NYC Woman Who Refuses to Pick up Her Dog’s Poop Is Being Shamed on Posters

When I walk in the uptown neighborhoods of New York City, I usually come across at least one sign from residents (often attached to a tree or a gate) asking dog parents to please, please pick up their dogs’ waste. It seems a little intense, but I get it. In my own suburban neighborhood, if I forget a poop bag, I always try to come trudging back to pick up my dogs’ poop after a walk.

Apparently, my hypervigilance here is a good thing. One Upper East Side dog mom has ticked off her fellow New Yorkers with her dog-poop negligence so much that they have literally made posters shaming her for her behavior.

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Per The New York Post, the woman has been a repeat offender but most recently left her dog’s waste on the sidewalk last Friday. “The dog took a s**t right in the middle of 84th Street,”  Elvin, a doorman at 90 East End Ave., told The Post. “When her dog pooped, she had no reaction. She looked. She just kept walking.”

Elvin expanded: “[Another] lady started saying, ‘Ma’am! Ma’am! Ma’am! You didn’t pick it up. You didn’t pick up! I’ll give you a bag!’” He added that the woman followed the poop offender for several blocks. “She turned around and started yelling, ‘So what! I don’t care! I don’t care!’” he said.

So, in classic retaliation mode, an unidentified person made a poster featuring a photo of the woman wearing a baseball cap and carrying a Chanel bag, while her dog peers out from behind her. The signs reportedly span 10 blocks, between East 79th to East 88th streets. The Post notes that this area is home to many pups, as well as Carl Schurz Park, which features two dog runs (this author and former Upper East Side dog-sitter notes that there are also many trash bins on the Upper East Side).

“This is a great idea! I’m thrilled that someone did this. Finally, someone is doing something about it,” Kathy W., a retired college president, told the Post “I think it’ll work.”

And of course, there is a Reddit thread about the saga of this poop-etrator (I swore I wasn’t going to say it, but here we are). Plenty of people are in support of this form of punishment.

Reddit user ScratchStudios says: “As a dog owner on the UES who would never imagine leaving their dog’s s**t in the street —  I support this public shaming.”

Another, named my_metrocard, even admitted to doing this woman’s dirty work for her: “I’ve seen her, actually. I picked up her dog’s poo because she nonchalantly walked away.”

A third, Ajkrouse, offered advice for anyone who comes across this poopy behavior: “Toss it at her feet next time and say, ‘You dropped this!’”

Anyway, if you want a distraction from increasingly depressing global news, feel free to make this very petty local news your whole personality for a while.