Spikes to deter the homeless..

[amalan11]

I think this is an interesting fuss in the UK...first a unit block now a supermarket have installed spikes in the ground  to stop people sleeping outside their premises.I can see it seems mean but I would not be happy to have homeless people sleeping outside my home or work.It is an unfortunate truth that most of them have issues or beg and I will avoid places if that kind of person is around .

I think it should be legal to do it if you want and feel it is needed .

The supermarket has just had radicals ruin their spikes with concrete poured over them even though actual customers were complaining of being harassed by people sleeping outside .I wonder how common this kind of thing will become  and if we will see human pigeon spikes here in Australia?

[*crikey*mate*]

"In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread."

Anatole France

[boris1gary]

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@amalan11 wrote:

I think this is an interesting fuss in the UK...first a unit block now a supermarket have installed spikes in the ground  to stop people sleeping outside their premises.I can see it seems mean but I would not be happy to have homeless people sleeping outside my home or work.It is an unfortunate truth that most of them have issues or beg and I will avoid places if that kind of person is around .

I think it should be legal to do it if you want and feel it is needed .

The supermarket has just had radicals ruin their spikes with concrete poured over them even though actual customers were complaining of being harassed by people sleeping outside .I wonder how common this kind of thing will become  and if we will see human pigeon spikes here in Australia?

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Looks like they will be removing the spikes in London. 

[amber-eyed-girl]

Accident waiting to happen, for anyone with a little ice or liquid on the pavement...imagine the outcry if a wealthy tenant was injured on a spike outside their building. Not a good idea, in any way.

[azureline**]

I count myself fortunate that I don't have to be homeless and that I don't see homeless people where we are.............. I had cause to be driven through the city one morning at 7.30 am and was stunned to see them sleeping in bus stops, in the park and in shop doorways, some with mattresses. I wondered where they put the mattress for the day.

[jimmy*part4]

I left "home" at 15 and my biggest challenge was finding a place to sleep without being sought out by the police and asked to leave. They weren't seeking me specifically, just anyone crashing on an empty lot or abandoned building.

My first day it was the middle of winter and snowing hard. I left without having any idea where I was going, just picked a direction and went. After about a mile I was already freezing...blowing snow, way below freezing. I saw a condominium complex and took a shot.

I walked straight to a basement door and couldn't believe it was unlocked...what luck! Not only that, it was a toasty warm boiler room with a mattress laying on the floor as if it was put there just for me. I had a good nights sleep and was woken by a strange sound. I've heard the sound only a couple of times in my entire life.

At first I shocked because "it" was only inches from my face. As my eyes focused on what it was and said, "holy .....! I see it's a cat with a bird in it's mouth. The cat makes the sound one more time and lays the down and casually walks away.

My first meal supplied by a cat. I'll never forget! 🙂

[cherry*135]

There was a homeless person asleep, on a sofa in the furniture area, of a Salvo's store in Sydney CBD, last week. One of the staff woke him up and asked him to move on.

Further down the street I saw a checked blanket laid out in a smalled grassed area of the footpath (late afternoon). I did wonder what happened to the person that had slept there.

[jimmy*part4]

.... lays the bird down and casually walks away.

[crystal**flake]

I feel that tthe spikes are ok around business' and housing.

[*pepe]

how inhumane.

I'm surprised they don't set bear traps as well.

but then i guess the riffraff would be in their face and they can't go on pretending they don't exist.