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Topic: "Mens Room" etiquette
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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!
Posts: 12814
From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-06-2002 12:42 PM
Ok...before you read on, this is a little odd topic that you may wish to pass on... Okay now this is a nagging question I've had for some time now. In a mens room you have urinals and stalls. What is it with the guys that just HAVE to use the stalls for urination? Is it because that is how they learned at home?
I'm not talking about when there is a rush on the facilities like at a concert intermission and you take what you can get. But the room can be almost completely empty and some guys just simply will not use the urinals. Now, through an informal analysis over many decades, I have found that those that use the kamodes for doing #1 also have horrible aim! Guys, urinals were made just for people like you...it is a "can't miss" situation! Now I have thought about the privacy issue but with a row of urinals, it is easy enough not to have a "neighbor." It's bad enough you have to mess up the apparatus but you deny others the required tools to properly execute a #2! Anyone out there with some insite? Steve
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Brett Rankin
Film Handler
Posts: 78
From: Sierra Madre, CA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 01-06-2002 01:24 PM
Paruresis (sp?) aka "shy bladder" is actually a pretty big deal that affects a lot of people, including me.In a bathroom with ANYONE in it, I just can't go. When it's empty, it's easier to go if I use a stall. It's stupid, I know, but there is just no way that I can go in a crowded restroom. That's why I avoid theme parks and concerts whenever possible. I used to think it was just me but in doing some research I found that there are a LOT of people who share the same plight. I don't know where it came from or why it exists, but if somebody was holding a gun to my head I couldn't stand next to somebody and pee to save my life. I don't see any reason why they shower the toilet seat, but cut them some slack!
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Dave Williams
Wet nipple scene
Posts: 1836
From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-06-2002 02:01 PM
I myself cannot fathom the horrible aim of some. ITS JUST GROSS.However I can empathize with those that want the privacy. I prefer it too. As for my staff, they use the private bathroom for security reasons. When a staff member needs the restroom, and go into a crowded one, many of our customers are very crude and rude, and I don't want to put my staff into a potentially dangerous situation where a customer wants to show how funny he is by attacking a staff member. And yes it has happened just last week, my projectionist was attacked from behind by some rowdy teens in the restroom. They wanted to show how funny they were by trying to shove his head in the toilet. We heard the ruckus and swarmed. Stupid teenagers, probably the same ones going around the country and peeing on toilet seats. dave
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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler
Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 01-06-2002 03:17 PM
I tend to use the stalls in restrooms if the urinals have no partitions between them. Just the urinals, closely spaced on the wall without any partitioning at all makes me uncomfortable. The Regal River Oaks Cinema 8, Carmike 10, Regal Hollywood 18, and the Regal Madison Square 12 have urinals with no partitions and they're close together. Only the old Carmike 8 in Decatur has partitions between urinals, so I use them there. All theatre managers -- check your restrooms, and if there aren't any kind of partitions between urinals, try to get some put in and I think you'll find that this annoyance will go away. Just something that sticks out from the wall 18 or 24 inches will suffice. It's not rocket science, and the only reason they would no be there is if the chain were too cheap to put them in.Also, all restrooms should have paper towel dispensers. Otherwise, most people will not wash their hands. ------------------ Evans A Criswell Huntsville-Decatur Movie Theatre Information Site
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man
Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 01-06-2002 10:53 PM
I think most of us have witnessed the following, although we may not care to admit it. CHILDISH..Lays stream up and down wall, tries to hit the fly on the side of the urinal, likes to watch it bubble when hitting the holes in the bottom of the urinal. CLEVER..No hands, shows off by fixing necktie, pisses on shoes. CONCEITED..Struts in, nose up in air, misses urinal, pisses on floor. DISGRUNTLED..Tries to piss, gives up, farts instead, walks away. EFFICIENT..Waits until he has to take a dump, then does both. EMBARRASSED..Split stream, pisses on everything except urinal. DESPERATE..Teeth floating, shorts twisted, can't find hole, pisses in pants. FAT PERSON..Stands back, aims, pisses, hits edge of urinal, ricochets, and comes back in his face. HURRIED..All stalls in use, pisses in sink. NERVOUS..Not sure what he has been into lately, makes a quick check. NOSEY..Peeks at the guy next to him to see how he is hung. SLY..Pisses all over toilet seat and flush valve, dribbles on floor, farts, then cracks an evil smile. SMALL..Can't locate it in time, pisses in pants. SNEAKY..Farts while pissing, realizes he should be sitting. TIMID..Waits until rest room is unoccupied before pissing. ROUGHNECK..Bangs it on side of urinal to dry it off after pissing.
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