Anti - violence lighting

[AliFlump]

in the supermarket toilets they have anti - violence lighting, which is a ultraviolet/bluey colour? does this work? if so how?

[Hippy]

I noticed this in some car park toilets in Bournemouth recently and when I asked about it the friendly operative told me that it is to discourage intravenous druggies from using the toilets as under those blue lights they can't see the veins to stick the needle into.

[AliFlump]

Ooooh so thats why. i always wondered well thank you very much Hippy

[andy hughes]

Yep, that's the reason. If it's a serious drug area, you will see that the tops of the toilet cisterns have been removed as well, to avoid offering a flat surface for people to set out their drug pariphenalia (sp?).

[AliFlump]

Wow i never knew this, anything else?

[charliebaps]

A lot of toilets in clubs also have rounded edges on cisterns so stop anything being snorted of the surfaces

[brachiopod]

...and are often liberally coated with a layer of Vaseline (petroleum jelly).

[tomd]

or WD40.

[gary baldy]

I was wondering why i was finding it difficult to jack up in Morrisons the other day. now i know why. silly old me.

[brachiopod]

I know what you mean, gary, by mistake, I tied a tourniquet round my baguette and injected a leg of pork in my local Morrisons. Damn those lights!

[mycatis]

PMSL at brachiopod, and Gary baldy !! ROFL