9.28.2007

Ask and You Shall Receive

So after last night's quick post, apologizing for my lack of writing on here, I spent the evening and the better part of the morning trying to think of something to blog about.

Then this fell in my lap on the way to work this morning, and really, how could you not post something about this ridiculousness:

http://www.wescooppoop.com/

Yes, I passed a pick-up truck for the "We Scoop Poop" people, better known as "Dog Duty." For only $9 a week, you can rid your backyard of all of that poop your dog does.

Or you can save yourself $9 bucks and bag it up yourself. OR, do what Justin and I do, just leave it -- and in a few weeks it goes away on its own, and your grass is greener for it.

I think my favorite part of the Web site is the FAQ section. For example, the first question in my mind is, "What in the heck do you do with the poop after your scoop it? Do you have a manure pile somewhere?" And that just happens to be the first question! Their answer:

"We leave the bag at your house in the roll-away trash can. If you keep your trash can inside your garage, then we leave the bag next to your garage door farthest away from your front door."

Personally, that's just asking for some stupid 14-year-old to walk by and set it on fire, but that's just my opinion.

Another good question, "I have a scary dog. Will you still scoop my yard?"

My answer -- why would you make some poor individual pick up scary dog poop? Why do you have a scary dog in the first place? Anyways, their answer is pretty much yes.

Now, to be fair, after looking at their site, they also provide lawn service and pet sitting -- so they aren't exactly hanging their hat on trying to make a buck picking up just dog crap.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Jenni!

There are hundreds of scoopers dooing our duty out there (I'm one of them) and we love our jobs. We work outside, see hundreds of dogs every week, and yes, the money is enough to surprise you! I've "hung my hat" on it for five years now.
--
Jeff Morgan
The Grand Poobah, Denver, CO
A Pet Waste Cleanup and Disposal Service
Serving south metro Denver since 2003
www.poopguy.com info@poopguy.com
303-669-0943

Jenni said...

You know, the more I think about it, the more picking up dog poop makes sense. I can not tell you how many times I stepped in dog crap growing up -- in fact, there is home video of me stepping in dog crap after sliding down my playground slide and crying -- I was probably five.

Thanks for the comment!