We’ve seen the little bags filled with shit lying all over the place for years, but this is new. It seems like people hear, “Pick up your dog’s shit,” so they pick it up and think the job is done, so they put it back down again.

I mean, I get it, I wouldn’t want to pick up my dog’s shit either. But then, I don’t have a dog, and if you have such a problem picking up your dog’s shit and throwing it away, maybe you shouldn’t have one either. There are, after all, cheaper and more effective ways to deal with your codependence that also don’t force everyone in the neighborhood to see, smell, and hear your cope.