To leave a note?

[LouiseEH]

I live a small block of flats. In the communal hall an animal (cat?) has done a poo in the corner. It’s been there since yesterday morning and no one has cleaned it up.

I don’t know or talk to any of my neighbours and I’m not 100% sure who’s cat has done it.

Aibu to leave a polite note asking for the owner to clean it up?

If there are several cats, how will they even know who the offending cat belongs to?

Having said that, I would clean it up, just in case it was my cat that had done it.

'Please be polite and clean up your shite'

I think only one of my neighbours has a cat but I can’t be 100% sure

I was thinking something like this...

“could the owner of the animal that did a poo in the hall upstairs please clean it up? Thank you.”

I’m really not good with things like this

The trouble you have is that you don't know a cat is the animal responsible for the poo. It could be but equally it could be another animal or another cat that had got into the flats somehow.

The fact you think only one neighbour has a cat means you are basically accusing 1 person when you have no evidence.

It would be much quicker to clean it up and if it occurred again you could contact the building owner and get an official letter sent out.

HeadsDown - that’s what I’m afraid of.
I can’t clean it up or i’ll be sick, pathetic I know but that’s why I never want any pets and it shouldn’t be my responsibility anyway

Can you turn the note into a flag with a long "flagpole" and stick it in the pile of shit? Because that would be hilarious. Or gross. I can't decide!

Well unless there is a company who comes in to clean the communal stairways/halls then unfortunately someone will need to clean it up. Surely you can get a bag, pick it up and chuck it in a bin? That's got to be less vomit inducing that leaving it sitting in the hallway for 2 days?

Could be a nosey cat from elsewhere, or do you have foxes in your area? We have nosey little shits foxes who wander through our communal hall looking for the bins which they can smell, but are locked away.

I’m not going to leave a note, it’s making me incredibly anxious

If it’s still there when I get back from picking my DS up from nursery i’ll just have to clean it up myself and hope I’m not sick, just have to work out how I’m going to do it 🤢

Two plastic food bags over your hand (to be sure...).Pick up poo,ick,ick,turn bag backwards to enclose poo inside,tie bag shut,chuck in bin.
Wash hands multiple times ( though you shouldn't need to!)
Possible spray are with disinfectant ,sluice with water and wipe depending...
Job done.

If you have a son of nursery age then a pile of animal poo that's been left sitting there for 2 days will be much less vomit inducing than anything your son has ever produced.

Use one of his nappy bags and grab it from above, much like a dog owner does when picking up dog poo, then tie the handles and chuck it in the bin. If you don't want to touch the poo through the bag maybe you could wear washing up gloves?

I would also recommend disinfecting the area if possible to remove the smell and avoid other incidents or the suspect animal returning and thinking it is an acceptable place to go to the toilet.

Haha you’d think that but I don’t mind cleaning up after DC, it doesn’t bother me one bit (unless I’m ill)

My plan is to scrape it onto some card and put it in a bag and then tie and bin it, no way in hell am I putting my hand on it, even with a bag lol

I’m going to mop the floor after too as it’s needs doing anyway

How did you get on, op?

Hand in bag, paper towels on poo, scoop up the poo in the paper, turn bag inside out to release hand and contain poo inside the paper, knot bag. This way you don't have to feel the poo.

Ugh that really is grim, I don’t envy you OP. Still it could be worse - at least it’s not human poo! (I hope!!) 💩

It was definitely animal poo, it smells different lol

I cleaned it up and mopped the floor, it was a lot more solid and stuck to the floor than anticipated but now I can go into the hall without holding my breath lol

Maybe:
"Please keep this area clean and clear up any litter, animal poo or junk mail. Thank you".
Then it points out that everyone knows there was a poo but doesn't specifically aim it at the poo maker's owner.

But tbh if it was a one off I'd probably just mutter about it to myself and leave it at that.

Just pick it up in a big handful of kitchen roll, bin in in the outside bin and move on. Unless it's a regular thing it's hardly a big deal.

I’m hoping it’s just a one off, I’ve been here almost a year and it’s the first time it’s happened

Have you got any cleaning stuff that smells of citrus? If it was a cat they will sometimes come back and do it again if they can smell poo or wee there but citrus smells or vinegar puts them off