I had no idea there was such a problem with people sitting on things.

I had no idea there was such a problem with people sitting on things.

Me either. That's strangely fascinating. It makes the irrational side of me a little irritated. Sometimes you just need to sit down for a minute and a bench isn't always around. God forbid someone sits on your ugly concrete garden wall for five minutes. The rational side of me knows that they're probably necessary to protect store fronts and equipment.

Well you just can't have people sitting anywhere, where would we be then? Eh? Eh?

Great site, iconomy. I can sort of understand the sprinklers, but some of them really do seem mean-spirited for no reason. Of course, if it was my storefront ledge with extremely smelly people frequently sitting on it, I'm sure I'd rethink.

"There isn't a man alive who doesn't enjoy a good sit." --C. Montgomery Burns

Some of those make me want to pull up a lawnchair right in front of them. Maybe bring a cooler and a radio just to be extra annoying.

i hate those, and they're everywhere...and they're not at all necessary--no one sits for hours on them ever. it's not like they're comfortable anyway. they're what you lean against.

Wow. Never heard of this, either. Is this a NYC thing?

I've never seen anything like that. I've seen anti-pigeon thingies and anti-skateboard thingies, but not anti-butt thingies.

It looks like quite a few of those could be sit-able if you were wearing a stout pair of jeans and had a hard ass.

Counter-measure: Carry a 1/4th or 1/2" pine board big just enough for your butt in your tote, backpack or laptop bag. Sit where you please. Padding on one side optional for extra comfiness.

I've never really seen anything quite so pointy like that in Los Angeles, but they have some antisit stuff if you look around. They certainly have plenty of anti-skateboarding measures and anti-grind bumps and the like.

However, it's been a fairly long standing practice in Downtown LA to run your sprinklers at odd hours (or continuously) or to install dribblers to keep the homeless from camping, sleeping, sitting or laying against the side of your buildings. So the sidewalks in downtown proper are wet most of the time. At least they don't electrify them.

WTF is wrong with this country? NO SINFUL SLACKING, YOU. BACK TO WORK OR IT'S TO THE CLOWN-DWARF PORN MINES WITH YA.

This one looks like the spike pit from Mortal Kombat.

Is this a NYC thing?

Looks like primarily, but folks are posting others in the comments from places like Bath and Knightsbridge.

This gives me the sits.