New trend I see on walks: Leaving dog poop bags on the ground

[yk9001]

I was talking to a friend who said he was in Irvine this weekend, and noticed the sidewalks littered with bags of dog poop.  I had never noticed that before.

 

Then, my wife and I walked Signal Hill yesterday, and damn if I didn't notice it as well:  Bags of dog poop - they pick up after their dog, then just leave the bag!

 

It combines the best of Americans:  Inconsiderate, AND lazy.

 

 

What the heck?  Anyone have an explanation?

[arch stanton]

People suck

[TobiasFunke]

The city I work in has miles of trails with dog bag dispensers at all trail heads. This is a huge trend where people leave the bags. It'll start with one person and then people will see that bag and assume that's where their bag should go so you then see 5+ bags all piled up.

 

I'm pretty sure they assume that a city worker will come by and throw them all away as if that's their job.

[Blarg]

I always wonder how many designer handbags have been defiled by purse dog poop.

[Catwhoshatinthehat]

This is one of those times where I read a thread and it trips me out because I just noticed the same thing.  I try to run on Sundays and depending how far I plan to run I'll either run along the tracks of homes nearby or go run at the beach.  Yesterday I opted for option A and while I was running I noticed 2 dog poop bags on the ground that were full and tied off.  If I see someone actually leave one while on one of these runs I'll go full yk, see where they live and deposit the bag back on their lawn.  

[Angel Dog and Beer]

As a dog owner, this pisses me off too because it makes it seem that all dog owners are just as inconsiderate and lazy as the slouch who leaves the bag on the side. I always pick up the poo, no matter what.

 

I do know, and I have done it in the past, sometimes my dog will poop right at the start of our trail run so I'll bag it up and if there's nowhere to throw it away I'll leave it somewhere by the trail but not noticeable, and pick it up on my way back down. 

 

Maybe others are doing that too, but forgetting. Or maybe they're just assholes.

[yk9001]

My friend told me about it over the phone on Saturday, and I told him I had never seen that.  Not 24 hours later, I see at least 10 bags of poop walking Signal Hill.

[yk9001]

As a dog owner, this pisses me off too because it makes it seem that all dog owners are just as inconsiderate and lazy as the slouch who leaves the bag on the side. I always pick up the poo, no matter what.

 

I do know, and I have done it in the past, sometimes my dog will poop right at the start of our trail run so I'll bag it up and if there's nowhere to throw it away I'll leave it somewhere by the trail but not noticeable, and pick it up on my way back down. 

 

Maybe others are doing that too, but forgetting. Or maybe they're just assholes.

 

My wife pointed this out, but clearly none of the bags were 'fresh'.  Still had dew/sprinkler water on them.

[TobiasFunke]

Like I said, it's people that leave it assuming a city worker or city contractor will throw them away

[mp170.6]

At least it wasn't human crap.

 

Up until twenty years ago, the largest east coast railroad did not have toilets on their locomotives.  They issued bags to the train crews who sometimes tossed their samples off the engine at high speed.  Your story reminded me of that, haha. 

[gotbeer]

Don't have that problem in my area.  But do have people go to the park, usually on like lunch breaks, and leave their lunch crap all over the streets.  So those people probably have dogs at home, and do the same things with their dogs crap.  

[Tank]

I'd like to be surprised to hear that people are lazy morons who don't clean up after themselves, but seeing what they do to movie theaters and airplanes makes this not so surprising.

[Jay]

The city I work in has miles of trails with dog bag dispensers at all trail heads. This is a huge trend where people leave the bags. It'll start with one person and then people will see that bag and assume that's where their bag should go so you then see 5+ bags all piled up.

 

I'm pretty sure they assume that a city worker will come by and throw them all away as if that's their job.

 

It actually is accepted practice on hiking trails to leave a poop bag on the way in and pick it up on the way out.  This is in the National Forest where dogs are allowed on the trails.  Dogs are not allowed on the trails in the National Parks.

 

[yk9001]

It actually is accepted practice on hiking trails to leave a poop bag on the way in and pick it up on the way out. 

 

People are definitely missing half of that accepted practice.

[Sully151]

We have apartments down the street from us and residents leave their dog crap in bags up and down the street. Pisses me off. It's not like they dont walk past the dumpsters on the way back to their house.

[TobiasFunke]

It actually is accepted practice on hiking trails to leave a poop bag on the way in and pick it up on the way out. This is in the National Forest where dogs are allowed on the trails. Dogs are not allowed on the trails in the National Parks.

That doesn't apply to regular ass trails in a city

[Blarg]

Lou brings his filled doggy bags and empties them on the trails.

[Jay]

That doesn't apply to regular ass trails in a city

 

I guess you would know about the ass trails

[Hollyw00d]

"new trend"?

 

This has been happening in my neighborhood since like '98

[Pbonetheman]

In long beach I see these bags ran over quite often

Edited March 24, 2015 by Pbonetheman

[arch stanton]

I still believe my explanation is the correct one.

[Amazing Larry]

I do know, and I have done it in the past, sometimes my dog will poop right at the start of our trail run so I'll bag it up and if there's nowhere to throw it away I'll leave it somewhere by the trail but not noticeable, and pick it up on my way back down.