Urinal etiquette
Mar 27th, 2008 by dino-ray
What exactly is the right “urinal etiquette?”
There is one restroom at work that I frequent. The urinals are very close together. If there wasn’t a partition between the two of them, people using the urinals would be standing shoulder to shoulder.
It’s the strangest thing when someone tries to make conversation with you while you are handling your business. I mean, you’re holding your penis and someone wants to talk to you about the new front end system we’re using to produce our copy?
I feel really awkward when someone tries to strike up conversation while I am in urination mode. What’s even more awkward is when the conversation starts and then ends very quickly. The silence is filled with two streams of pee hitting a urinal cake. I’m just thinking, “now what?”
I would prefer people remain silent while we drain our bladders. Save the conversation for when we are washing our hands. Then again, some people don’t wash their hands - and that’s another story.
Isn’t it odd how a lot of my stories from work involve the men’s restroom?