Rear Window: Why is this man doing what he's doing? (warning: slightly gross)
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
Walnut Creek, California
February 7, 2016 1:42pm CST
Rear Window is one of my favorite Hitchcock films. Like the protagonist in that movie, I see interesting things from my rear window. Actually it's my front window, but it faces the rear of our apartment complex. Sitting at my desk (as I am now), I can see Mt. Diablo (where I hike a lot) up and to the right, my truck down and to the left, and (at various times) hawks, doves, sparrows and squirrels in the nearby trees.
But I also have an excellent view of the dumpster across the driveway from my apartment. This means I see neighbors taking their garbage out, poor people dumpster diving for aluminum cans, jerks who don't live here dumping their garbage here, and so on.
The night before last, I watched as a well-dressed Asian man pulled up in a new four-door BMW, calmly got out, and proceeded to take a leak behind our familiar dumpster. I wasn't sure what to do. Do I go to my balcony and say, "Hey, don't pee behind our dumpster! We tend to keep the area clean!"? Do I go get a plate number? Or do I go back to work, realizing that I've had to pee like heck at times, and this is really no big deal.
But he was taking a long time to pee, and that got my overly-active mind working. Had he just consumed ungodly amounts of beer? Was he older than he looked, and experiencing swelling of the prostate? Was he actually a classy guy, and embarrassed to be driving a BMW and peeing behind a dumpster in a middle class neighborhood?
I couldn't stop myself. I took out my camera, set it to no flash, and snapped a picture of the peeing man. I haven't shown it to our night watchman, and probably won't. I haven't shown it to our landlord, and probably won't.
But I did eventually go out to my front porch area where I pretended to be looking for something. And then the moment happened. Raymond Burr looking directly into James Stewart's camera is one of the most brilliant, scary scenes I can remember from any film. As he climbed back into his car, the man realized I'd been watching him.
Fortunately, he hadn't been tossing bits of his chopped up wife into the dumpster, and he didn't come after me. He just drove slowly away.
What would you have done in my situation? Told the guy to stop peeing on our property? Offered him a bathroom? Called the security guard (I have his number here)? Or nothing at all?
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, again very rural. I just can't imagine on concrete, or asphalt, or in public.
@yukimori (10193)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@TheHorse Yep, Rocket Balloon. I bought a few packs for the kids from Target's dollar section years ago, and if you're ever looking for something that will give a person the fright of their life in the middle of the night, well... let's just say that they do a brilliant job of serving that purpose. There's just something about a giant balloon screeching straight towards a person that inspires terror.
Or so my husband tells me.
He doesn't know that I've found his latest hiding place for them... yet. 
Amazon.com: Rocket Balloons with Pump (colors may vary): Toys & Games
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@mommaj (23112)
• United States
7 Feb 16
First... EW!
It looks like the area around the dumpster is concrete or asphalt? That means every time you walk to the dumpster you are going to smell it until it is cleaned really good. Not to mention you are going to have visions of "something" dancing in your head. 
I think I would have called the security guard or yelled at him or something. It's just like my neighbor's dog keeps getting loose and wandering over to my yard to water my fruit trees. Bless the doggie he still hasn't made them grow any.
I yell or whistle to get him to stop. If he goes anywhere else in the yard I don't mind. He just likes those trees. So after he is done I go out there and take him back home and put him back on his leash. 
Maybe that man just needed to be put on a leash.
It looks like the area around the dumpster is concrete or asphalt? That means every time you walk to the dumpster you are going to smell it until it is cleaned really good. Not to mention you are going to have visions of "something" dancing in your head.
I think I would have called the security guard or yelled at him or something. It's just like my neighbor's dog keeps getting loose and wandering over to my yard to water my fruit trees. Bless the doggie he still hasn't made them grow any. I yell or whistle to get him to stop. If he goes anywhere else in the yard I don't mind. He just likes those trees. So after he is done I go out there and take him back home and put him back on his leash.
Maybe that man just needed to be put on a leash.4 people like this
@mommaj (23112)
• United States
7 Feb 16
@TheHorse Okay I am sticking with EW. 
I hope @DaddyEvil notices the correct usage of the green guy. HAHAHA
I hope @DaddyEvil notices the correct usage of the green guy. HAHAHA3 people like this
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
8 Feb 16
@TheHorse @marlina I don't understand, Marlina. The picture doesn't show the guy's face well enough so that he is recognizable, nor is the license plate on the car discernible.... There is definitely nothing "private" showing from pony's angle... What do you see wrong with his photo?
The man wouldn't have stopped in a public place to do that if he was worried someone would recognize him or see something they shouldn't... He knows he has no expectation of privacy according to the laws of the U.S., so pony didn't and isn't doing anything wrong by posting the picture.
Unless you see something I am not? Now I am curious what I missed?
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@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Feb 16
@DaddyEvil I reckon I'm curious too.
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@freak369 (5112)
• United States
8 Feb 16
I KNOW THAT HORSE!!!
I would have pulled out one of the spotlights we use for deep spotting and lit him up - while having a second party use the bullhorn to loudly read off the license plate ... and of course .. someone would have to be there to video tape it
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
8 Feb 16
@freak369 
LOL! Yeah, now someone making a big production out of catching me having a private moment would have traumatized me for life! And probably cured me of doing that, too!
LOL! Yeah, now someone making a big production out of catching me having a private moment would have traumatized me for life! And probably cured me of doing that, too!2 people like this
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
8 Feb 16
@DaddyEvil Eh, I would have waved a rodeo wave and driven off. Feh.
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@topffer (42155)
• France
7 Feb 16
Rear Window is an excellent movie. If this was happening too often, I think that I would invest in an anti-pee painting for the walls. I believe they would not do it twice if their shoes and pants were wet.
I am near the garden of a church and I have to cross it to go to my house. I saw once when I was coming back at 10 pm a couple in the middle of my path doing things that you do usually in a bedroom. I had to disturb them to go to home, and I was more embarrassed than them
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I am near the garden of a church and I have to cross it to go to my house. I saw once when I was coming back at 10 pm a couple in the middle of my path doing things that you do usually in a bedroom. I had to disturb them to go to home, and I was more embarrassed than them.3 people like this
@topffer (42155)
• France
7 Feb 16
@TheHorse I also found once an American "meditating" (it is what he said) in the garden during the night when I took out the trash and I asked myself if I had to call the police or an ambulance.
It is a repellent to water. The pee bounces from the wall back to the sender
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It is a repellent to water. The pee bounces from the wall back to the sender.3 people like this
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
9 Feb 16
I wouldn't worry about him unless he starts making a habit of stopping there for his ablusions
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
16 Feb 16
@DaddyEvil yes that is what I had in mind
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
14 Feb 16
@TheHorse Uhm... I think he meant to write ablutions, pony... That word means to wash or clean (usually) oneself. (Shrug!)
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@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
8 Feb 16
It depends, if I had been drinking I probably would have yelled out something nasty to him. If I was sober, I would have ignored the whole thing, or little thing as the case may be.
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@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
7 Feb 16
He was not exactly subtle about it, and the dumpster is in an alcove... I wonder what made him pick that particular place to take a leak? A wolf-whistle from a dark nook would perhaps have discouraged him. Or it is related to Chinese New Year ...? Maybe he's some hidden desire to make friends with the dumpster (after vandana's post on Friendship and peeing!)
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
8 Feb 16
@pgntwo Uhm... pgn? Me, too, please?
Thank you!
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
8 Feb 16
Not sure what I would have done in that situation. Maybe just yelled out my window. We had a family living next door to us once, they had way to many people living in the house with only one bathroom. I had often see the guys of the house peeing on the back of the garage. Disgusting. I once told a cop in town about it and he told me the next time they do that call me. I asked him if he would be there before they put their mess back in their pants. He just looked at me, that's what I though!
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@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
9 Feb 16
@TheHorse I know I just don't know what to do.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Feb 16
I would make sure he saw me. I would also get his plate number. Curiousity.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Feb 16
@TheHorse ....Some people are disgusting. Unless society shows them what they do is not acceptable they are going to continue to do it. That's one reason laws are made. He could probably have been cited for indecent exposure. Next he will come and pee on the lawn. Gross!
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
8 Feb 16
yelled out dude, you got balls showing off something that small to the whole building! lol
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@JudyEv (381760)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Feb 16
I would have called out to Vince 'Come and look at this'. (Like he's never seen anyone peeing before) This is one of our in-house sayings. When our son was about 4, my Mum let her top denture drop down to show him and he yelled to his poppa to 'Come and look etc'
(Like he's never seen anyone peeing before) This is one of our in-house sayings. When our son was about 4, my Mum let her top denture drop down to show him and he yelled to his poppa to 'Come and look etc'2 people like this
