A business owner’s light-hearted video on a Melbourne street was interrupted by a passerby pooping right next to his car, which he said illustrated a wider problem in the city.
Jordan Mylius, the founder of shampoo brand Hairification, was filming near a Priceline on Chapel Street in Prahran, 9km south of the Melbourne CBD, on a Friday afternoon when he witnessed the disturbing act.
Mr Mylius’ filming partner, Aspen, spun around and caught the moment a hooded figure stood from up squatting from between two parked cars, one of which belonged to the CEO, and then walked away.
‘That man just took a s**t,’ Aspen said, shocked by the brazen behaviour.
Mr Mylius didn’t seem as surprised, adding a deadpan: ‘Welcome to Chapel Street, welcome to Poo-hran’.
The short video amassed tens of thousands of views in under 24 hours.
‘Eww just like a fitting room I saw today,’ one commenter wrote. ‘Disgusting and gross for staff to clean up.’
Mr Mylius later said he was glad Aspen saw the man as he likely would have walked over to his car and ‘would have stepped in it’.
Hairification founder Jordan Mylius was filming a video for his brand on Chapel St, in Melbourne, when a man (pictured) squatted behind his car to poo
Mr Mylius claimed the problem, along with other crimes, has become more widespread across Melbourne (pictured, the mess left by the pooper)
‘It was right in the middle of the afternoon. It’s horrifying, but it’s part of a broader problem we’re having in Melbourne,’ he told Newscorp.
While catching a man pooping on the street isn’t an everyday event for Mr Mylius, he has noticed a decline in public behaviour.
‘There’s a lot of crime, home invasions, carjackings – it’s very dangerous. The world’s most liveable city? I just don’t think it’s that anymore,’ he said.
Victorians caught pooping in public can be hit with up to $645 in fines.
While Mr Mylius admitted it was one of the lesser crimes committed in the city, he believed it was ‘still part of that hamster wheel of hell’.
‘We all understand nature calls, but especially in a place like that, where there are so many public restrooms available close by, it’s just grotty, silly behaviour, disgusting and unhygienic,’ he said.
Daily Mail has contacted the City of Stonnington council for comment.