The Daily Populous Thursday September 19th, 2024 evening edition
Authored by 7news.com.au and submitted by Forward-Answer-4407

A Sydney homeowner who has become fed up with late-night drinkers using his property as a makeshift toilet has taken matters into his own hands, setting up an ingenious, and so far very effective, “wee trap”.

For far too long, Stephen Bodnar from Waverley in Sydney has had to deal with inebriated individuals using his driveway as a place to relieve themselves.

Men and women alike have stumbled from nearby pubs The Charing Cross Hotel and The Robin Hood Hotel and onto his property for years, leaving an unpleasant reminder of their visit.

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“The worst was when I’d go away, out to dinner or something, and then drive into my driveway and they’d wee’d right where my door opens,” he told 7NEWS.

“I can’t believe that someone would leave a pub with a bladder full of urine and not realise that they’ve just walked past a toilet to get here.”

Finally fed up, the electrician decided to install a $3,000 sprinkler and CCTV system to keep any perpetrators away - and it’s so far working like a charm.

“I’ve had no other option than to take matters (into) my own hands, I think,” he said.

For years Stephen’s driveway in Sydney’s east has been the chosen location for many late night drinkers in need of a quick toilet stop. Credit: 7NEWS

Stephen has installed a $3,000 sprinkler and CCTV system to keep any drinkers away. Credit: 7NEWS

The deterrent includes a motion detector which triggers a light and then a three-minute downpour between the hours of 6pm and 6am.

“It will go straight off whether I’m here or on the other side of the world,” Bodnar said.

CCTV has captured the motion detector sprinkler system working in action. Credit: 7NEWS

The Robin Hood Hotel owner Daniel Whitten said he had previously offered a solution to the problem but was turned down.

“We offered to pay for a gate so that people actually couldn’t go into his property, but that was declined at the time,” he said.

But Bodnar’s solution seems to be working just fine, with CCTV capturing the shock experiences by multiple late night drinkers have had when they receive a surprise drenching.

“I’m really happy with the outcome,” he said.

reddit455 on September 19th, 2024 at 00:37 UTC »

i thought it was this paint.

The Science Behind 'The Paint That Pees Back

https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriewinkless/2016/07/31/the-science-behind-the-paint-that-pees-back/

They contacted the inventors of a product called Ultra-Ever Dry®, which claimed to repel most water-based (and some oil-based) liquids from any surface.

'Pee paint' deployed to stop public urination https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv22gp97gdno

shockubu on September 19th, 2024 at 00:04 UTC »

$3,000 sprinkler and CCTV system

KaisarDragon on September 18th, 2024 at 23:40 UTC »

Hotel offered to pay to install a gate to keep them out, but he declined it. This was just more fun. He says he now looks forward to people coming. Find your joy, I guess.