A state representative from Illinois who's trying to do something about an ongoing pigeon poop problem was pooped on by a pigeon, and the whole attack was caught on camera.
The unfortunately bombardment happened on live television, when CBS Chicago shot a follow-up story about the cleanliness of the Irving Park Blue Line station. The stop, also known as the "pigeon poop stop," has locals dodging falling feathers and flying excrement.
State Rep. Jaime Andrade, who represents Chicago, was discussing the ongoing problem in an on-camera interview with CBS Chicago.
“I think they just got me! I’ll just have to go clean up,” he said, after getting hit with a fecal missile. “That’s what happens to my constituents. They get shit on all time.”
Getting a hold of the station's poop problem is such a hassle because the station itself — where the pigeons roost — is under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Department of Transportation, but the sidewalk where the poop lands falls to the City of Chicago. Cleanup is the responsibility of the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation, but hosing down the street doesn't prevent the pigeons from pooping on it all over again.
The problem is caught in a bureaucratic nightmare. Until it's solved, commuters are stuck with an all around shitty situation.
