Doogie Doo dilemma

Thought I would query my SportsJournalists.com friends on their feelings regarding the sanctity of their trash bins.

Say you are walking your dog and pick up after it with a plastic bag like a responsible pet owner.

It's garbage day and folks have their big bins out by the curb.

Is it OK to slip your dog waste into a bin?

How about if a bin is kind full and the lid is open? Does that make a difference?

What if the garbage men have come already and the bin is empty?

I'll hang up and listen. ...

 

Doogie doo? Did Neil Patrick Harris shit on your lawn?

(If the bin is full and out on the curb I have no problem with dumping it in.)

 

Absolutely acceptable. If you're offended by the smell of a garbage bin, generally speaking, you shouldn't be sticking your head in garbage bins. I'd rather you throw your doggie doo in my garbage bin than leave it in my yard.

 

I wouldn't care if someone dropped it in my garbage bin, but I probably wouldn't drop it in someone else's. The people who would get all red-ass about that can be tough to spot, and it's not worth potentially causing unnecessary drama.

Especially if it were empty. We've got neighbors who keep their trash bin in their garage, and I could see some of them not being happy at having to smell another person's dog's crap whenever they get in or get out of their car.

 

Ask Drip, he may have an idea or two.

 

It's a question that comes up frequently in my day=-to-day existence... I fall into the camp in which it's OK when the bin is out by the street and waiting for pick-up but not OK if the trash collector has already come by and you're, in effect, asking Mr. Neighbor to store your dogshit in his bin until next pick-up.

 

Carry it home and put it in your own bin.

I believe the garbage companies prefer everything in the bins to be in a bag that's tied. A loose bag of dog crap kind of violates that. Don't think they are particularly strict about it, though.

Also, when I get home I put the stuff in a sealable container (one of those quart bags). The smell goes right though a bag that isn't sealed.

 

This Mr. Neighbor keeps the bin in the garage (raccoons) and the smell if an empty bin deposit isn't noticed and removed makes for a wonderfully fragrant garage, especially in the heat of the summer.

 

You double bag dog crap? Seems kind of wasteful.

 

If I am outside and they see me, a courtesy "May I?" would be nice, but if I am not there, I could care less.

 

Oh, if my bin is empty, keep your crap out of it.