ever since man emerged from the chain of evolution, he has created for himself structures to contain the end result of his bodily waste removal process. these have been known as in popular culture as “restrooms”, “bathrooms”, “lavatories”, “toilets” and several other names. these structures, like any exclusive club/organization, are created to disallow, basically, half the human race through its doors. and along with that “exclusivity”, a number of exceedingly complicated customs have arisen to maintain a sense of order and dignity.
case in point – THE URINAL RULE for men:
(if you cant watch, click HERE)
seeing as how you’re now armed with the sacred knowledge of The Rule, i’d like to proceed onto the next point of focus: my friend’s rant on facebook…
i have just been emotionally violated in the Vegas airport restroom. WHEN and IF it is possible to place distance between yourself and another urinal, it’s just good manners to do so. give each other some space. a little privacy. professional courtesy. this guy in a navy blazer had about twelve stalls to choose from and he decides to buddy up next to me. REALLY???
it is at this point that i’d like to say that i feel sorry that my dear friend had been put through such an agonizing loo ordeal. and while i understand the Scared Rule, i dont understand the gripe about “privacy” at the urinals. you guys DID choose to go with the urinal system. though there may have been many other stalls to choose from, and that it would be “good manners” to choose one thats furthest away from the one thats currently occupied, it ISNT TECHNICALLY WRONG if a dude sidles up to a urinal next to yours, unless of course you’ve got the urinal rule printed out in bold on the wall above the stalls. im just saying: freedom of choice. anyway that aside, you guys wouldnt have to suffer the “flouting” of the urinal rule if you had actually smartened up and used an actual cubicle instead and let actual doors do the trick of maintaining privacy and dignity?
okay fine, maybe not actual doors (shan wee argued that cubicles are “not space-efficient”) but what about imposing a MANDATORY RULE on fixing partitions between urinals?
arent partitions the most sensible solution to the lack of privacy? unfortunately, they arent always available. and i suspect in the case of the photograph below, the men probably thought “the heck with the toilet, do the manly thing and use the trough”.
wow. what a brilliant way to eliminate queues for urinals and to prove your manliness…. NOT! apparently these trough-type “urinals” are the norm in aussie men’s toilets. YUCK! imagine… men lined up shoulder to shoulder with their peckers out.. big distance between the top of the flow and the bottom of the trough… one bad aim from a shaker-pecker could mean that pee could land on the neighboring pisser’s foot or pants or shirt… depending on how bad the aim was… DOUBLE YUCK!
there’s no way in hell you can guarantee privacy or a piss-free shoe at a urinal unless your as tall as Shan Wee…
shan's wee (geddit? geddit?) hur hur hur...
cmon guys! dont choose to pee in plain view of each other and then create complex rules on “etiquette”. get cover for cryin out loud! im so glad that i was born the female of the species, obviously the more sensible of the two genders. sometimes there are battles we have to fight in life, and silly fights about urinal modesty SHOULDNT take up space on that list.
RYAN LEE
