Marking Your Territory

A couple of days ago, I was having lunch with a friend of mine. She told me that she was taking her dog for a walk when she came across a man taking a crap right along the path she wanted to walk. She was horrified and rightly so! The only time I've seen anyone taking a crap on the street was when I was driving down Sunset blvd in LA. It's Sunset Blvd so I was only slightly disturbed before I shrugged and thought, that's LA for you. I never thought I would ever hear of such a thing in Dubrovnik!

While crapping in the street is definitely not something I would expect to see here...men peeing on buildings is. There is a large garage near the old city where a lot of people park. Finding parking is extremely difficult over here so the garage is really easy and convenient. The problem is, as I'm walking up the stairs to get out of the garage, the foul odor of many a men who decided to make a pit stop invades my nostrils and makes me want to vomit. I find myself doing an Olympic style sprint up those stairs while holding my breath just so I don't have to smell that horrendous smell. The worst part is, there is a bathroom located at the entrance of the garage, except half the time it's locked. What's the point of having a public restroom if its closed most of the time? That makes no sense! Although, I'm not sure it would matter, men are gross and have no shame, and that's all men, not just Croatians. The amount of times that I've been walking around town and run into a guy taking a wiz on the wall is ridiculous. Sometimes I feel like I've seen more wieners then a prostitute.

I'm not saying that these are only the Croatian men doing this. Dubrovnik is a tourist town and I have no doubt that there are many foreign men who are peeing all around town too! And while men might never see a problem with that, from a woman's perspective, it's kind of gross guys.