Ok, so Its 10:40, I’m on passing period in high school, I’m in a hurry to get to class, and I really need to take a leak. I go into the brand new 3rd floor bathroom, complete with 3 stalls and 5 johns. What do I find in there? A fucking que of people waiting to go and only 3 of the 5 johns being used!
I think to myself, "Well, I can't afford to get to class late. I'm usually late anyway, the teacher is going to put me in detention any day now. Screw this, I'm going in." So I go and do my business without bothering anyone. Everyone in the bathroom gives me "you fag" looks.
What the hell? What gives? Why are you so insecure about going to the damn bathroom? Are you afraid I’ll see “Tiny Tim” and tell all the girls you’re an inch long? Are you afraid I’m gay and I’m going to try to molest you? Well, I hate to break it to you, but I’m not at all interested with looking at your penis, I’m straight with a hot girlfriend, and quite honestly if I was gay I highly doubt that i’d make any attempts to interact with your genitals.
I’m just sick and tired of being expected to wait and line and be late to class so that you can be secure in the knowlege that no one will see your dick. I’m not going to look at yours, I expect you to not look at mine, there 5 johns, they have “wings” in case you’re worried about your privacy. Why are you wasting everyone’s time?
Just wanted to vent my feelings on these losers. Sorry guys, but if I make you uncomfortable, you can just form a line a hundred people long in front of the stalls and leave the johns to the people who are comfortable with their sexuality and their penis!
Looking back at my post, I see some of my language could spark flames about homosexuality. To clear things up before they get dirty, I’m straight but I’m perfectly comfortable being around gay people. I don’t see the big deal about it. They’re people with the same set of morals and I don’t feel threatened by gays at all. I know that gay people respect straight people and no gay person has ever tried to get together with me, at least upon clarification of my sexuality.
Sorry to cool down my pit, I just felt like this should be cleared up lest there be some mistakes about my views on the subject.
One could argue with some veracity that the part I’ve bolded in your quote actually betrays a certain insecurity on YOUR part, you know.
I mean… seriously… you’re pitting your classmate for being insecure, but you felt the need to tell us that not only did you have girlfriend, but that she was also hot? That says to me that you’re as concerned about what other people think as the guy you’re pitting.
On preview, I see you added a 2nd post to your OP and I applaud you for that. Good thing I previewed myself.
Well, that is pretty fucking stupid. Sure, if there isn’t a line, I’d rather not be right next to another guy. It’s not insecurity about being molested or anything, it’s just uncomfortable, for some reason. But if there are five or more people that need to pee, lining up to make use of only three available urinals is pretty stupid.
That said… how on earth did this piss you off enough to warrant a pit thread? I mean, seriously, people are stupid, so?
Meh. After someone sees genuine hatred of gays, little stuff tends not to bother us. By the time I was 17, I started calling myself a homofag. When the guy nextdoor said “something smells fruity” and then looked at me in horror and started to apologize, I was rolling on the floor laughing until he realized I wasn’t offended.
While there are a handful of people who look for any excuse to be offended, for imagined homophobia it’s usually a hetero crying wolf and then Miller explaining why they’re a moron & it’s offensive to pretend we’re that sensitive.
I wouldn’t mind this part of “civility” if it were just I and another man in a rest room with 3 urinals. If there are 3 urinals and I am the third guy in the rest room, I AM taking that middle urinal instead of waiting for one of the other two to finish.
HUH??!? When did Miss Manners make up that rule? In a bathroom that’s almost empty, it might be a matter of simpl courtesy to give the other guy some space, but anybody with a spoonful of brains knows that you’re necessarily giving up some privacy in a crowded bathroom. The OP’s right. Letting those two urinals go unused just because a bunch of kids are insecure about their sexuality really is ridiculous.
This is not entirely correct. It’s proper men’s bathroom etiquette not to pick a urinal next to another man INITIALLY, but if that’s not possible and there are no stalls available, then one may make use of them. If this happens, you must maintain proper decorum by staring straight ahead at the wall. Ideally there should be no conversation, but a remark about the weather or the previous night’s sport game generally gets a pass.
I humbly suggest that a perusal of urinal etiquette may be in order. The guide helpfully discusses how to handle situations from one urinal to six, in varying stages of use.
