I Googled it. While there’s no scientific consensus, the prevailing sniffed opinion is that dog poop is more potent and foul-smelling than human poop. It just smells worse, for longer. Normally, this is manageable because dogs are taking their dumps outside, or in your house if you’re unlucky. But still, you can clean it up, maybe spray a cleaner, and open the window to let some fresh air in, if the poop happened inside.
But, do you know where you can’t open a window to air out a nasty smell? An airplane. In such a circumstance, you can’t even leave the vicinity. You’re trapped, with the smell of dog poop slowly infiltrating the metal tube you and dozens of other people cannot exit. This used to be a pretty rare occurrence, but as airlines have become more pet-friendly in recent years, that means the likelihood of encountering some mile-high dung has also increased.
On a recent flight from Houston to Seattle, United Airlines passengers learned the hard (and smelly) way of just what…