Follow TV Tropes

Following

A question about urinals

Go To

derpdederp35 Since: May, 2011
#1: Oct 3rd 2011 at 12:58:58 AM

I'm a girl and I always wondered why the urinals in men's bathrooms are not separated to maintain privacy. Do men like to watch other men take a piss next to them? Wouldn't it be dangerous as it could transfer potential diseases or illnesses. What happens it one guy wanted to pee on another guy because he was an asshole?

Sivartis Captionless One from Lubberland, or the Isle of Lazye Since: Apr, 2009
Captionless One
#2: Oct 3rd 2011 at 1:02:41 AM

Well, sometimes there will be a small seperator between urinals, and if not, it's an unspoken rule never to use a urinal directly next to one already in use.

♭What.
KitsuneInferno Jackass Detector from East Tennessee Since: Apr, 2009
Jackass Detector
#3: Oct 3rd 2011 at 1:13:24 AM

If one man were to urinate on another, I'm fairly sure that a punch to the face would be administered, possibly followed by a kick to the dick.

"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.
germi91 Public Servant from Spain Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Public Servant
#4: Oct 3rd 2011 at 1:19:13 AM

[up][up] And even when you are next to someone, it's another unspoken rule not to take a gander at someone else's Johny, even for perfectly scientific and comparative reasons.

edited 3rd Oct '11 1:20:00 AM by germi91

"It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few."
Talby Since: Jun, 2009
#5: Oct 3rd 2011 at 1:54:04 AM

This is why, on the extremely rare occasions I am forced to use a public toilet, I avoid the urinals and head straight for the stalls.

Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#6: Oct 3rd 2011 at 2:35:41 AM

There's often a short divider, and even when there is, as stated, it's an unspoken rule that you never use the stall next to one in use unless such a stall is the only one that's open. Even when there isn't such a divider, it's not like we're trying to pee into a urinal from half way across the restroom. Normally, we get pretty close anyways.

This would be a relatively typical restroom with dividers.

edited 3rd Oct '11 2:36:23 AM by Balmung

whaleofyournightmare Decemberist from contemplation Since: Jul, 2011
tropetown Since: Mar, 2011
#8: Oct 3rd 2011 at 2:43:45 AM

Meh, urinals are urinals. If I caught a guy trying to sneak a peek, I'd obviously do something about it, but I'm not really fussed, since everyone is in there to do their business. No reason to be shy about it.

Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#9: Oct 3rd 2011 at 7:21:45 AM

@OP: Some times urinals have a partition between them, when they don't you make sure there's an empty urinal between you and the other guy. Looking at another guys dick is a great way to get the teeth knocked out of your mouth.

HeavyDDR Who's Vergo-san. from Central Texas Since: Jul, 2009
Who's Vergo-san.
#10: Oct 3rd 2011 at 8:19:54 AM

Transmit diseases? You're more likely to transmit a disease sitting on the toilet.

I'm pretty sure the concept of Law having limits was a translation error. -Wanderlustwarrior
TheDeadMansLife Lover of masks. Since: Nov, 2009
Lover of masks.
#11: Oct 3rd 2011 at 8:25:19 AM

How... the...

How do you think you catch diseases from a urinal?? :)

Please.
Carciofus Is that cake frosting? from Alpha Tucanae I Since: May, 2010
Is that cake frosting?
#12: Oct 3rd 2011 at 8:30:36 AM

Read that and you'll understand
These rules are not accurate. This one, in particular, is utterly wrong:

4. Only talk to people you know at a urinal

There is no point in making useless conversation with a random dude at the urinal. Exception: if you're drunk.

You do not talk to people in the bathroom, no matter whether you know or do not know them.

Even acknowledging their existence with a nod or something like that is extremely bad form; but talking to someone while they are trying to pee? Never, never, never, never, never do that.

Never.

edited 3rd Oct '11 8:30:54 AM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
abstractematics Since: May, 2011
#13: Oct 3rd 2011 at 12:57:19 PM

[up]I've seen that in TV though.

Some bathrooms, from a couple I've seen in parks to even very clean and nice ones in our campus, do not have dividers. People I guess try to mind their own individual business and give mutual sense of privacy. It's bad manners to try to "do anything" because of the lack of dividers, somewhat like starting a food fight at a restaurant.

Now using Trivialis handle.
MarkVonLewis Since: Jun, 2010
#14: Oct 3rd 2011 at 2:41:40 PM

OP: well there are cardinal rules of men's room etiquette. As others have said, one doesn't use a urinal next to another man unless it's the only one open. And obviously, one never looks at another man's penis at the urinal.

Those are the two biggest rules, below those is do not talk to another man at the urinal.

All men know these rules, and breaking of them is good grounds for a man card revoking at best, and an asskicking at worst.

edited 3rd Oct '11 2:42:16 PM by MarkVonLewis

USAF713 I changed accounts. from the United States Since: Sep, 2010
I changed accounts.
#15: Oct 3rd 2011 at 2:43:00 PM

Well, good friends can talk to each other at the urinal. A more accurate statement is, never talk to men you don't know at the urinal, and you won't talk to men at the urinal that you do know because it's still strange.

Either way, you can definitely tell the OP is a girl who's never used a urinal. wink

I am now known as Flyboy.
Kino Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Californicating
#16: Oct 3rd 2011 at 2:45:12 PM

Well, good friends can talk to each other at the urinal.

Yeah, if they both have vaginas.

edited 3rd Oct '11 2:45:21 PM by Kino

USAF713 I changed accounts. from the United States Since: Sep, 2010
I changed accounts.
#17: Oct 3rd 2011 at 2:46:29 PM

Pfft.

I am now known as Flyboy.
TheDeadMansLife Lover of masks. Since: Nov, 2009
Lover of masks.
#18: Oct 3rd 2011 at 2:47:21 PM

Or if it's pre or post urinal use.

Please.
Carciofus Is that cake frosting? from Alpha Tucanae I Since: May, 2010
Is that cake frosting?
#19: Oct 3rd 2011 at 2:50:24 PM

All men know these rules, and breaking of them is good grounds for a man card revoking at best, and an asskicking at worst.
An asskicking? I doubt it, at least not around here.

Breaking these rules would result in being scowled at, but probably nothing more.

Not that I ever remember witnessing someone breaking the first two rules, it's just Not Done. As for the third, I have seen minor offenses (e.g., people saying "Hey, how are you doing?" to someone who is doing his business), and, while this is bad form, it does not really deserve a violent retaliation.

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
TheDeadMansLife Lover of masks. Since: Nov, 2009
Lover of masks.
#20: Oct 3rd 2011 at 2:53:56 PM

Your saying, if someone leaned over to look at your junk, you would not give them an introduction to your fist?

Please.
USAF713 I changed accounts. from the United States Since: Sep, 2010
I changed accounts.
#21: Oct 3rd 2011 at 2:56:46 PM

...no, but I'd definitely be all "WTF, dude?"

I don't think I'd want to fight someone like that...

I am now known as Flyboy.
Carciofus Is that cake frosting? from Alpha Tucanae I Since: May, 2010
Is that cake frosting?
#22: Oct 3rd 2011 at 2:57:55 PM

Your saying, if someone leaned over to look at your junk, you would not give them an introduction to your fist?
Not really, no.

I would finish my business quickly, and then get out of there. No point in picking a fight over something like that.

Repeat offenses might result in a few harsh words, however.

edited 3rd Oct '11 2:58:19 PM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
MarkVonLewis Since: Jun, 2010
#23: Oct 3rd 2011 at 3:01:48 PM

I said at worst. Generally you report the person to the Man Council and said person gets points on their Man Card. Not unlike getting points on one's license for driving like an idiot.

nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#24: Oct 3rd 2011 at 3:02:16 PM

dudes who goes to the middle of three urinals in an empty bathroom are dicks.

USAF713 I changed accounts. from the United States Since: Sep, 2010
I changed accounts.
#25: Oct 3rd 2011 at 3:02:52 PM

...is the Man Card a physical object? I bet the DMV gives you one, secretly, when you get a driver's license...

I am now known as Flyboy.

Total posts: 95
Top