Posted on 12/24/2013 2:49:22 PM PST by Drew68
ATLANTA — The city of Atlanta is looking to clean up the image, and the odor, of its transit system.
Many of its elevators have doubled as restrooms and smell like it. That's about to change with first-of-its-kind technology which catches "offenders" literally -- with their pants down.
"The smell hits you so bad. You hold your breath just to hurry up and get off the elevator," said Alicia Porter, a rider on a Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) train.
MARTA elevators have a smelly reputation. To get to the train, you often have to ride in a urinal first.
"If you've ever been in a Porta Potty, that's what it smelled like before," said MARTA Director of Elevators/Escalators Tom Beebe.
Beebe is working to clean up the image and the odor of MARTA elevators by launching a pilot program in an elevator in one of the Midtown stations. They asked local media to not say which one.
(Excerpt) Read more at ajc.com ...
Merry Christmas Atlanta! You wanted schools? Parks? Playgrounds? Too bad. Now your hard-earned money is buying piss detectors in MARTA elevators!
This week, they also reopened restrooms at four stations, so they hope that will help with the problem.
Well, that's probably not a bad idea either.
I’ve been saying it since Katrina.
Liberals don’t even know how to go to the bathroom without Government there to help.
When ever someone talks about a capability that ‘should be performed by government’ I always think about the difference between public and private rest rooms.
What they need is an actuated sprayer, so that whenever someone pisses in the elevator, they get the skunk smell sprayed on them.
JERRY I’ve had this condition since I was eleven! I’ve been in and out of hospitals my whole life. I have no control over it. Doctors have told me that when I feel it, the best thing to do is just release it. Otherwise, I could die.
SECURITY GUARD Well you’re still not allowed.
JERRY Do you hear what I’m saying to you?! I’m telling you that if I don’t go, I could die. Die. Is it worth dying for?
SECURITY GUARD That’s up to you.
JERRY So you don’t care if I die.
SECURITY GUARD What I care about is the sanitary condition of the parking facility.
JERRY It was life and death.
SECURITY GUARD Uh huh.
JERRY Oh I’m lying. Why would I do it unless I was in mortal danger? I know it’s against the law.
SECURITY GUARD I don’t know.
JERRY Because I could get Uromysitisis poisoning and die. That’s why!...Do you think I enjoy living like this?...the shame, the humiliation...You know I have been issued a public urination pass by the city because of my condition. Unfortunately my little brother ran out of the house with it this morning.
JERRY (C0NT’D) Him and his friends are probably peeing all over the place. You want to call the Department of Social Services? Oh, it’s Saturday. They’re closed today. My luck.
SECURITY GUARD You can tell the police all about it.
I’ll bet I could solve that problem with parts from an electric fence.
Direct feedback! No problem connecting cause and effect!
Perhaps a camera, just for fun...
I think we all know why this is a problem.
But, political correctness forbids us from having open honest discussion about such a subject.
“We”ll, that’s probably not a bad idea either.”
public bathrooms require heat in the winter and almost immediately become a hangout for homeless/addicts
the few bathrooms in NYC are basically patrolled by cops or park police
That would probably be an improvement for most of them
Much as I hate to say anything positive about liberals, it isn’t the liberals who are whizzing (and worse) in the elevators. It’s bums. Oh sorry - “the homeless” Never mind, I’m not sorry - go back to bums.
A guy named Dan put an sprayer on those who defecate and pee in this corner of a building.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnOmxR_qQ_Q
I’m sure MARTA could install them in the elevators, too!
The guy’s GoogTube channel.
http://www.youtube.com/user/dan291968
Suggestions for the alarm sound:
“How dry I am>”
“I’m a little tea pot.”
?
“It’s raining all over the world.”
More Liberal and Martin Bashir rot
“There’s gonna be a showdown.”
Now if they would just do the same at the Atlanta Public Library...
Gee, I thought I was being open and honest. ;-)
Dog bites man, what’s the news, you’re in detection, courtesy of NSA 24 by seven, three hundred sixty five (three hundred sixty six on odd years.)
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