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mrmpa

(4,033 posts)
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 04:39 AM Jun 2014

I hate it when people urinate in public....but I think I mellowed

I haven't posted for awhile because I've been working. I drive for 2 ride sharing companies, taking people to sporting events, concerts, to restaurants and bars and most important driving them home after they've been drinking. I keep in my car kleenex, candy and antiseptic wipes for my passengers.

Well on the week ends I find myself in a 16 block area of bars and restaurants. I have been able to get a handicapped parking spot in a public parking lot while I wait for ride requests. Well yesterday (Friday) I found my space available, parked it facing a group of shrubbery. Well I watched as a man went up to the hedger, unzipped his pants and proceeded to piss. When he was done, he saw me in the car and began apologizing, he said he would have pissed in his pants. I beckoned to him to come to the car, as he approached I reached down for an antiseptic wipe, gave it to him and said "wipe your hands."

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I hate it when people urinate in public....but I think I mellowed (Original Post) mrmpa Jun 2014 OP
Having to pee is human,necessary;recognizing such:humane nt Leme Jun 2014 #1
Welcome to DU. In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #2
whya are you telling me this? nt Leme Jun 2014 #3
....... Lil Missy Jun 2014 #4
hmmm Leme Jun 2014 #5
Cause In_The_Wind Jun 2014 #6
*I* "get" you, I really really "get" you!1 n/t UTUSN Jun 2014 #9
i've never seen a woman come out from behind bushes orleans Jun 2014 #10
my solution to peeing outdoors "PSTYLE" handmade34 Jun 2014 #14
I remember I was walking towards the corner to cross the intersection JonLP24 Jun 2014 #7
If it's yellow let it mellow. Prisoner_Number_Six Jun 2014 #8
Sometimes you just have to whip it out Joe Shlabotnik Jun 2014 #11
without glasses I though I was looking at two that were whipped out Skittles Jun 2014 #15
I don't remember ever seeing someone do that in the US davidpdx Jun 2014 #12
Peeing in Public pfitz59 Jun 2014 #13
Where is a cop when you need them SkatmanRoth Jun 2014 #16
Does peeing in the woods count as public ? Rhinodawg Jun 2014 #17
Does a bear piss in the woods? yellowcanine Jun 2014 #18
I don't know why we make it so hard to find a place to pee... Phentex Jun 2014 #19
I think it's disgusting. alarimer Jun 2014 #20

Lil Missy

(17,865 posts)
4. .......
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:31 AM
Jun 2014




That was the funniest line I've seen in ages! Truly!

And good question!

I can't stop laughing, LOL.

Welcome to DU.
 

Leme

(1,092 posts)
5. hmmm
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 11:02 AM
Jun 2014

I guess I miss how peeing in private is funny.
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I do see how peeing is necessary...and sometimes in not so private. I think in Germany , if you need to pee while driving the autobahn and such.... you can do so legally by leaving car and going away some from road, and pee away from traffic.

orleans

(34,045 posts)
10. i've never seen a woman come out from behind bushes
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 11:22 PM
Jun 2014

plus, unless you know what you're doing you run the chance of getting your pants wet when you squat (like i did when i tried it when i was 14!)

apparently men don't have to plan ahead like most women seem to have to in this regard (or at least the way i have to plan ahead in this regard)

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
7. I remember I was walking towards the corner to cross the intersection
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 12:17 PM
Jun 2014

when a man (obviously drunk) suddenly turned around, whipped it out, and started pissing as I was coming up. I avoided it but it was probably the last thing I wanted to see.

I've been there though, one time south of downtown approaching Broadway & McDonald which is an old industrial area w/ nothing really around as far as public restrooms and no nearby alleys at the time I had no choice but to use a bush. No traffic or people around at the time (who in their right mind would go to the area except for free food or to go through it get somewhere else).

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
12. I don't remember ever seeing someone do that in the US
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 03:48 AM
Jun 2014

But here in Korea I've seen it a number of times (in broad daylight and where people can see them). Now I understand if your on the road and nothings around and you have to go pee behind the bushes, I'm guilty of that. I'm smart enough to wash my hands.

1st time-At a bus stop in Daegu (2004) and a man whips it out at a bus stop and does his business.
2nd time-At a subway station in Seoul (2005). The guy uses a column in the subway station to do his business. This time I went up to the person and chewed him out (in English too).
3rd time-Just recently (2014) about a block from where I work in a suburb of Seoul. A boy is standing outside a building and just decides to pee right then and there. No parent in sight.

I'm sure there are other times, but I've probably repressed them in my memory as it repulses me as well.

I've heard stories of foreigners witness parents in Korea take their kids pants off and hold them over a garbage can and let them do their business.

pfitz59

(10,346 posts)
13. Peeing in Public
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 04:21 AM
Jun 2014

Here in Seattle there is a shortage of accessible public restrooms, so lots of people (men and women) pee outdoors..in alleys, behind bushes, in stairwells. Nature trumps civility. Until enough accessible public toilets and urinals are provide people will use the great outdoors...

yellowcanine

(35,699 posts)
18. Does a bear piss in the woods?
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 10:34 AM
Jun 2014
Note: I prefer piss and pissing to pee and peeing. It has that onomatopoeia going for it.

Phentex

(16,334 posts)
19. I don't know why we make it so hard to find a place to pee...
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 10:44 AM
Jun 2014

My sister and I were out of town in a pretty touristy area. However, all the stores claimed the restrooms were for customers only. We couldn't find any public bathrooms or porta potties. It was the most bizarre thing. We had to go into a coffee shop and buy something in order to use the bathroom. I don't blame the stores at all but when you are not familiar with the area, I don't understand why there aren't public facilities to use.

I know I know, now there's probably an app.

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