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To be annoyed about being asked to pick up poo?

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WFHbore2023 · 25/01/2023 13:15

I'm going to start this by saying - I did do it. I'm annoyed at myself, but I was a bit stunned.
I was walking along with my dog, earphones in. A woman with a pushchair was walking along the same path, walking towards us.
She pointed at some poo on the floor and said something to me, which I didn’t hear as I had my earphones in. I assumed she was asking if it was my dogs poo, so I just said no. I took out an earphone and she said ‘have you got a poo bag? will you pick it up? I hate it when people leave poo’
I was a bit shocked so just picked it up and said ‘yeah, me too’ but afterwards I was like ‘wtf?!’
In hindsight, I should have just given her a bag to pick it up if she’s so bothered by it!
I pick up my dogs poo, and I happily do it, because that is MY job! It’s not my job to pick up other peoples dog poo, it’s bloody gross!
It would be like me pointing to a dirty nappy on the floor and expecting her to pick it up, just because she has a child with her.
Was she BU, or am I for being annoyed that she asked me to?

OP posts:
Trixiefirecracker · 27/01/2023 08:18

Too many f*cking dogs is the main problem and I say that as a someone who actually likes dogs but everyone in my village has one and there is shit everywhere.

Anyotherdude · 27/01/2023 08:32

Some of these replies have left me wondering if some dog owners pick the poo up with their own hands!
Surely if you’re picking up the poo, any dog’s poo, and you’re picking it up with the poo bag, whether the dog is wormed or not is neither here nor there!
My DDog sometimes likes to poo next to the spot where another has already left a deposit (aren’t they just charming little gremlins?) so, to avoid it looking like I’ve not picked up, I’ll pick up both poos and dispose of them.
I consider it a civic duty, and OP, you should have advised the lady that yes, you’d pick it up, even though it’s not your dog’s poo and added, isn’t it horrible that some owners don’t do this…

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WFHbore2023 · 27/01/2023 10:18

Anyotherdude · 27/01/2023 08:32

Some of these replies have left me wondering if some dog owners pick the poo up with their own hands!
Surely if you’re picking up the poo, any dog’s poo, and you’re picking it up with the poo bag, whether the dog is wormed or not is neither here nor there!
My DDog sometimes likes to poo next to the spot where another has already left a deposit (aren’t they just charming little gremlins?) so, to avoid it looking like I’ve not picked up, I’ll pick up both poos and dispose of them.
I consider it a civic duty, and OP, you should have advised the lady that yes, you’d pick it up, even though it’s not your dog’s poo and added, isn’t it horrible that some owners don’t do this…

I'm glad you don't have a problem with picking up random poo, however - I personally am absolutely fine with picking up my own dogs mess, as her diet is good quality and her poo is solid, and relatively scent free, and yet dislike picking up cold, squidgy poo from a dog that isn't my own.

There is absolutely a difference between picking up my own dogs fresh poo, and random poo.

What I should have done, is suggest she take a bag from me and pick it up herself. Unfortunately, I was taken aback and just did it, but in future, should it happen again, I'll be offering a bag for them to use themselves.

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limitedperiodonly · 27/01/2023 10:40

There's an episode in the Damian Lewis show Billions where Chuck (district attorney and nemesis of Lewis's dodgy hedge fund boss Bobby) gets an arrogant dog owner in New York's Central Park to pick up his dog's shit with his bare hands.

Chuck is played by Paul Giamatti, so he's no-one's idea of physically intimidating, but he brings the owner to heel. I'll have to re-watch because I can't remember how he threatens the bloke into doing it.

Obviously it's the man's dog's shit, not some other dog's shit. Chuck is a crusader for justice but he wouldn't inflict humiliating punishment on someone simply for the crime of owning a dog.

Chuck has a secret life where he enjoys being a submissive. I imagine he's the sort of person who would like being ordered by his dominatrix to pick up dog shit with his bare hands. But I don't think other people should feel obliged to do it, bag or no bag, if it's not their dog.

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