Revelers were forced to layer on up to four Depends adult diapers Wednesday — with peddlers selling pairs for $50 a pop, warning they could fetch even more as the night wore on — because once you get in the pen, you can’t leave for bathroom emergencies, sellers told The Post.
“It’s funny til it’s not,” said Orlando Mendez, 38, who was hawking the plastic panties on Sixth Avenue near West 44th Street. “Desperation sets the price.
“There are no bathrooms in there at all. Once [people] are in, they can’t come back out. This is a real problem,” he said.
Mendez of The Bronx had already “discreetly” sold two pairs of the diapers, for $50 each, to two women, one youngish and the other middle-aged, by noon on New Year’s Eve.
“Surprisingly, a lot of people are already wearing diapers,” he said. “The early birds and the die-hards know the game.”
One of the diaper hawkers said a female reveler revealed she already had on four of her own pairs of adult diapers.
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Revelers were forced to layer on up to four Depends adult diapers Wednesday — with peddlers selling pairs for $50 a pop, warning they could fetch even more as the night wore on — because once you get in the pen, you can’t leave for bathroom emergencies, sellers told The Post.
“It’s funny til it’s not,” said Orlando Mendez, 38, who was hawking the plastic panties on Sixth Avenue near West 44th Street. “Desperation sets the price.
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“There are no bathrooms in there at all. Once [people] are in, they can’t come back out. This is a real problem,” he said.
Mendez of The Bronx had already “discreetly” sold two pairs of the diapers, for $50 each, to two women, one youngish and the other middle-aged, by noon on New Year’s Eve.
“Surprisingly, a lot of people are already wearing diapers,” he said. “The early birds and the die-hards know the game.”
One of the diaper hawkers said a female reveler revealed she already had on four of her own pairs of adult diapers.
Mendez said his potty-centric hustle was inspired by the cash he recently made slinging Christmas trees.
“I had been selling Christmas trees and I felt like this was the next holiday thing,” he said.
“It’s the New York hustle.”
Fun-seekers weren’t ashamed to put the “P” in party.
Nottie Ndlovu, 38, an engineer visiting from Dallas, said she doubled up on diapers to prevent freezing her buns off as temperatures plunged into the 20s.
“I have like five layers — four sweaters, my jacket, two diapers,” she said. “They are like the adult pull-ups. They feel OK, just like the regular underwear.
“You never know, but I hope I don’t have to use them,” she said — adding she’s laying off liquids to try to keep from dampening her festive mood.
But she was still set to chomp away.
I’m taking grapes for good luck. I’m going to eat 12 at midnight,” she said, explaining it’s a tradition in Spain to eat 12 grapes — one for each month.
Kimberly Myers, 55, a preschool teacher from Santa Monica, Calif., came prepared for the ball drop by wearing a diaper and bringing an extra one along with panty liners.
She also stocked up on survival-gear-style supplies to brave the crowd and the cold — including trail mix, lidocaine for knee pain, thermal leggings, hand warmers, grapes, pumpkin seeds and Tums.
“I feel like I’m prepared but still a little nervous,” she said. “This morning it was like 25 degrees.”
“I’m so excited. I watched [the ball drop] as a little girl on TV every year and I just kept saying I gotta do it one day,” she said.
Mendez said that his diaper-selling scheme could grow even more lucrative later in the day.
“It’s too early right now,” he said Wednesday afternoon.
“Wait until later,” he said — looking at some people in the line drinking water.
