Should We Laugh, or Should We Cry?

As of Tuesday evening, a Courier News article about a man relieving himself outside the northwest corner of the Bridgewater Township Municipal complex had garnered 35 interwoven, energetic comments, one of which was “removed for violating the terms of service” of the CN.

Egad!! The things that a respectable journalist has to report on!!

I’m certainly no prude, yet was amazed at the number of comments that such a narrative attracted compared to other local stories. Even more incredible, though, is the naïveté of the man who allegedly was caught in the act on a monitoring device. That’s what astonishes me the most.

The new Bridgewater Township Municipal complex is saturated from one end to the other, inside and out, with security features. There is no way that a person can walk about the outside perimeter of that facility without being observed.

Remember, the new police headquarters is on the opposite side of the administration building and is loaded with high-tech security gear.

In Kara Richardson’s newspaper account, “Council President Matt Moench said he has to think about the (proposed ‘no-peeing-in-public’) ordinance.” I’m certain that all the Council members will do that as well, although perhaps with a tongue-in-cheek light-hearted approach.

It turns out that behind the Municipal Complex, just outside the fence enclosing the Kids Street playground, there are public restroom facilities. A check with a person in the Bridgewater Recreation Department confirmed that these restrooms are “open from dawn to dusk” and, obviously, are available to anyone who will take the time to find them and to park in one of spaces in front of the playground.

Photos:  In the first photo, the parking lot for the Kids Street playground is shown immediately behind the new Bridgewater Township Municipal Building.  The second photo shows the public rest rooms situated just outside the fenced-in area for the Kids Street playground.