A broken-down escalator being fixed in San Francisco turned up one smelly surprise for workers.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Bay Area Rapid Transportation officials said that workers who were about to repair the escalator had to get the help of a hazmat team instead because the escalator turned out to be full of crap, literally.

BART police spokesperson Era Jenkins told the publication that: “Nobody wants to be walking in urine and feces, I know that, (but) if we don’t see it or the person doesn’t admit to it, they can just say it was someone else. Certain crimes you don’t see, you can’t enforce.”

That’s why the police force can’t issue citations for people using the escalators to relieve themselves.

GoodLawd! Talk about filthy.

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