I saw something that I can't unsee and has made me view some parts of London in a new way.

I'll start by asking if people have noticed brown stains on the pavement, by bins, on the walls? You'll likely find them near bus stops, outside certain shops, by benches outdoors as well as inside stations.

I've seen them and thought it may be discoloration from dog poop, or even paint, really didn't think much of it except that it looks gross.

Well a few days ago I was waiting for a bus and a guy walks past, bends down to gob in the bin, gets a load of brown dribble on his chin which he wipes off and keeps walking. He also missed the hole in the bin and the brown shite slopped down the side of the bin.

It was paan, or chewing tobacco. It was then that I noticed the brown streaks all over the bin, by the bin, on the floor by the bus bench, around the gutter on the road, up the wall. The next day I saw them on the wall on the way to the station in another part of the town.

I am now seeing them everywhere and it's bloody vile. Some spots are really bad and are too gross to post. I've done a search on this forum and not found anything directly about this phenomenon. Has anybody else noticed this? The pics are from examples I saw on the day, but since then I've seen much worse. The stains are not as widespread as chewing gum residue, and it's not like the public can be harmed by second hand smoke like they can from cigarettes, but there's something about these that makes it seem worse to me. It may be that spitting in public is horrible, and that what comes out of their mouths looks like and stains like runny shit.

by Hairy-Association771

26 comments

  1. People chewing pan and then spitting it out, most likely.

    That aside, any sort of spitting on the street is rank, and if you do it you’re disgusting.

  2. In recent years, I’ve noticed a huge increase in public defecation (see it regularly in places like Hounslow as I’m passing through on my way back to Richmond); I always assumed these stains were related to that.

  4. I’ve always thought it’d be a great use of tax money to have a truck go around weekly powerwashing the sidewalks. Surely can’t be that expensive.

  6. Around some parts of London those brown stains are something much much worse

  8. Not as bad as the guy I saw doing a poo by some wheelie bins the other morning.

  12. There has been an definite increase in the amount of human shit on the streets of Central.

  14. Usually it is spat out tobacco, but I have seen a person shit against a wall in Croydon.

  16. Indians chewing paan. It’s gross and probably a bigger health hazard than second hand smoke in the outdoors 

  18. Yes. One on our street this weekend. It’s clearly human excrement from people with bowel issues!

  19. Indians chewing pan and pan masala….very common in indian public places

  20. Never heard of it, googled it and was presented with some images that may be what you referred to as “too gross to post”. Indeed. Nasty. Some councils are trying to ban it. Glad I’ve never noticed it myself, but I’m sure now I will.

  21. On my morning commute I’ve seen a man take a shit outside Waterloo station. Extraordinary stuff.

  22. Yeah, b*tch, I said what I said
    I’d rather be famous instead (walk on by)
    I let all that get to my head
    I don’t care, I paint the town red
    🤣🤣🤣🤣 Just couldn’t resist you know

  24. Paan spitting is Definitely much worse in some areas than others. The back streets of wembley/Alperton the streets are covered, including the lower halves of the streets which is sad. It’s really difficult to clean, you can get fined for it, but realistically the council aren’t doing anything

  25. That’s pretty bad indeed, I have always wondered what it was like you…I am shocked now I know :/

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