Response to Eric's Post

I just read Eric's post on pigeon poop on google reader. It's about how disgusting it is to have pigeons letting go of cargo anywhere they want. There were two stories about what happened to a man and to Eric. The second one, the one about Eric, really interested me:

It was a nice day in Chinatown. After 20 minutes of seat hunting we found a nice parking seat under a luscious green tree. We went into town to buy some groceries and came back to find the car covered in pigeon crap. The top of the car was literally polka dotted, and the sides looked like milk was oozing downward. Surprisingly there was no sign of poop on the nice tree above our car. It was just our Honda SUV that was splattered head to toe with white crap. What a nice day."There should be a toilet place made especially for pigeons to poop in, because falling poop is just not right.

As you can see, the story is about Eric and someone else who can drive parking under a tree and came back to find their car plastered with shit. I don't think it was wise of them to park directly UNDER the tree. Pigeons usually rest on the roofs of shops or in trees. The pigeon in the trees were probably minding their own business and relaxed a bit too much when it dropped. Also, I want to say that you can park in an underground garage for 2 dollars an hour and the chance you will get your car stolen or broken into is really low. Finally, I want to say that it's not the pigeons fault that they poop everywhere. Pigeons are not as intelligent as humans. They don't understand that their poop is disgusting us. Also, they do whatever they want. Even if you built a place for them to poop, they won't go there because they're used to just letting go. Maybe this can help you think about whether or not you want to make a designated pooping place again.