A man has been praised for his ‘stinky’ revenge on an entitled neighbour who let his dog poo in the middle of his garden every day.
He explained how he moved into a “chill little neighbourhood” with zero problems except his behind neighbour, Rick, who refused to abide by social norms.
Taking to Reddit, he said: “Rick’s the kind of guy who owns two grills but no shirt, drinks Coors Light in the driveway at 10am, and thinks property lines are just a “suggestion.”
Rick also had this massive golden retriever named Duke. Duke was cool, friendly, but had a very specific habit: he loved to drop the nastiest logs right in the middle of my lawn. Not near the sidewalk. Not behind a tree. Dead centre, like it was his sacred spot. Every. Damn. Day.”
Believing it to be a misjudgement at first, he spoke to Rick about the issue but was shocked to hear his “unbothered” response.
He added: “I walked over, super polite, and asked if he could maybe keep Duke on a leash or at least scoop the poop when it happened.
Rick, wearing a tank top that said “Weekend Warrior,” looks me dead in the eye and goes, ‘It’s all nature, bro. You don’t own the Earth’.”
To prevent this from happening again, he fixed his fence, installed motion-activated sprinkles and even tried some citrus deterrent.
However, nothing seems to work and Rick actually laughed at his attempts to keep Duke out of his garden, saying: “Nice try but Duke’s built different”.
So, he decided to try out a new tactic to prove a point and put a stop to the dog mess once and for all.
He said: “I started collecting Duke’s turds in a Home Depot bucket. Lined it with a trash bag, used a scoop, added a little water for… aesthetic reasons. After about two weeks, I had something that looked like a cursed soup.
“One Saturday morning, while Rick was out, I took that bucket and painted the border of his yard. Sprinkled it like fairy dust right along his deck and around his precious fire pit area.
“He came out later that day, sniffed the air, and literally went, ‘What the hell is that smell?’ I was sitting on my porch drinking coffee like, ‘Smells like nature, bro.’
“But wait, it gets better. We have a neighbourhood Facebook group. I started posting ‘Lost Dog Poop’ updates every time Duke hit my yard.
“Then I started putting up tiny little ‘Do Not Poop Here’ signs made out of popsicle sticks and toothpicks, complete with glitter and googly eyes, all over the lawn. I made them in weird passive-aggressive haiku.”
This petty revenge didn’t go down well, as the resident added: “Rick was not amused. He actually stormed over one day and yelled, ‘Are you trying to make me look bad?!’ I just blinked and said, ‘Buddy, I don’t need to try’.”
With that, the entire neighbourhood turned on Rick, with some complaining about experiencing similar issues with waking up to dog mess all over their garden.
He added: “Rick ended up having to build an actual fenced-in dog run and started walking Duke on a leash like a normal human.”
People thought the payback was absolutely genius and took to the comments sedction to leave their thoughts.
One responder wrote: “Oh, you are so good!” Meanwhile, another user added: “Had this problem as well. Kudos for the poo soup you left for him and getting your neighbours on board.”