Modesty

Eric Brown | General Observations, Men, Society, Things To Ponder | Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

On Monday night while at trivia one of life’s important questions came to me. Am I peeing wrong in the men’s bathroom? Am I not following correct etiquette?

Usually when I enter I find the first available urinal and do as mother nature requires, but on Monday I realized that there seems to be inconsistency in bathroom use. Many times men will pass an open urinal and go to the stall instead no matter how inconvenient this is. Why is this? Are they too shy and fear me or others looking over at them or did I fail to learn one of life’s important rules? Is this advice that father’s whisper into their son’s ears…something my father forgot to tell me?

I figure leave the stall for someone who needs it. Maybe I’m missing something.

Concerts and sporting events seem to be the only exception. It’s like economic law. When demand rises and supply diminishes compounded by one of life’s basic needs which is accelerated by alcohol men are less discriminate. When demand is lower and supply is higher men often times choose solitary confinement to perform their business.

For me, well I’ll continue to use what is available to me without discriminating. I never want to be the one who gets in the way of someone with greater needs.






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4 Comments »

  1. Find a copy of “The Alphabet of Manliness” by Maddox.

    He fully explains the urinal situation

    Comment by Brian — March 2, 2007 @ 1:35 pm

  2. I just did a Google search. I had no idea. This is an excerpt I found.

    urinal etiquette (U): (“It’s a well-known fact that using a urinal next to another man when you don’t absolutely need to means you want to have sex with him.”).

    I never would have drawn that conclusion, but I’ll be sure not to make the same mistake again.

    Comment by Eric Brown — March 2, 2007 @ 1:52 pm

  3. Hahah, I’ve heard of that book. It sounds great already.. I just might have to buy it for a certain bitch I know.

    Comment by annie lou — March 2, 2007 @ 2:39 pm

  4. [...] him if I had used the one next to him, which is a fact I learned after making a previous post about modesty in the men’s room. To my dismay someone had expelled the contents of their entire dinner, dessert, and whatever crap [...]

    Pingback by Observations In Life » For The Love of God, It’s Only Monday! — April 17, 2007 @ 10:03 am

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