Who does these things?

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This is a confession thread and also a mystery solving thread.

There are certain things in life that everyone seems to hate, but I've never ever seen anyone own up to doing, and I would like these people to own up now because I need to know your demographic and why you do them. This is anonymous, you are safe here, tell the truth.

WHO are the people that hang dog poo bags on trees? Who are you and WHY?
WHO are the people that bought all the toilet rolls during covid?

Please add your own answers and your own confessions. Especially the dog poo one because it's everywhere, and yet I never see anyone doing it or owning up to it.

I've seen poo bags left on trees 20 bloody metres from the poo bin

Quite a lot of the toilet roll shortage was caused by people thinking they'd just pick up an extra packet or 2 in case they couldn't get out to the shops for a bit - see also pasta, flour etc and then there being shortages developing which were overreported by the media so loads more people panicked and went out to buy as much toilet paper as they were allowed causing more shortages (certainly guilty of doing this and sending dh in separately so we could get extra!)

This.

Same as soap and eggs and flour.

I mean, I already had a load of toilet rolls in as we buy 5 packs of 18 from Farm Foods for a much better price, when we need them, and I just happened to have bought the next batch before the pandemic broke, but that was just coincidence.
When I saw eggs or hand soap or flour though, I bought it, as we were then able to share with other people in our road whatsapp, and other people in the family who hadn't been able to get some. I do think news of a potential shortage is what creates an actual shortage much of the time though.

Also, as @Saveafun said, we suddenly had 5 adults in the house 23/7 instead of us all being out for most of the day.

As an aside, maybe the hanging poo bags on trees is a local tradition as it isn't something I've ever seen.

No, the bags are usually well out of reach.

Some people are simply stupid. An utter embarassment to responsible dog walkers.

Lol at the we shared with all our neighbours its the same, as every landlord on mn charges less than the going rate for their properties and everone paid their cleaner all through lockdown and gives christmas bonuses aye sure you did 😂

The toilet roll thing was simple panic buying.

It was a domino effect, people mistakenly believed that it was going to run out, word spread around and it blew out of all proportion.

Also probably makes them feel more in control by doing something proactive, even if it is a ridiculous thing.

I think the answer to your question is mostly that a lot of people are irrational and also not very smart.

The circles you move in are likely similar to you so if you don't think this way yourself then your friends are unlikely to.

50% of the population have below average intelligence - and average intelligence is pretty low.

I want to know who are those people who smear shit all over the inside of toilet cubicles.

I was in Sydney once and went into a public loo near the Japanese gardens and one cubicle was completely smeared on all three walls with shit. It was unbelievable.

Then I saw the same thing again when I was using a public loo in a town in Devon recently.

Just... how does that even happen? Surely these people are walking around covered in shit afterwards? Is it a mental illness or what?

So this thread is all toilet rolls and dog shit and I was looking forward to the drink every day and take drugs every weekend . 😔.
I'm not confessing to anything without someone else going first.

Not where I am. I worry sometimes that I'll go out for one of my night time walks and get smacked in the head by a bag full of poo.

I bought one pack of toilet rolls, but it was a big one, I usually buy a 4 pack, I bought a 9 one. Just in case.

I never hung a poo bag up a tree, however I left some in front of shops if I needed to go in, to pick it up afterwards. I may have been guilty of forgetting one once or twice in my dog owner's lifetime.

I will admit that I sometimes leave poo bags.

If my dog poos at the start of a walk then I'll leave it somewhere out of the way and pick it up on the way back again.

And I did stock up on toilet rolls before covid too, and everything else, and I'm glad I did. Always been a bit of a prepper, but I did do extra before the lockdowns hit.

It was just me and 6 kids in the house though, I also had cancer, so I had to be very prepared, and even then I could only get 2 of each item when shopping during covid so I would have been screwed if I hadn't.

@FreshOutOfFucks i knew somone years ago who went out with someone who was a toilet shit smearer if rumours were to be believed he also asked her to piss on him as part of sex so presumably for him part of a fetish.

I once saw "poo" written on the wall.. in poo.

I think these people are just mentally ill.

Someone (I can't think who) once told me they hang poobags to collect and dispose of on their way back, rather than carry the poo with them for their walk, although if this is what people are thinking, 1. Still not OK and 2. They clearly don't.

I didn't stockpile loo rolls from the supermarket during covid instead I ordered 4 huge industrial size machine toilet rolls online. They arrived 4 days later and it literally took me 2 years to use them up.
Remember that if there is ever another pandemic.

You can be fined £100 and up to £1,000 if prosecuted for dog fouling.

I’d print out the guidance and post it through his door as a reminder.

From a tree? Why not leave it at the bottom of the tree, it makes more sense.

Be prepared for a fine. I’m not sure collecting it on your way back would wash because so many people clearly forget.

Well the area/time I go I'm usually on my own anyway, I havent seen another dog walker for months on my dogs main walk, theres nobody around for fines either. If I go at busy times or in busy areas then I wouldn't do it.

That's actually a good idea. I know where he lives and that way he will know he's been caught out and hopefully will stop doing it out of embarrassment.

So... the dog poo bag thing I have done ONLY when she pooed at the start of a circular walk or an out and back route as a) big dog big poos and wrangling her while holding massive steaming bag of shite wasn't ideal if there was an alternative and b) I always and I mean ALWAYS grabbed it and binned it on the return journey and c) chose a discreet Branch out of the way so it wasnt near anyone walking...

It’s weird isn’t it? I walk on a huge open space, think hundreds of acres, and nearly every day I come across piles of drinks cans, take away boxes etc where people have sat themselves down to enjoy the open space , the bird song etc etc and have a picnic . Except that having gone to the trouble of carrying the full drinks cans and food containers to their chosen spot far from everything they then can’t be arsed to pick up the empty stuff, put it back into the carrier bag that they used to carry it, which they have also discarded, and take it to a bin, or home with them. I honestly can’t fathom the mindset of an entire group of people not one of whom has the common sense/ social grace/ respect for the environment to take five seconds to pick up their crap to take home.

No idea about the poo bags thing, which is just absolutely revolting, but I did stock up a bit extra on loo rolls when they had periods of time when they weren't short in supply - I do have a bowel condition and when it flares up I can go through it pretty quickly and I wanted to make sure I had enough in incase that happened AND if there was bad shortages again. I always have one pack on the go and another unused, so just kept an extra unused pack in. I didn't have mountains of it in a spare room or anything 🤣

I did once hide a poo bag behind a tree stump to collect later as the dog pooped right at the start of a long circular no bin walk. I collected it at the end.

I don't leave poos in trees, but I do know the answer to this - it's so other dogs don't wee on it or eat it.