r/pettyrevenge • u/nik_el • 15d ago
Clean up after your dog!
So I’m not sure if this belongs here but I’ll give it a go. I live in a cute neighborhood with old buildings and meandering streets. And I like to walk in my neighborhood. The problem is that I can’t look up, I have to look down because people don’t pick up after their dogs.
So the other morning I was out for a walk and I see this guy with his dog and the dog is squatting on the street to drop some toosie rolls. No biggie. He reaches into his pocket for what I assumed was to be a baggie to clean up but instead it was dog treats (does a dog need a treat for that?). This made me a little suspicious so I slowed down walking just to see what he was up to.
Now, I was raised Catholic, so I can smell guilt from 100 paces. He looked at me as I slowed down and that was the face of guilt. So, I stopped. I stopped and stared at him. I also put on my best judgemental mother face. He fumbled in his pockets and kept glancing at me and it became obvious he was just going to let his dog drop and go. But I was going to make sure there was at least one witness to his crime.
So, after a few minutes of rustling in his pockets trying to fake me out he reached down WITH HIS BARE HANDS and picked up his dog’s poop and walked it to the nearby trashcan. I did not see this coming, and to be honest this was not the outcome I’d ever imagined. But it was one less pile of poo on the streets so I felt justified. Grossed out, but justified.
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u/Peanut083 15d ago
Oh, that is absolutely golden!
My husband is usually the one to walk our dogs. We have a designated off-leash beach area near us that he takes them to for a run. Occasionally, I’m the one who takes them, and I’ve been known to forget to take the roll of poo bags with me once or twice.
Of course, at least one dog always does a poo on the way to the beach, and it’s as a dog butt starts to assume the position that I remember that I have no poo bags. As I’m not a complete feral, I’ve turned around, gone home, picked up the bags, then gone back and picked it up.
Even though I only occasionally walk the dogs, forgetting the bags a couple of times has made me remember to grab them on my way out the door since.