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A fed-up woman has installed ‘passive aggressive’ signs around her street in an attempt to shame irresponsible dog owners.
A community member noticed the signs and took to Reddit with the message: “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 signs demand action with blunt messages such as “Pick up your dog’s poop, “We ain’t picking up a mfn thing”, and “Pick up poop, blah, blah blah”.
Additional signs depict simple drawings of saddened stick figures contemplating the prevalent issue of abandoned dog mess.
Social media users have weighed in, with one commenting: “People who don’t pick up after their dogs shouldn’t be allowed to own dogs.”
Another resident 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’.”
Meanwhile another said: “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 expressed frustration: “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.”
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The same individual vowed to take action, saying: “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.”
Another person highlighted local penalties: “In my town there’s a £1,000 fine for not picking up your dog poop – assuming you’re caught.”
Keep Britain Tidy informs that failing to pick up after one’s dog can result in a Fixed Penalty Notice of up to £100, or a court-imposed fine of up to £1,000.
Their statement clarifies: “The law states that being unaware a dog has fouled or not having a suitable bag is not a reasonable excuse.”
The responsibility of cleaning up lies with the council if an owner neglects their duty, with over 90% of councils employing dog wardens.
Keep Britain Tidy’s efforts have seen significant success, particularly with their 2010 campaign ‘There’s no such thing as the dog poo fairy’, which led to substantial decreases in dog fouling across various council areas.
Some communities witnessed reductions as high as 90%, while an average drop of 43% was noted among the 94 participating local authorities.
