# Sink Pissing. Opinion? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 10, 2013, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143 "2013-07-10T15:22:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/21 "2013-07-10T16:34:48Z")
I’ve seen it happen in stadiums/arenas at intermission in rock concerts, and at halftime at football games. One time, I saw when it started happening: urinals and the sinks were opposite each other across an open space in the men’s room. When the lines for the urinals backed up to the sinks, the guys at the end of the line started turning around and peeing in the sinks, and all of a sudden there were twice as many lines, of half the length. > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I’ve never seen it. But have heard it sometimes happens in women’s restrooms when lines are long. I have a hard time believing that this happens with much frequency even then, given the logistical difficulties involved for a woman to pee into a sink. ---
**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/22 "2013-07-10T16:37:06Z")
Pretty rude, but not the end of the world. Better than in the garbage can… ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/23 "2013-07-10T16:40:35Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Did he wash his hands when he was done? Hell, he was right there at the sink. Why wait till he was done? ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/24 "2013-07-10T16:41:32Z")
It doesn’t happen in women’s restrooms even when the line is long. If there are children or disabled, or someone who reaaally can’t hold it, we let them go ahead. Can you imagine the stinkeye we’d get from all of the other women if we just let loose in the sink? > [@Enderw24](#): > > Is sink pissing, in general, ok? Yeah. Same as shower pissing. It’s all going down the same drain. I do it at home often enough. Don’t make a mess and clean up your splash. :eek: Seriously? What earthly reason do you have for peeing in the sink? Don’t get me wrong, I don’t see a problem with it going down the drain, but my toothbrush is right there, and my hairbrush, and probably a bunch of other crap. And no matter what, you are not cleaning it all up. I don’t care about dive bars. As far as I’m concerned, you pee where you can. Try not to piss on anyone’s shoes, though. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/25 "2013-07-10T16:48:38Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > College Park, MD? Hell of a guess, but no. Athens, GA. Others: Auburn, AL Chapel Hill, NC Charlottesville, VA I also noticed it at small music venues. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/26 "2013-07-10T16:54:58Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#): > > Hell of a guess, but no. Athens, GA. > > Others: > > Auburn, AL > Chapel Hill, NC > Charlottesville, VA > > I also noticed it at small music venues. Just checking to see if we shared a sink. ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/27 "2013-07-10T16:58:26Z")
That’s why the best dive bars have a trough instead of a urinal. Always room for one more at a trough. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/28 "2013-07-10T17:05:42Z")
I feel like I must be living under a rock. I have never seen such behavior in a men’s room, and I haven’t peed in a sink since I was, like, five. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/29 "2013-07-10T17:06:43Z")
If you’re tall enough and not shy, I say go for it. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/30 "2013-07-10T17:08:45Z")
Meh. I piss in a cup, then dump it in the sink about 65% of the time. 65-75%. I got used to it years ago, when I lived in a roach motel with one bathroom per floor of 10-12 rooms, but the rooms had sinks. Once in a while, I had to shit in a bag and then throw it down the trash chute. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/31 "2013-07-10T17:28:54Z")
“Its all pipes!” -George Costanza ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/32 "2013-07-10T17:32:20Z")
> [@Hippy\_Hollow](#): > > Er… no, sink pissing is not acceptable in an indoor plumbing situation. So… it’s okay to piss in outdoor sinks? ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/33 "2013-07-10T17:32:58Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > “Its all pipes!” > -George Costanza “You’re gonna confuse them!” -Elaine Benes ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/34 "2013-07-10T17:38:37Z")
Now, drinking fountains, that’s where I draw the line. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/35 "2013-07-10T19:07:25Z")
if the dive bar serves bottle beer then what is wrong with right at the table? ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/36 "2013-07-10T19:10:24Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > It wasn’t all that uncommon at halftime in the 700 level of the Vet (the cheap seats in Philadelphia’s Veteran’s Stadium) when the Iggles played there. This post made me think of concerts at Giant’s Stadium (which has since been rebuilt) > [@Crafter\_Man](#): > > I’ve never seen it. But have heard it sometimes happens in women’s restrooms when lines are long. And this is why I thought of it. There seemed to be about three men’s rooms for every women’s room there and the lines would be daunting. I did see a few - not a lot, just a few - women opting for sinks. Better than soaking your own pants, I suppose. In fact, I remember commenting about it to a date and him saying something like “Oh, guys do that all the time.” ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/37 "2013-07-10T19:24:51Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > “Its all pipes!” > -George Costanza Dammit, I was going to say that. GEORGE: I was there! I saw a drain! ELAINE: Since when is a drain a toilet?! GEORGE: It’s all pipes! What’s the difference?! ELAINE: Different pipes go to different places! You’re gonna mix 'em up! GEORGE: I’ll call a plumber right now! (Goes for the phone.) JERRY: Alright, can we just drop all the pee-pipe stuff here? ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/38 "2013-07-10T19:35:57Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I think you should wash your junk too, as long as you have it hanging in the sink. Bonus points if your junk can set off the electric eye on the soap dispenser so you can get it clean. Double bonus point if you can set off the electric eye on the paper towel dispenser for drying afterwards. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/39 "2013-07-10T20:31:29Z")
This place never ceases to amaze me. I never in a million years would have thought that people with access to a functioning toilet would choose, instead, to pee in their sink. Or I’m completely dense and being whooshed… ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143/40 "2013-07-10T20:39:03Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I don’t care about dive bars. As far as I’m concerned, you pee where you can. Try not to piss on anyone’s shoes, though. You can do anything but piss on someone’s _blue suede_ shoes. Any other kind of shoes are fair game. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sink-pissing-opinion/663143.md?page=3)