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JuanHamm · **Joined:** Wed May 30, 2018 6:10 pm **Posts:** 6950

Let's see if this idea has legs.

The concept is I (or whoever gets here first i in the morning) posts a post from the reddit sub - Am I the Asshole and we have fun judging the person, arguing and mocking the insane redditors.

I'll start on the next post and we'll see how it goes.

JuanHamm · **Joined:** Wed May 30, 2018 6:10 pm **Posts:** 6950

AITA for putting a bag of dog poop in a stranger's trash can?

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I have a lovely 2yo Golden Retriever. She is full of energy, so she gets a lot of walks. I try to be a responsible dog owner. I always pick up her poo, even if it is nowhere near other people's homes. My wife and I brought the dog along to visit friends in an east coast Florida barrier island/beach community. Nice, quaint, nothing fancy.

We walked the dog, and naturally, the dog pooped. My wife had a bag, and picked up the poop. We walked on. About 4-5 houses down, there was a large, standard community issued, garbage can at the edge of the road. The lid was half up, as it was quite full and ready for pickup.

My wife deposited the tied closed bag-O-poo into the can.

A man mowing his lawn at the house next door (it was not his trash can) went off. He ran over and yelled at my wife: "You're disgusting. You can't do that. Why would you put your dog's waste (his term) in someone else's can." She said: "it is a garbage can. People put nasty things in garbage cans. That's what they're for." He harassed her until she took it out.

Is my wife (am I) the asshole here for putting a tied bag of poop in a stranger's street side garbage can?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAsshole/ ... strangers/

bodysnatcher · **Posted:** Mon January 30, 2023 6:16 pm

No. There’s way worse things in public garbage cans.

wease · **Posted:** Mon January 30, 2023 6:19 pm

No. The neighbor is the asshole.

JuanHamm · **Joined:** Wed May 30, 2018 6:10 pm **Posts:** 6950

Yes, I agree. The can was at the end of the driveway and full, so it was going to be emptied soon anyway.

Also, who cares? It's garbage in a garbage can.

Jorge · **Posted:** Mon January 30, 2023 6:31 pm

Did you pick an easy one to start, or can we expect most of them to be this unchallenging

JuanHamm · **Joined:** Wed May 30, 2018 6:10 pm **Posts:** 6950

I picked an easy one. I do sort of regret it now.

If you want to post a better one go ahead, we'll do a soft reboot.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Mon January 30, 2023 6:36 pm

Jorge wrote:

Did you pick an easy one to start, or can we expect most of them to be this unchallenging

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36214

yeah, i think this thread will unify RM if it continues this way

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Mon January 30, 2023 6:40 pm

you're the asshole for not punching the guy for bullying your wife.

JuanHamm · **Joined:** Wed May 30, 2018 6:10 pm **Posts:** 6950

The post is voted Asshole so some people disagree with the consensus here. I thought it would be trag.

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Mon January 30, 2023 6:57 pm

Its fine to throw garbage in someone else's can. You can shoot even them if try to interfere.

Peeps · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 12:41 pm **Posts:** 5824

I'll side with the neighbor

we have a dumpster between our two buildings for all 10 tenants to use

we often get people coming down and dumping their shit (mostly construction waste) in there especially on sundays and mondays (trash is picked up at 230am tuesday morning). Sundays arent so bad but there have been times that it has been tough to get the garbage in and can be a hassle cleaning up around the outside of the dumpster.

we all pay to have this service and these free loaders aren't paying at all.

im not sure how single house garbage rates are created

also say you know you threw something away on accident and new it was in that specific can and that specific bag and you reach and stick your hand in dog shit. fuck that

Jorge · **Posted:** Mon January 30, 2023 7:08 pm

"I'll go ahead and side with the neighbor" *describes completely different scenario*

Chris_H_2 · **Posted:** Mon January 30, 2023 7:11 pm

BurtReynolds wrote:

Its fine to throw garbage in someone else's can. You can shoot even them if try to interfere.

what if they pay for garbage pickup and other don't? doesn't that just encourage other people to just throw their stuff away at their neighbors?

Peeps · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 12:41 pm **Posts:** 5824

Jorge wrote:

"I'll go ahead and side with the neighbor" *describes completely different scenario*

how i agree with the neighbor that it is disgusting to do that and i provided the scenario

i also disagreed with the sentiment of using other peoples trash bins for your use

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42181

Sounds like the Reddit story wasn’t a shared garbage can though.

Do you think it’s disgusting for you to put dog poop in your own trash can?

Peeps · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 12:41 pm **Posts:** 5824

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

Sounds like the Reddit story wasn’t a shared garbage can though.

Do you think it’s disgusting for you to put dog poop in your own trash can?

no it states it was a personal can and i am not sure how individual owners are charged for waste management services. is it by the bin or a flat rate? i used my scenario as an example that we as a group pay for our garbage dumpster and that people think they can just dump their garbage in ours at their leisure and that i think that is wrong

if i owned a dog i would have a special bin for that. right now if i owned a dog i would not because i live on the edge of the woods and a steep hill side right next to me

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42181

I don’t think the rate aspect is that big of a deal since this is a very small bag. I can see it from the general standpoint of using someone else’s can. It was definitely asshole for the neighbor to react like that when it wasn’t his can though.

Peeps · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 12:41 pm **Posts:** 5824

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

I don’t think the rate aspect is that big of a deal since this is a very small bag. I can see it from the general standpoint of using someone else’s can. It was definitely asshole for the neighbor to react like that when it wasn’t his can though.

hard disagree. neighbors have to look out for each other when animal feces is involved

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