i wasn't sure what to do

Probably better just to ignore him. He was drunk. The police could have moved him on, but he'd just sit somewhere else with his beer can. He wasn't, after all, being deliberately obscene. Had he been waving it about in an exhibitionist way I'd have called the Police at once!

I would let the local police know on the non urgent number. They probably know him and he is probably harmless, but it is the school holidays and there are a lot of children out and about who might he affected by his behaviour.

It is sad that someone should lead such a life.

Something you learn to ignore when you live in a seaside town with only one set of public loos and they're no where near the beach.

That behaviour in a public place would lead to him being charged with 'Shameless indecency'. A wonderful name for a charge. Its a pity he wasn't seen by the police. Its not right that it went on in such a public place. I suppose its too late now but you could tip off your local community police officer?

Perfectly common behaviour in France. Men do not think twice about stopping their cars and peeing into hedges, even on main roads, back to traffic. I have seen it done in back alleys in towns but not in the the local park.

Providing it was done without ostentation, and he wasn't waving his todger to the crowds, I would have ignored it and if I had one of DGC with me, I would have been perfectly factual and unbothered about it.

As MOnica says. I sometimes wish we women had the same physical makeup to be able to do that, discreetly.

I couldn't get worked up about it either. When you gotta go, you gotta go! It sounds as though he was pretty discreet and "not waving his todger" as MOnica so eloquently put it.

In a formal garden in full public view this isn't acceptable here. Is it somehow OK because he was drunk or he's always doing it? There's something about personal responsibility here. He made at least 2 people uncomfortable. Apart from anything its against the law. When in France do what the French do -this wasn't in France.

I've never heard of a charge of "shameless indecency". I thought he was behind a hedge, though? The op saw him doing up his trousers, that's all (unless I've missed something). Be difficult to get a charge to stick based on that!

I'm sorry for the hedge. And for the person who has to,cut it.

When I was in Zambia travelling on a decrepid coach long distance, it pulled up every so often, the men would pile out and stand in a line with their backs to the road and pee on whatever was there - a crop of corn or a rubbish tip. . When we pulled into a place with public loos it was so disgusting we ladies would have given anything to have been able to emulate the men.

Shameless indecency is a Scots Law offence. The next one up is Lewd and Libidinous behaviour -the situation described by the OP wouldn't be considered as that.
All you people shrugging and saying its OK -how about if we all did that and turned our public parks and gardens into open toilets? We don't need to do this here.

If I had had the GC with me I would have said something. Not in aggressive way, just: just be careful where your 'going' there are children about.

Its very good for the plants. Bob Flowerdew often recommends men pee on their plants (for some reason female urine is not as efficacious). Anyway it will soon soak in and the fresh air and microbes will deal with any odour - and it does rain a lot in the UK.

I am certainly not advocating urinating in public spaces. There are very good hygiene reasons for discouraging such habits but that was not the point of the OP. I am merely saying that the sight of a man having a discrete pee in a public place does not offend or embarrass me, although I would think it inappropriate.

In fact as we drove down the A34 yesterday we saw a car parked at the side of the road in open countryside and its owner inspecting the hedge at very close quarters. We realised what he was doing because we recognised his stance and are used to seeing it in France. I doubt many other people noticed.

Ignore him. There was an elderly man called Tom who lived alone in a very isolated cottage on a hill near here - he was often to be seeing giving his bits an airing when the local bus went over the hill - no-one took any notice. His nearest neighbour used to say "Oh put it away Tom" and he did. He was harmless; no-one batted an eyelid.

He was obviously trying to be discreet as it was not imiediatly obvious to you what he was doing. He wasn't urting anyone, so just ignore him.

I hope people walking past my broken down car didn't realise what I was doing under my coat. It was that or the hedge.

Eurgh! Could make the park stink.

I might complain to someone. Probably the council.

When a child needs to pee urgently, don't you take him (usually a boy) behind the nearest tree? I never encouraged mine to make a habit of it, but in an emergency, needs must.

Yes,I worry sometimes.my poorly poorly husband often has to go in a hedge.I walk on,worried sick.But it's iether that or he will wet himself.Hes done that often too.

I heard a commotion outside my house, as happens when it's holidays and good weather and young people congregate on the beach at night, to see a young lady dropping her drawers, propped up against my wall and peeing. She was very drunk and yes, I was shocked. So I went back to bed and in the morning chucked a bucket of disinfectant over the wall and pavement. Not happened again {phew} . Obviously people get caught short on occasions. This reminds me of a very long thread we once had on she-wees a few years ago

Ive seen mothers holding their children over the gutter to pee! Where I used to live a new neighbour moved in and she had two boys under svhool age, she used to lock them out of the house to play in the garden. If they banged on the back door to be let in because they wanted the toilet they were told to pee in the garden!!

It's wrong. He should have gone to public Loos. Using public gardens as your own personal toilet shouldn't be allowed

Public loos ???? the nearest to my house is 8 miles away.

Make the park stink, what about all the dogs that pee on the grass where people sit ? At least he went in the hedge.