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.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.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."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.
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
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.
@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.
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. -WanderlustwarriorHow... the...
How do you think you catch diseases from a urinal?? :)
Please.There is no point in making useless conversation with a random dude at the urinal. Exception: if you're drunk.
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.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.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
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.
I am now known as Flyboy.Yeah, if they both have vaginas.
edited 3rd Oct '11 2:45:21 PM by Kino
Pfft.
I am now known as Flyboy.Or if it's pre or post urinal use.
Please.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.Your saying, if someone leaned over to look at your junk, you would not give them an introduction to your fist?
Please....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.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.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.
dudes who goes to the middle of three urinals in an empty bathroom are dicks.
...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.
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?