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# A wee little problem
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/a-wee-little-problem-editor/
- Published: 2006-09-28T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:27:31.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Julia Reeves Santa Monica*

On Tuesday, Aug. 19, I entered the Vons parking lot just south of Broadway on 7th Street. I parked my car, and began walking towards Vons supermarket, when suddenly, out of the blue, appeared a woman walking hastily in the direction in which I had just parked. She appeared to be fairly well-dressed, casually, but, she seemed upset about something. I watched her as she walked towards two parked cars, one of which was mine, whereupon, she walked between them, and I watched as she pulled her pants down and disappeared. She apparently squatted down and urinated right next to my car. When she stood up, she was aware that I was watching her and that I knew exactly what she did. I said, “There are rest-rooms for that,”to which she responded, but I could not hear or make out what she said.

I don’t know if she was homeless, a vagrant or what, but she sure had no self-respect, remorse or compunction about pulling her pants down in broad daylight and relieving herself in a public parking lot. It was not a pleasant experience.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 28, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/092806.pdf?ref=smdp.com)