Tuesday proved to be a crappy day -- literally -- for a Wisconsin cleanup crew, which spent the day cleaning up a massive manure spill.
The spill occurred sometime before 8:20 a.m. in Kiel, about 65 miles north of Milwaukee, where a truck somehow dumped its load on County Highway HH all the way through the downtown area.
The highway and a few surrounding streets were shut down all day while workers removed the poop one shovel-full at a time, according to the Kiel Police Department.
Some residents estimated that the spill went for miles, and they were very upset. Logan Anderson wrote on Facebook that the manure "got into all the nooks and crannies" of his truck, and that a car wash wasn't much help.
"My wheels wells are ruined since chevy thought it was good idea to make fabric like wheel well wheel covers. So unless you have your vehicle professionally detailed, and even then, it will always be in the frame and everywhere you cant even see," he wrote.
Daniel Ziggler criticized the truck driver, saying "How dumb do you have to be to not realize your spilling manure for miles? I guess that's why farmers can only farm." Many others responded in defense, reminding Ziggler that it was an accident.
Trying to be a voice of reason, Stephany Ziemer wrote that a situation like this is just something that comes with living "in a small, farming town."
"Sounds to me like some people should reevaluate the city they choose to live in. I doubt this happens in larger cities like Milwaukee," she wrote. "Things go wrong at work for everybody, nobody complains about sitting in line for a car wash any day it hits 50° but heavens if you have to do it because your car is actually dirty."
Amid the negative responses, Police Chief David Funkhouser shot back and reprimanded the upset residents.
"Let's try to be a little nicer in the comments," he wrote. "Nobody wanted this to happen, and it is a big mess, but this was not an intentional act, and a lot of people are working to clean it up. Just because some of our streets are covered in it doesn't mean we should fling it around at each other on social media."
The owner of the trucking company responsible for the manure spill, Chad Tasch, eventually went to the police station and apologized for the accident.
Police say Tasch felt so bad about the spill, he asked the department to post his company's contact information on Facebook for anyone who wishes to file a claim for cleaning or damage to their vehicle or property.
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