Public urination can be a nuisance
to those living within the society, the main problem of course being the
wretched smell that lingers at the spot. In very little cases is the act
justifiable and most of the instances arise from drunken revelers. Many
different methods have been tried and tested to tackle the problem such as
temporary portable loos in areas of high density cases, but residents of
St. Pauli, the party quarter of the German city of Hamburg, have taken a new
approach to tackling the problem; the walls urinate back on anyone who dares to
let loose on the streets.
A St. Pauli community organisation
coated numerous walls and hot-spots throughout the quarter in super-hydrophobic
coatings that cause urine to splash back at the perpetrators, making public
urination a far more uncomfortable and complicated task. And if they do
continue to urinate then hopefully they’ll be reminded never to do it again
when they wake up smelling like the streets they normally tarnish.
Some of the walls have a signpost
warning people that they’ll urinate back at you but not all of the walls come
with a warning. This makes it a risky game for would-be perps. There’s a
lightheartedness about the campaign but it has certainly succeeded in raising
awareness to the issue. One St. Pauli resident warns in the campaign’s video, “it’s
peeback time.”
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