Man Rule: Public Bathroom Etique

[Gar]

You gotta take the open toilet leave the urinal alone. leave the packing of sasuages to oscar myer

 

[Airplanedoc]

A friend of mine back in high school used to drop his pants and underwear to the floor, place his hands against the wall as if being frisked, then begin to sing a seasonal holiday song while urinating. His favorite venue was the crowded restroom post movie at the theater. Since laughing makes urinating in a controlled manner difficult, I always tried to get in before of after the singing began.

 

[Zuljin]

My vote was influenced by the wording on the ballot.

And we have meetings in the restroom at work. There is no sanctity.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

And we have meetings in the restroom at work. There is no sanctity.

I once had a stanctity. Not my fondest of mammaries.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

BTW - All of the following activities are inappropriate while standing at a urinal:

• Dropping your pants (what's up with that anyway?)

At what age does this become socially unacceptable? My son is 7 and to me this behavior already needs to stop...

 

[TAK]

The only urinal etiquette is to not splash your piss all over the place.

Wait, wait, wait. Since when can't I piss all over the place?

 

[soccerdad]

Sink !

Why wasn't that in the poll ?

 

[brew_ny]

Sink !

Why wasn't that in the poll ?

my thoughts exactly

 

[MaxStout]

Some people just do it wrong no matter what...

 

[ThomasPaine]

If I am wearing sandals there is no way i will stand next to someone.

 

[podz]

My rule is that there are no rules. I do not subscribe to the concept of "sanctity of a buffer zone" - that's just juvenile thinking from 40 year old men.

If you live in a place where the average person is overweight, then no sense trying to stand right next to them unless you have to.

That said, if I walk into a public restroom with a real piss emergency and all the spots are taken then I have absolutely no problem pissing in sink. I also have no problem with using women's toilets, or handicapped toilets. When you gotta go, you gotta go.

 

[cannman]

I'm a big fan of using the Family Restroom solo at the mall in the city.

 

[SupervisingChildren]

At what age does this become socially unacceptable? My son is 7 and to me this behavior already needs to stop...

Haha my almost 7 year old does that all the time. It makes me cringe but chuckle at the same time.

my thoughts exactly

I hate the Bills games where people would piss in the sink. I want to wash my hands, just not near your piss! Not cool! Just like the troughs aren't cool! Give me a defined area that's mine where I can pee in my own personal space.

 

[BigPerm]

hehehe . . . makes me think of when I ran the New York Marathon. There was one long trough with a hundred guys peeing. No shame there. Elbow you way in and get your business done. Offered a nice view of the river and traffic going over the bridge.

This is why you run marathons in less urban jungles. When I ran my half, I happily peed in the woods.

 

[ol-hazza]

I'm a man that like his space, but any port in a storm.
Regarding farting you should head for the stalls, and if no one attempts letting off a worse one then you are in the wrong part of town

 

[hoppyhoppyhippo]

This really depends on the scenario. The rule for me is you fill in following the urinal rule (1 spacing) and then go from there. No one should have to wait to pee or poop. If it's a mall or something then you can wait a little, but at a sporting game when I've been tailgating well **** it I don't care. I've peed in a trough before, when you have enough in you it doesn't matter at all.

 

[DrunkleJon]

I was always led to believe that the 1 urinal buffer only applied if there weren't partitions between them. If there were walls then no buffer is necessary unless someone is splashing and puddling all over the place. Do attempt to leave a buffer if you can though. I am also a firm believer in the no going into a stall to pee unless all urinals are full.

Few things are more unnerving than a warm toilet seat. One of which is a warm public toilet seat. Another is a warm wet public toilet seat.

 

[podz]

I am also a firm believer in the no going into a stall to pee unless all urinals are full.

Yeah, me too. However, there are a whole lot of men with stagefright when it comes to the urinal. Even with so-called buffer zones, etc. I have encountered a whole lot of that. They either go to the stall or stand there and wait forever until you're gone before their mind is able to let it rip.

Even with the men who sprinkle on the seat because they're too lazy to lift it, men's public toilets are still exponentially cleaner than women's. If I was a woman, I'd basically refuse to use a public toilet. In fact, I know a lot of women who are just like that because of the average level of filth that is found there.

 

[soccerdad]

U guys sure are phobic about someone seeing your little weeny. Like you are the only man who has one.

BTW - I cleaned an office building when I was in college - including restrooms. In that extremely scientific experiment we learned that men are tidy in the potty .. women not so much.

 

[FiddlersGreen87]

Statistically public restrooms are far cleaner than residential bathroom. Most are cleaned several times a day and excluding the extreme cases where slobs revert to being monkeys and throwing excrement everywhere public restrooms are fairly sanitary.

This obviously varies greatly in the category of "public" restroom. An airport for example is typically a very regularly cleaned restroom. A sporting arena... Well that's just 3 hours of 90,000 people wrecking a sewage system.

Oddly enough, the stall I am typing this in is clean enough... and it's always a nice break from work.

 

[j1n]

My only rule is don't talk to me when i'm pissing. Its awkward as fk when your trying to piss and the dude next to you wants to have a conversation.

Happened once to me at work. Dude kept talking to me and i couldn't get it out so i just zipped up and walked out.

 

[b-boy]

I think we're onto something here. It's apparent that the rules are not well defined. This is America after all. We can't have people just wandering around doing whatever they want in a public restroom.

I think we're looking at a potential congressional bill here. What the heck, lets get this added to the Constitution. Who wants to write this up and contact their congressman? If they have time to talk to Mark McGwire about steroids and watch Ray Rice videos they should certainly have time to address this.

 

[Homercidal]

 

[MaxStout]

I cleaned an office building when I was in college - including restrooms. In that extremely scientific experiment we learned that men are tidy in the potty .. women not so much.

I had a job like that during high school--cleaning an office bldg in the evenings. The graffiti in the women's bathroom was much more graphic. And they named names, too. Another good reason to avoid office romances.

 

[Zuljin]

We crap in the lady's room at work when they aren't there. It's a good place to crap in private. Their room is outright opulent compared to ours. Ours is clean, but a bit disheveled. Theirs spotless and neat as a pin.

 

[pizza_man]

Obviously someone or several someones here has a hangup about his "manhood" and/or is a little homophobic?

I pee in the open stall closest to the door and anyone showing any interest is likely to get peed on. That happened - once.

 

[Cyclman]

Buffer urinal is preferred, but if not available, piss!

Farting, if you gotta, you gotta.

Try to get it in the urinal, and not leave a puddle.

Be careful straddling any found puddle, while not tapping the shoe of the guy next to you (we have all read what that can lead to).

Do not pee in sink, that's never cool. Trash can preferable in an emergency.

 

[Zuljin]

I've crapped in a trashcan. I really had to go, but if I left, I'd have to pick up new samples and start the tests all over. Screw that.

I was civil enough to take out the trash after.

 

[beernbourbon]

pee anywhere but the sink or the floor, but dammit, at least wash your fvqin hands afterwards. I don't know how many guys I've called out about not washin' their sausage skinners after going to the bathroom. I don't care if ya touch it or not, or think you didn't, or whatever..... it's the appearance of it all, I don't wanna touch yer junk even by proxy. There are guys I absolutely will not shake their hands because I know for a fact they don't wash after they pee. And if ya crap and don't wash, yer just a nasty individual.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

man, I walk in start talking about all sorts of stuff. especially if someone's dropping a deuce. I'll stand right next to the only guy at a urinal and stare at them the whole time saying things like, "Mmmmm! I love me some baked beans. You like baked beans? I like baked beans on my pizza. MmmmMMMM-mmm! Baked beans. What you doin' after this? Wanna go grab a beer and some baked beans? I'm buyin' if you're payin'. Right? Hahahhaha!!! Mmmm! Right? What kinda car do you drive? Don't look at me! But how about them baked beans?"