Man Beaten for Breach of Urinal Etiquette

• cabooglio
  February 7th, 2008 at 1:11 pm

  … so a reach-around is probably out of the question, huh?

• Pedro
  February 7th, 2008 at 1:54 pm

  I think there’s a lot of restroom etiquette out there that most people know of, but is only slightly documented. (shameless self promotion for an old post of mine)

• Nate Deviate
  February 7th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

  See, i can understand feeling a little upset if a guy chooses the urinal next to you over the one two down from you, but when is violence ever the answer? And on the other side of that, some people are just more comfortable with their bodies than others….

• VonSkippy
  February 7th, 2008 at 3:19 pm

  Someones just a tad too homophobic (or has a really tiny willy and resorts to violence to overcompensate).

• Em
  February 7th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

  I know of a HS student who purposely broke etiquette to torment lowerclassmen.

  Poor things would be berated for not standing nearby and making small talk.

• ersatz
  February 7th, 2008 at 4:40 pm

  did he zip up before hitting the other guy?

• Vipr
  February 7th, 2008 at 5:38 pm

  How can you forget the Urinal game:
  http://gamescene.com/The_Urinal_Game_game.html

• wugou
  February 7th, 2008 at 6:11 pm

  Punching is a bit excessive, but urinal etiquette is serious business. Homophobia isn’t the issue here folks, rather splash back and safety are my main concerns when tappin’ the old kidney. A poorly designed urinal will spray fetid urine in all directions and that briny spray is no ocean mist, so stand the hell away! As for safety, when little wugou is cradled gently in my palm I don’t want to worry that some stabby idiot is standing too close. Instead of punching, I usually just dribble a bit on their shoes and say, “Man, that water is cold and deep!” I love that joke

  Ironically, this guy may get sent to the clink for this rowdy business and urinal etiquette will be the least of his worries!

• Andrew32
  February 7th, 2008 at 8:56 pm

  hey. he broke the code.

• Ali S.
  February 7th, 2008 at 9:37 pm

  When in the Urinal Club (which all men are automatically a part of when they are born) you follow the rules or else suffer the consequences.

  In all seriousness I think the attacker may have gone a little out of hand. But then again that is why there are more than just two urinals in a bathroom so guys can have their space.

• rdubs
  February 7th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

  This all goes back to George Carlin’s homo-buffer rant. If youre at the movies, and you have open space, you must sit 1 across from your friend. haha.

• AbbyJoy
  February 7th, 2008 at 11:56 pm

  So why don’t they just space the urinals farther apart? Wouldn’t that solve the homophobia issue of having another man look at your wee wee? (Oh, sorry it’s “splashing, not homophobia. That’s your story and you’re sticking to it. Ha!) Or put urinals in stalls. Women don’t go around pissing in front of each other, we have stalls. None of it makes sense. Then again, I’m a woman and logic such as this is lost on men, the uncivilized gender.

• ted
  February 8th, 2008 at 6:50 am

  When I was in high school, they didn’t have doors on the toilet stalls in one of the bathrooms. Total lack of privacy for men. Society traditionally has placed less importance on the issue of men’s privacy needs.

  It’s wrong for the other guy to be looking - no question - but beating up the guy is a little drastic.

  That guy’s lucky he wasn’t charged with a hate crime, since he was attacking somebody he perceived was a homosexual.

• ted
  February 8th, 2008 at 6:51 am

  Oops, this is in New Zealand - don’t know if they have hate crime laws there….

• Jsahko
  February 8th, 2008 at 9:58 am

  I never understood why they don’t automatically put up those little walls between urinals. I’ve always appreciated those.

• Paul
  February 8th, 2008 at 1:50 pm

  People are weird.

• Nicholas Dollak
  February 8th, 2008 at 7:04 pm

  Punching the guy was out of line, whether he was looking or not. The puncher could use anger-management. As for the other guy, perhaps this movie would help put things in perspective: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzO1mCAVyMw

• XuYu
  February 8th, 2008 at 10:59 pm

  Sound about right. I visited New Zealand once. Seemed like everyone was subtly on the verge of boiling over.

• Kerozene
  February 9th, 2008 at 1:43 pm

  So… what do you guys do if theres two men evenly spaced apart in a bathroom, and a third guy comes in?
  Does he have to wait till one of the first two are finished, or does he just… wedge in the middle?

  Thank goodness I’m a chick and don’t have to worry about that stuff. For myself, I avoid public restrooms alltogether when I can. And never use one for more than pee’ing. Thats just gross when you go into a bathroom and someone is doing “serious business”. Eww.

• Ken
  February 27th, 2008 at 7:24 am

  @Kerozene: If there’s a toilet then he should go there.

  Else he should go wash his hands first and wait.

  Of course if it’s super urgent he can go but must keep his eyes straight ahead.

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