Etiquette Lesson
Now, I'm sure everyone knows the standard rules of the Men's Room...they are well documented, and as such I will not belabour them here. Suffice it to say that one does not make anything more than the absolute minimal acknowledgement, even to your lifelong best friend.
However, there is one guy that you honestly try to avoid even looking in his general direction...and that's the guy either entering or leaving the stall.
The Stall Guy is without doubt the person who least wants to be seen, and who you least want to see, as there is no doubt that he is (through various unfortunate circumstances) being forced to drop a deuce in public. For a guy this is tantamount to a road game. You're just not comfortable. There's no reading material, built-in comforts you've grown to expect from your own bathroom, or anything. It's somewhat unsettling, and often far less satisfying than when you go about your business at home.
I know what you're thinking, and yes. You needed to know that. ;)
posted by Iain @ 10:08 AM
1 Comments:
At 10:46 AM,
WailingDuck said…
True that. Consider this:
The lines are fuzzier for women, as all activities occur in stalls. But the stakes are also raised. Most of the time, women can assume that everyone around them are merely making #1, and come out smiling, even make conversation. But if women in the washroom are aware that another woman has just made #2, it's because said woman did it loudly or extremely aromatically. Then you REALLY want to avoid looking at her, because it's not just a matter of knowing she just had to make doodie without the enjoyment of a magazine. You want to avoid looking at her because she just blasted out several wet and sloppy farts followed by plops and groans. This is not a dignified way to make #2, and certainly not in public.
Summary: Women's toilet activities in public are ambiguous up to a point. But after that point, it's a loud smelly affair that's ten times as embarrassing.
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