An amazing sight from the southern reaches of Manhattan’s Upper East Side and Yorksville Districts, within a stones-throw in every direction of well-heeled shops and only a modest walk from Bloomingdales exists this anti-amenity. Though quite designer-ish, it pointedly broadcast “Don’t rest your shopping-tired buttocks here.” A veritable caltrop for one’s can. It’s hard to imagine anyone in this neighborhood being so undesirable as not to be encouraged to linger. Sigh … apparently even Park Avenue people are not what they used to be.
To better define the distinction between
welcome customer and undesirable vagrant see…
“Retail Rules of Engagement.”Compare and contrast severity of enforcement at…
“Anti-Homeless Spikes for Retail”
“Anti-Amenity: Don’t Trespass or Sit Here“
“Police Enforced Retail Loitering Regulation”For a more welcoming approach to customer loitering see…
“Man’s Best Friend in Retail.”For other security humor see…
“Zip Tie Security Hooks“
“Anti-Theft Window Dressing“
“Homemade Anti-Sweep Hook“Follow caltrop-like medieval merchandising further with…
“Shepherd’s Crook Merchandising”
“Medieval Museum Case Merchandising“
“Hanging Museum Case With Silver Skull”
“Medieval T-Shirt Merchandising“
“Wine Barrel as Water Fountain”
“Bushel, Peck and Half-Peck Sales”
“Celtic is the New Theme for Halloween“
“Smoke Ye Not in Uncial Majuscules”
“Caltr0ps as Declaration of War on the Unwanted”
“Potion and Elixer Merchandising”For a Pinterest Photo Board summary see…
“Medieval Merchandising“