A question for the fellas...
So i walk into a public restroom the other day that has 6 urinals. There are two guys already in there, occupying the 2 slot and the 5 slot (they've obviously already broken proper urinal etiquette). What do you do in that situation?
posted by jeff @ 8:43 PM
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16 Comments:
i think you made a mistake in your picture selection--it makes for easy material given the short urinal.
...but as for your question, what about the stalls? were any of them empty?
You've seen this, right?
http://www.drinknation.com/urinaltest.php
(there are others like that)
....
You must be really struggling to come up with a new Jesus post.
Wow... I had no clue that there WAS such a thing as "urinal etiquette" but I guess it makes sense.
Good eye, Daniel.
ummmm. I don't really see the problem. I routinely shack up next to another man even if there is 8 open urinals to his left or right. Then, I ask him how his day is going.
This is the appropriate time to hit the ol' stall, Jeff. If the stalls are unavailable for some reason, choose the end urinal near the wall and do your part to restore the proper order.
Chris Sexton...
Well done sir, well done...
-J
Alright, I've been thinking about this a lot, too much really. The guy who screwed up was the first one to go in the bathroom. Going to 2 or 5 almost ensures future problems if more than 1 other person comes in. You should go to 3 or 4 if you're the first man in.
I got in there and I froze. I was frazzled by the situation and I chose 4 because it looked like 5 was getting ready to leave (don't ask). Instead, 2 left! Me and 5 were left standing there next to each other! It was awful. Though this is really 5s fault too because he should have gone to 6 when he got in there. Then 4 would have been open still.
I didn't think about the stall until someone mentioned it later, but it still seems odd to go to the stall when there's a urinal open. Like you're hiding something.
^true, but the stall leaves you will the reminecent feeling of "home field advantage"...
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With all the discussion on this issue, a question has come up...
Women might read this and think that the whole thing is silly, and we all need to stop being such boys, but when choosing the stall is there a protocall? I mean if you walk into the restroom at the same time as another woman, do you space yourself out, or what?
The ladies might come back with an answer like it doesn't matter, but I bet they don't go drop trow' and hover next to anyone dropping the kids off if they can help it.
I'd also choose number 6. I never would have thought of choosing a stall.
i'll answer for the ladies, but only annonymously...
shannon, you're right. if given the option, i follow the every other stall rule in the ladies' room. in fact, when another woman comes in and chooses the stall directly next to mine, i've often found myself wondering, "why didn't she follow the every other stall rule???" even though there's a wall, there's just something invaluable about personal space.
too bad i can't spell anonymous.... even though it's right in front of my face here on the screen.....
The only real option of course is to go to another bathroom or wait it out. One other possibility is to go in, stand next to the most likely guy to be freaked out, and start talking to him loudly about the weather or some other benign subject. A nice touch would be to lean on the wall and express how glad you are to be relieving yourself, even though we all know that the natural state is 'frozen' at that point. That way the guy will almost invariably leave immediately, and the other one will follow quickly. Then you have the whole place to yourself unless of course you have the misfortune to accidently stand next to a true bathroom 'talker' in which case you've just made the situation worse. I still say try another bathroom, this one is a quagmire.
Fascinating responses all. Thanks especially to the lady who chimed in on this one and informed us that it is a stall issue as well. A psychologist would probably have a field day with all of us...
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