their door and apologised because it was the wrong house!!

Woshambo · 09/04/2018 02:10

I agree with most people. Although you didn't waste 999 time, I still wouldn't see why anyone would call 101 in this instance. 101 isn't supposed to be for reporting things you don't like or find odd.
I'm not sure what kind of dog owners live in ur area as it is reading as though u are demonizing them. Just because a 12 year old doesn't pick up poo isn't really justification for believing that her parents would exact some revenge!
The fact that a lot of people seem to think the same on this thread is seriously worrying.

JuneBalloon · 09/04/2018 06:16

Wow... All the vitriol is why I rarely post on MN.

The OP felt uneasy and vulnerable so did the right thing reporting it. It is irrelevant how others may react in similar circumstances.

I hope nothing comes of it and you continue to do ‘poo patrol’....

sandgrown · 09/04/2018 06:31

The girl in the house across from me went to the ice cream van yesterday ( she is about 10). She ran out from behind the ice cream van and a driver had to do an emergency stop. The driver went across to her house presumably to tell her parents to warn her to take more care. He was treated to a mouthful of abuse, threatened and told to "f**k off as she had parents to tell her what to do!

Pinkvoid · 09/04/2018 06:38

I doubt the incidents are related. What do you think he is planning to do now he ‘knows where you live’ exactly? Break in at night and kill you because you told his daughter/sister/friend/partner to pick her dog shit up? Hmm. If they were related he would have told you there and then. Most people in the world aren’t absolutely crazy and unless you drive a 1950s Cadillac, chances are he did just mix the cars up.

namechange2222 · 09/04/2018 06:43

In my sadly large experience of teens walking dogs they will very rarely pick up poo. They may say they have and they may even bend down to make it look as if they have but, ime, actually think it's far too yuk to do so.
So I'd say chance are if you see a youngster walking a dog there will be poo behind them!

CantGetDecentNickname · 10/04/2018 13:10

www.petpooskiddoo.com/blog/dog-waste-causes-blindness-in-humans/

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2243874/Mother-34-loses-eye-30-years-catching-infection-dog-mess-park.html

I think it is everyone's problem. Responsible dog owners do teach their children to pick it up and why. Sadly so many adults and children don't bother.

Prussiablue · 13/04/2018 15:32

Travellers 😂😂😂😂

Prussiablue · 13/04/2018 15:33

...meant to be Teabelle not travellers Shock

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