Wee

There are not too many differences between the English and the Belgians. But occasionally I see something strikes me as a bit strange. It's only because it happened this morning that I decided to write about it, because it's not a particularly pleasant subject. In Belgium it is called wildplassen, and basically means, urinating in public. Firstly, I should say that it is against the law to have a wee in public. But, in my experience, when a Belgian bloke - and I'm not talking about every single Belgian male here - feels the need to urinate then any wall will do, even if its in a very public place, like the supermarket car park, as witnessed by me this morning. I wonder just how desperate you need to be to have a slash where there are lots of people, including children, walking around.
Is this a big problem in Belgium? Dunno. I've seen plenty of men urinating in public since I've been here and I can honestly say it is not something I can remember seeing on more than a couple of occasions in Britain. I'm not saying it doesn't happen in Britain, but if it does, then it is not something that people do in full view of the general public. British wildplassen takes place in telephone booths and car park stairwells! As a foreigner, it is noticeable to me here because people don't seem bothered if everyone can see them. This morning was particularly strange, wildplassen usually happens where there is beer being drunk in large amounts, indeed, there is a bar just down the road from our apartment that has a big red sign up asking people not to urinate against the walls of the establishment.
Am I being a bit of a prude by writing about my distaste for it? Am I blowing it out of proportion? That did cross my mind. I shall only say that we covered wildplassen in one of my Belgian language classes, it has a wikipedia page all about it and lastly, it has an official name Wildplassen. You decide.