a small yet incredibly irritating detail struck me the other day while i was looking for somewhere to sit in the sun for 2 minutes to write a message. I was in the city around all the offices between liverpool street and monument, and started to cast my eye over the usual suspects for places to perch. green space-no, benches-no, public building steps-no, building plinth- bingo! i was in luck, and it was bathed in the nice evening sunshine and there was space... lots of space, for such a nice spot it was strange no one else was taking 5 minutes to enjoy the beautiful day.... i approached... and then I realised that they had inlaid sharp metal teeth into every horizontal surface to stop you sitting there! what? why? will having people engaging with your building spoil its use for the owners? will they make it look ugly? do they pose a safety risk? what is so abhorrent with having people sit outside on your plinth? why is your plint so fucking special? where the fuck is your humanity?
I have a good mind to take an angle grinder to your teeth and reclaim some public space... yolo mofo!
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