'My neighbours won't clear up dog poo so I came up with petty solution'
A fed up woman has slammed lazy dog walker to fail to pick up their pets' mess when taking them out for their daily exercise - and it has caused others to join in her 'protest'
A woman has installed 'passive aggressive' signs on her street slamming lazy dog owners who fail to pick up their pets' mess. Fed up with dodging dog poo on her daily walk, she decided to take action and call out her pet-owning neighbours who have turned the streets into a minefield.
And it seems her protest has encouraged others to take action against the problem. Sharing the signs on Reddit, the neighbour wrote: "Someone posted these passive aggressive 'pick up your dog poop' signs in my apartment complex and someone else got next level petty with them". The homemade signs read: "Pick up your dog's poop," "We ain't picking up a mfn [sic] thing", and "Pick up poop, blah, blah blah".
Meanwhile, other signs show childlike drawings of sad-looking stick men thinking about dog poo being left on the streets.
Commenting on the signs, one user said: "People who don't pick up after their dogs shouldn't be allowed to own dogs."
Another user added: "I've gone and made 'signs' from sticky notes and little sticks to mark each pile of poop outside my apartment and left a note on the concrete saying, 'please pick up after your dogs'.
"I just carried trash to the dumpster stepped in dog poo! As you can see, this volume of poop is insane!
"Left it a few days, and then cleaned everything up. Gave them all a clean start again! A***holes continued to not pick it up. Finally, called management. Took monetary fines to make them pick up....."
A third user said: "I'm having this issue right now. There's lots of dogs in my neighbourhood and I don't mind if they poop on my front lawn, but someone keeps f***ing leaving it! I always clean up after my dog.
WARNING: Video contains explicit language. Viewer discretion is advised.
"One of these days, I'm gonna spend a whole day/evening by the living room window to hopefully catch the asshole who is doing this."
One more user added: "In my town there's a £1,000 fine for not picking up your dog poop - assuming you're caught."
According to Keep Britain Tidy, anyone who fails to clear up after their dog can be issued with a Fixed Penalty Notice of up to £100. If the case goes to court this could cost the owner or person in charge of the animal up to £1,000.
A statement reads: "The law states that being unaware a dog has fouled or not having a suitable bag is not a reasonable excuse.
"If someone does fail to clean up after their pet, it falls to the council to get rid of it. More than 90% of councils have dog wardens.
"Keep Britain Tidy has campaigned very successfully on the issue of dog fouling. In 2010, our high-profile 'There's no such thing as the dog poo fairy' led to massive reductions in dog fouling in participating council areas.
"Some communities saw a decrease of up to 90%, while on average a reduction of 43% was recorded across the 94 participating local authorities."
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