Writing this blog I have seen more “Do not urinate/defecate” signs than is probably healthy for anyone to see in their lifetime but I’m still amazed by the need for them. I don’t know, maybe my parents did a good job of raising me because my default setting is such not to urinate or defecate in almost all of the places that I go. It’s just doesn’t enter my mind. It was made clear to me a very long time ago that there are preordained places where this kind of activity is acceptable and that attempting to do them anywhere else will lead to horror, shouting, mops and shunning. Nobody likes being shunning or being shunned…especially for an indiscretion like this. Also I’ve never quite understood the desire to use a lift as toilet, there’s just too much uncertainty involved. Using a lift as a toilet surely you’re exposing yourself to the risk of being discovered at every floor? How can a person function under that kind of pressure? I sometimes have trouble if someone stands too near to me at the urinal. Maybe that’s it, maybe people that use lifts as toilets thrive off the risk, the adrenalin buzz that this risk of discovery gives them. It’s like an extreme sport that requires no equipment or physical prowess… parkour for poopers if you will.

Spotted by Tim Bird