If you follow this blog even a little, you will know that I bike down to the park with my dog on almost a daily basis. Today was no different. Except that it was.
We're good park citizens and we clean up after ourselves. Tonight we got there way after dark, which is not a problem in the cleanup department, 'cause I can spot my dog pinching a loaf in the moonlight, which I did tonight. I carry a headlamp and normally I eagle-eye the spot and walk towards it and never take my eyes off it til I get there.
On this one day though, I got distracted for just a minute. I still found the pile, I just found it with my foot. I don't like to be so totally out of control, but I have never been so screaming pissed in my entire life. I lost it. In the park.
Thing is, on this one particular night, I'd decided to wear my house sandals to the park. No amount of scraping your foot in the grass can get the poop out of the grooves. I'm faced with pressure-washing and all kinds of disinfection.
You can obviously see how bad things got today. I now think the terror surrounding Friday the 13th is real and justified, but you can draw your own conclusions. Just don't ask me to bail you out when things go sideways. All I can tell you for sure is that I'm now a believer and that next time around, I'll be hunkered down, with my shades drawn, living on cheese sandwiches, waiting for Saturday the 14th.
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To: Mr. S.
From: Officer Mark S. Alotte, SpoPoPaPaCaCa
Re: Removal of Park Property in Violation of City Ordinance
Greetings.
While the City of Spokane appreciates your effort to clean up your canine companion's poo, such poo becomes park property upon contact with the ground within park boundaries.
Removal of park propery, even unintentionally, is a misdeamor, and can be considered as a component of a felony if the theft coincides with other offenses, such as an unleashed dog, a bicycle in the park, or the wearing of ugly house slippers in public.
Please return all stolen poo to a proper park receptacle at your earliest convience, if not sooner.
Regards.
Dear Officer Alotte (of you-know-what):
It's been a while. The pleasure is all yours.
Your in-depth memorization and creative interpretation of city code is remarkable, and a testament to how one can productively utilize the spare time that is the by-product of living in one's mother's basement.
At some deep and disturbing level I appreciate your passion and professionalism and must admit that I do sleep better at night, knowing that our beloved park is safe under your intense watch.
And so, out of respect, I will endeavor to drop-ship all past, present, and future loads to a proper receptacle. Please provide me with the license plate number of your service vehicle so that I do not make a felonious mistake.
Thank you for helping veer me off the path of crime I was headed down and for your continued zealous service to our fair city. Respectfully yours.
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