weird bathroom behavior!!!!

[commander bunnypants]

and I doubt it is universal

Why is it guys wont talk to each other in the can, but according to my wife girls wil yak yak yak it up.

Curious

DDQM

[nini]

1. we talk but we won't poop in front of each other

:D

[afraid_of_the_dark]

2. Maybe it's the privacy thing...

I'd have a hard time having a conversation with the guy next to me if I could see him taking a leak.

Most of the chatting in the ladies room goes on between stalls, or at the sinks.

[skypilot]

3. The combination of bathrooms...

...unzipped pants, and chit-chat is what turns men gay. Where do you think homosexuals come from?

[commander bunnypants]

4. oh

I thought they were found under lettuce leaves


DDQM

[skypilot]

6. That's the G-rated explanation.

*

[commander bunnypants]

7. uh oh

I will talk with others in the can. Boy my wife is gonna be upset.

DDQM

[skypilot]

8. See if you can chat up...

...an earthy, arty, long-haired type. Send him to me once the transformation is complete. 'preciate it.

[commander bunnypants]

11. sure

consider it done

lol

DDQM

[Lavender Brown]

5. I'm a woman, and I hate when women go to the bathroom to talk

There's this group of women at work who go to the bathroom in a group of 3-4 to chat. I guess there are things they don't think they can discuss around the water cooler. Anyway, I hate it. You go in there for some peace and quiet, and a bunch of chatterboxes show up. It makes me feel like I'm peeing in the middle of a press conference.

[Kid_A]

9. There are many strict rules of men's room etiquette.

No talking is a big one. So is the "no flanking" rule. The guidelines are as follows:
1. Always leave a one-urinal buffer zone between yourself and any other urinators.
2. If someone is already using the urinals when you enter, select the one farthest from the other guy.
3. If none are in use, pick the one on either end of the row.
4. If one end is already is use, select the other end.
5. If both ends are in use, use the urinal in the middle.
6. Keep your eyes on your own work.
7. If someone breaks the rules and picks a urinal right next to you, pee on them. They'll follow the rules extremely carefully from then on.
8. NO TALKING.
If these rules are followed correctly, then in a restroom with 5 urinals, only 3 should be in use at the same time. There should always be a gap of at least one urinal between each urinator. Unless of course the restroom has installed barriers between each urinal, in which case the whole thing gets thrown out the window.

[tekriter]

13. But should the sports page be folded when left in the stall,

or not?

[Kid_A]

14. Never leave anything in a men's room.

People have a fear of foreign objects in places like that. So to answer your question, neither.

[Speck Tater]

18. One refinement to the rules

If there are more than 5 urinals and only one end one is in use, go to the one just before the opposite end of the line rather than the very last one.

I'm not sure why, but I've observed this many times. Maybe it's a way of saying to the other "I'm giving you space, BUT I'm not actually afraid of you."

I once say a quiz on a web page that had pictures of various situations with various numbeers of urinals and assorted numbers of men standing at the urinals. You were supposed to click on which was the proper urinal to use in each situation. Then it would tell you if you were a man or a woman. Only men really know the urinal rules, and they are born with that instinctive knowledge.

[Canuckistanian]

22. There's a computer game somewhere about that

It gives you a "urinal scenario" and you have to make a correct choice. Nearly all guys get the same scores.

[Beware the Beast Man]

10. I cannot use urinals

I am afraid of pecker-checkers.

[Kid_A]

12. Some people have a real problem with Rule #6.

And that's a damn shame. It should be the most obvious one, really.

[dawg]

15. I used to be that way ...

But now I just whip it out. If they wanna' look, then let 'em. (As long as the room temperature is not too cold):P

[commander bunnypants]

16. hey dawg

how is it hanging?

DDQM

[Beware the Beast Man]

17. Actually, I'm not as afraid (or ashamed)

Since I met Mrs. Beast Man. :smoke:

[commander bunnypants]

19. I just never cared

In my perfect world clothes would of never been invented.

DDQM

[commander bunnypants]

20. I just realized if I go back for my PH.d

I could build a disseration out of this. Something about societal/universal norms for bathroom behavior. Differences in sex, culture, age, socioeconomic status.

HAH

DDQM

[Speck Tater]

21. Here's an authoritative guide to urinal etiquette

---quote---
While I was at Yale, the neuroscience major was tied in to the psych department. Because of that, neuroscience majors were required to take a few 'soft' psych classes. Which is how, in my sophomore year, I ended up in Psych 150 - Social Psychology. Frankly, I hated the class. The research we studied was garbage, and the teaching was at a third grade level. When we were assigned a final project - executing a piece of original field research - I realized I had my chance to let the teacher know what I thought of the class. In an effort to mock the careful study of the inane that characterizes social psychology, I chose the topic of urinal etiquette. Ironically, I got an A.

---end quote-----

Text of the paper at http://www.joshuanewman.com/archives/030102_urinal_etiquette.html