# Question about dog poop bags **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163 "2023-08-26T22:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163/1 "2023-08-26T22:58:22Z")
This question may have been posed before. I can’t find it. Fairly frequently on my dog walks, I find a dog poop bag on the side of the trail. Sometimes more than one. Sometimes I come across a gathering of poop bags (not sure what the collective noun is), obviously from the same person. Just last week, I came across three identical poop bags, carefully placed on a park bench 50 feet from a garbage can. Why are these people doing this? Some theories I’ve explored with other dog owners: - They think they’ll come back later to pick it up. (doing a back and forth on the trail). This does not work for the collective of identical poop bags. - They think that it’s the job of the park employee (or someone… the designated dog poop bag collector) - They think it’s a compostable dog poop bag, so it will naturally vanish into the ecosystem - It’s icky and they don’t want to touch it anymore (then why bag it?) - The poop fairy takes care of it - They just don’t care (then why bag it?) - They think the act of bagging it makes it disappear - They’re fucking stupid --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-dog-poop-bags/989163)._