Urinal Ettiqute Test:
The following is the urinal configuration in a sample men's room. An X above the
number will indicate "in use."
(Sample):
|___|___| x |___|___| x | (Indicates that urinals 3 and 6
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | are occupied.)
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You are to identify correctly, based on urinal etiquette, at which stall you are to
stand. Good luck!
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Easy Section
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1.)
|___| x |___| x |___|___| (Urinals 2 and 4 occupied.)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Your choice: ___
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Correct answer: 6 It's the ONLY one to go to and every guy
instinctively knows this.
2.)
| x |___|___|___|___|___| (Urinal 1 occupied.)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Your choice: ___
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Correct answer: 6 Stall 5 is acceptable, but you run a greater risk of
being next to someone who arrives later.
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Kind of tricky Section:
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3.)
|___|___|___|___|___|___|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Your choice: __
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Correct answer: 1 or 6 You are tacitly saying, "I don't want anyone
next to me."
4.)
|___| x |___| x |___| x | (2, 4 and 6 occupied)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Your choice: ___
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Correct answer: 1 You're stuck being next to at least ONE guy, so you
minimize the impact and get a wall on your left. NEVER go between TWO
guys if you can help it. Exceptions to this are stadium restrooms where
the herd thunders in.
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Subtle, tricky, but important to know Section
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5.)
|___| x |___|___| x | x | (2, 5 and 6 occupied)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Your choice: __
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Correct answer: 4 Believe it or not, 1 and 3 "couples" you with the guy
in stall 2. And we wouldn't want THAT now, would we?
This differs from question 4 in such a subtle way that the nuances
cannot be explained. Suffice to say, only we men would understand!
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VERY tricky indeed Section
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6.)
| x | x |___|___| x | x | (1, 2, 5 and 6 occupied)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
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Your choice: ___
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Correct answer: NONE! You go to the mirror and pretend to comb your hair or
straighten a tie until the urinals "open up" a bit more. If you have to go REAL,
REAL BAD, for god's sake! ... use a doored stall.
Other parts of the Unwritten Code of the Urinals:
-- NO Talking, unless it's a good friend... but even then, keep it
terse and unemotional. This ain't no clubhouse.
-- I don't think I need to tell you, absolutely NO touching of anyone
other than yourself. A touch of another's elbow is of the highest
offense.
-- NO Singing. Period.
-- Glances are for purposes of acknowledgment only..."Yeah, I see you
there. I will not look again".
This is not my work, it was posted on Dephi’s site years ago, when they ran an open forum. I don’t know who the original author is.
