Public schools nationwide are alerting parents about students participating in a concerning new TikTok trend that involves filming themselves urinating.
Middle and high school students are engaging in this unusual ‘pi**er’ trend, which encourages them to record and share videos of themselves peeing on school grounds on social media.
Allysa Diehl, the principal of Schoo Middle School in Lincoln, Nebraska, expressed concerns in a letter to parents, as reported by WCAX, stating, ‘This trend is not only hazardous and unhygienic, but it also burdens our staff with extra work to keep school environments clean.’
Lincoln Public Schools (LPS) officials acknowledged several occurrences of this unsettling trend in boys’ restrooms throughout the district.
The LPS has begged parents to sit down with their kids and discuss the importance of respecting public, shared spaces.
Diehl emphasized, ‘Students won’t be prevented from using restrooms when necessary, but we may have to adjust our protocols if this behavior persists.’
Potential changes could include closing bathrooms temporarily, restricting the number of students entering at once, and increasing staff supervision.
Tennessee school and law enforcement officials have also addressed the outlandish phenomenon.
Public schools across the country have issued parental warnings as students have been filming themselves urinating as a part of an alarming new TikTok trend (pictured: Lincoln Public Schools main building)
Middle and high school students have hopped on board the bizarre ‘pi**er’ trend, which encourages teens to record themselves peeing in public and upload the distasteful footage to social media (stock image)
Washington County School leaders, for instance, had to warn families that anyone caught participating in this trend will face ‘serious disciplinary consequences,’ WCYB reported.
In response to the unsettling trend, the district said it has upped its staff supervision.
A slew of Pennsylvania schools have also made note of this trend, with many working with local police departments to tackle it.
The Bristol Connecticut Police Department issued a public statement on Facebook, asking for the public’s help in identifying people allegedly peeing across the city.
‘Our department is aware of a nationwide social media trend of people claiming to be urinating in public places,’ police officials wrote last week.
Aside from middle and high schools, ‘pi**ers’ have been wreaking havoc on college campuses, with several TikTok accounts being made for the specific purpose of sharing this kind of content.
One account called ‘Syracuse Pi**ers’ has a video that seemingly shows someone urinating against a stone wall on campus.
The News House, Syracuse University’s college newspaper, reported on the various accounts disseminating these activities, as well as the trend’s impact on campus life.
‘Not only is this unsafe and unsanitary, but it creates unnecessary work for our staff as they work to maintain clean school spaces,’ the principal of Schoo Middle School in Lincoln, Nebraska , Allysa Diehl (pictured), said in a letter to parents
The Bristol Connecticut Police Department issued a public statement on Facebook, asking for the public’s help in identifying people allegedly peeing across the city (pictured)
The State University of New York (SUNY) system has also been hit with the strange – and illegal – activities, with students posting themselves seemingly urinating with the hashtag ‘#SUNYpissers’ under their posts (pictured)
‘If it is real pee, they are very hydrated as it’s a shockingly clear stream,’ freshman Lucy Leef said, skeptical of whether people are truly participating or faking it for views.
A public relations professor at the SI Newhouse School of Public Communications explained: ‘What gets attention online is often what breaks social norms.’
The State University of New York (SUNY) system has also been hit with the strange – and illegal – activities, with students posting themselves seemingly urinating with the hashtag ‘#SUNYpissers’ under their posts.
Many of the videos, however, do appear to be spoofs on the trend, with posters likely using water to pretend they are truly peeing.
But for those who are not joking – and truly relieving themselves on campus – they could find themselves in trouble, as it is unlawful in every state.
