Back in college a friend sent me an e-mail with a picture of urinal that had a fly printed in the porcelain. The goal was to subliminally control men having them target the fly when using the urinal, thus reducing the splatter caused by missing the sweet spot of the urinal. At the time, I thought the photo was edited and I thought she was just picking on men, but now I've seen them in the wild:
These were located in a public parking garage in Santa Monica, California. You'll have to excuse the cell phone pictures, I wasn't about to go and grab my DSLR and bring it into the restroom. I haven't decided if I feel manipulated, or it is a really good idea.
posted May 16, 2007 | permanent link
