thought i’d poll some opinions on this one…
there are four urinals, all ‘vacant’, where do you stand ?
(being aware that other people could arrive whilst you pee).
IMHO it’s always the second from the left…why?
well i’m not at the furthest away one (got something to hide?).
i’m not at the two on the right (meaning someone has to pass behind me).
If someone comes in they will use the far right one (by my logic)
so neither of us will be uncomfortable by being
A) right next to each other
B) obviously trying not to be next to each other
Personally I go in the stall because I don’t like using urinals. If I did use urinals I would probably stop at the first one because it’s closest. I don’t care if someone has to walk behind me to get to a urinal and I don’t care if someone is uncomfortable pissing right next to another man.
We have the same layout in the office. If we label the urinals 1,2,3,4 … then you’ll always find me at urinals 3 or 4 (or maybe both ) Urinal 4 is next to the wall, so if I’m taking a long piss in the morning and I can’t hold my head up straight, I’ll just rest it against the wall. Urinal 1 is just too ‘open’ (since it’s nearer to the sink and also near the door). As for urinal 2 - too many people in the office have a preference for U2.
If either of my urinals are taken I usually tell the bugger to piss off.
With the aim of getting as much solitude as possible, I’d take 4. If I’m standing there, a newcomer will certainly select 1 or 2 for his own privacy. If that newcomer selects 1, a third visitor will go to 2 or 3, so you’ve got a 50/50 chance of having no neighbor. If he selects 2, the third visitor will more likely than not take 1, to have one rightward neighbor instead of being surrounded. No one, of course, will be at your right in any circumstance.
Stalls are basically the same, except there’s an additional, overriding question of cleanliness. If a seat is bedewed with urine, or if in the water there floats an eight-pound ziggurat enveloped, Cristo-like, in a wad of tissue, forget it! And if I’m early enough in the morning to find a virgin, blue-fresh bowl, that’s lavatorial nirvana.
Wow…I guess I never gave it much thought, I just want to take a leak! About the only thing I look for is if there is piss on the floor in front of one I’ll use the next, which in itself is kinda silly, like the whole floor is only very marginally cleaner than a puddle of piss.
With 4 urinals open, you can select any without fear. The outside ones are probably used more so if you prefer a lesser used one, then choose 2 or 3. If one person joins you then he can pick the one that is two spaces away.
If there are only three urinals, never pick the middle one. To do so is like screaming “I’m gay so please stand next to me so I can peek”.
If you cannot avoid standing next to someone, opt instead for a stall. The correct way to do this is not lift the seat and flush the toilet with your foot. If you do dribble on the seat you must wipe it with a piece of toilet paper.
Having been gay for over thirty years and having been employed for many of those years, I can assure you that I have never conducted myself nor heard of another gay man conducting himself in this inappropriate fashion at a place of employment. Please believe me when I tell you that the penises of heterosexuals in a place of business generally hold very little interest for us, so the next time you see a man standing at the center urinal of three, feel free to piss in peace, secure in the knowledge that even if he is gay your penis matters not at all. And let’s do try growing up a bit, shall we?
however bars are a different thing
whilst at a urinal i had a guy tap me on one shoulder (so i instinctually turned that way) only for him to ‘check me out’ on the ‘exposed’ side!
i would’ve been insulted but for his comment of ‘nice cock’
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Sorry to offend you Otto, but my experiences have been different. The building in which I formerly worked had one notorious peeker. One guy was so upset that he would have filed a harrassment complaint except for the embarrassment of it all. In my current building, I know of one guy that invariably chooses the middle of three urinals and to be honest, I’ve always wondered about him. So I stand by my belief that there are some guys that peek. However, not all of these are gay and not all gays peek, so I apologize for my stereotype.
There are a few rules that must be obeyed while using a urinal.
Never use the adjacent urinal. I don’t care if there are 25 urinals and they’re 15 feet apart, you don’t use the one next to him.
If every second urinal is occupied, you don’t go into the stall. You tough it out and wait your freakin turn. (And for godssake, don’t stand over the guy that’s peeing, you stand at least 6 feet behind the urinals)
If, at a stadium of concert venue, they have installed the trough that allows for the fastest in-and-out, you just go find yourself a bush to pee in.
Does the “kiddie” urinal count if there is one? In most cases I will use it (disregarding its lower height) as the most sensible one to use if the others are occupied. In other words, let’s say there are three urinals, the leftmost one being the kiddie urinal. The urinal on the far right is occupied. I still use the kiddie urinal instead of the middle “adult-height” urinal, which would have me standing next to the guy who is already there.
I’m surprised the information in Qazzz’s link doesn’t address this particular issue.
Actually, the stall is appropriate if ALL the urinals are occupied. And then you piss STANDING into the toilet just like you would at home.
If all the urinals and stalls are occupied, sometimes the sink can be used if the place is sketchy ehough.
You don’t stand 6 feet away from the guy peeing. You stand against the far wall. If the place is too narrow then you stand in the doorway.
Maybe someday we will all live in a glorious world where we will all hold each others cocks and sing cumbaya while we pee. Until then, these are the rules so everyone please follow them.
) Urinal 4 is next to the wall, so if I’m taking a long piss in the morning and I can’t hold my head up straight, I’ll just rest it against the wall. Urinal 1 is just too ‘open’ (since it’s nearer to the sink and also near the door). As for urinal 2 - too many people in the office have a preference for U2.