It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a full bladder must be in want of a place to pee. And he is generally neither too proud nor too prejudiced when it comes to choosing where. Which is a problem for San Francisco, where efforts at curbing public urination with hefty fines have not been effective. A new initiative, though, might, er, dampen urinators’ enthusiasm. Now when you pee on a wall, it pees back at you.
In a pilot project modeled on a similar and successful experiment in Hamburg, the city is coating walls with a pee-repelling paint. According to Mashable, “the paint contains Ultra Ever-Dry, a substance that essentially coats an object to create a surface chemistry that causes a repellent force.” The city is also installing portable toilets called “pit stops” but unbelievably, they are not open on Saturday night, the one night of the week when they’re really needed, forcing people to choose the nearest wall to relieve themselv- WHAT THE HELL?!? Somebody in San Francisco’s Department of Public Works has a wicked sense of humor.
