_________ Etiquette

AsSiMiLaTeD

Ok, there are certain situations where certain rules of forms of ettiquete apply. I'm going to start with a couple of my main areas, feel free to dispute my points or add others of your own.

Bathroom:
1 - No talking, period
2 - Do not make eye contact
3 - Always choose the toilet which will create the least likelyhood of you being directly next to another guy. That decision matrix would look something like this:

- If there are >= 3 stalls and none is taken, take one of the end stalls. Note that it is acceptable to take the middle stall in a >= 4 stall configuration, but it's always preferred to take the stall that will result in the
- If there are 2 stalls and none is taken, you can take either stall, but you run the risk of someone walking in and taking the other stall.
- If there is another guy and he has an end stall in a >= 3 stall configuration, take the other end.
- If there is another guy and he takes the middle stall in a >= 4 stall configuration, take either end.
- If there is another guy and he takes the middle stall in a 3 stall configuration, then turn around and walk out of the bathroom. When the other person exits the bathroom, inform him of his violation of the rules (never confront him in the bathroom because that's a violation of the first 2 rules) and then punch him in the face so as to reinforce the message.
- If there is another guyin a 2 stall configuration, , there is a grey area. You CAN take the stall next to him because you have no option, but it's preferred if you wait until that person moves and then take a stall, but that's not mandatory.

4 - Courtesey flushes are good, use them appropriately.
5 - You may not care about germs, but the guy who has to use the same door handle may.
6 - While not a rule, it's generally advisable use a paper town on the door handle or your foot to open the door because alot of people don't obey rule 5

Elevator:
1 - When approaching an elevator from a distance, don't start running and yelling "hold the door please!!!". There will be another elevator or that elevator will return to your floor shortly, just wait on it, otherwise you're delaying other people. This applies evene if you're in a hurry. You should have arrived earlier if you're in that big of a rush, failure to properly manage your time and arrive in a rush at the last second should not become my problem.
2 - When you're on an elevator with at least one more person, don't hold the door for someone who violates rule 1. You're being nice to the person who mismanaged their time and has arrived late, but you're **** with other people on the elevator. It's not fair to make everyone else wait for the one dumbass.
3 - When in an elevator, try to arrange your body so as to allow ample distance between you and the others on board. This will likely involve adjustments as people enter and exit the elavator. So, for example, if there are 8 people on an elevator and everyone is close together, and then 6 of those people get out on the third floor leaving just you and another person, when those people exit you need to move to another corner of the elevator. Don't just stand there right next to the guy for 8 more floors, its an invasion of personal space and it's creepy.
4 - If you're only going up one floor, take the stairs when possible. This isn't only for your health, I could care less about your health. There are few things more annoying than when I get on an elavator to go up 13 floors, and I have to keep stopping to let people go form 2 to 3, 3 to 4, etc.
5 - If you're getting out at an upper floor, try to use some common sense as to where to stand in the elevator. If we're getting on at ground level and I'm exiting on 13, I'm going to stand away from the buttons so as to allow people on lower floors to press their buttons first, I'm not going to stand right up against the floor buttons because I may screw someone else out of getting their floor in time. This is especially critical in situations where some floors are badge access only and people need to scan their badges.

I have other categories such as planes as well, but I'll let some other people come up with their own.

AudioGenics

STEREO

don't let the other person know his/her stuff is wanting.....

Face

mrbiron

Ah CRAP...i failed the quiz!
Either the guys in the sketch have excellent control or their gentleman are touching the urinal cakes?

nooshinjohn

I personally like yelling "FIRE" in a crowded theater, or when I happen across a police crime scene when they all have their guns drawn.(the latter never happens for me however):frown:


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bobman1235

I'm sorry, I have to disagree with at least half of your bathroom "rules."

Bathroom:
1 - No talking, period
2 - Do not make eye contact

No reason to be rude - if someone is walking in and you're walking out, or you're both standing at the sink, there's nothing wrong with a "hey how ya doin'." I do agree that during the actual "bathroom" portion of the transaction it's best to keep to yourself.

3 - Always choose the toilet which will create the least likelyhood of you being directly next to another guy.
4 - Courtesey flushes are good, use them appropriately.

Agreed on both counts, though some people take number 3 WAY too seriously.

5 - You may not care about germs, but the guy who has to use the same door handle may.
6 - While not a rule, it's generally advisable use a paper town on the door handle or your foot to open the door because alot of people don't obey rule 5

There's no reason to use a paper towel to open the door, and PLEASE don't use your FOOT, which was just on a piss-soaked floor, or YOU'RE the problem, not someone who didn't do a great job of washing their hand. "Germs" don't exist where you think they do, and you touch way more disgusting things than that door handle. Stop being a delicate little flower about "germs," or seal yourself in a little bubble of Purell and leave the rest of us who have immune systems alone.

AsSiMiLaTeD

I'm ok with talking at the sink, but not during the process.

If I'm using my foot to push open the door, how am I the problem? I'm just nudging the door open with the toe of my shoe. You do realize I'm not advocating that I raise my shoe up and lodge it in the door handle, right. I don't know about you, but my legs don't bend that way.

I'm not being a delicate little flower about germs, and I know germs are everywhere, but if I can open the door with a paper towel to avoid grabbing the handle after some guy who didn't wash his hands I'm going to, and as I said that's not a rule

gimpod

Fixed it Face

cheif pontiac

I typically will choose a urinal next to another man and then real loud say "HEY MAN NICE ****"

Actually I wrote my master thesis for my Sociology degree on the bathroom topic. It was titled "Urinal Ordering- A symbolic interactional perspective of western culture male public bathroom use"

ryanjoachim

I'm more of the "Hey man, I need to make a call. Can you hold this for me?" while urinating mentality.

steveinaz

BIG fan of the courtesy flush.

bobman1235

AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »

If I'm using my foot to push open the door, how am I the problem? I'm just nudging the door open with the toe of my shoe. You do realize I'm not advocating that I raise my shoe up and lodge it in the door handle, right. I don't know about you, but my legs don't bend that way.

Makes sense. I wasn't really thinking too hard about the door thing; our bathroom doors at work open in as do almost all the ones I encounter so I don't know how, as you were leaving, you would ever open them with your foot. But yeah, as long as your foot isn't touching a spot that most people put their hands... s'all good.

In the same vain, though, don't flush the toilet with your foot either.

AsSiMiLaTeD

Nah, I can my hands to flush because they get washed afterwards.

By the way, I'm really only half-serious about the rules. I mean, I believe in them mostly, but am not that wierd about it. The post was created from an extreme point of view to add some humor I guess.

bobman1235

AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »

By the way, I'm really only half-serious about the rules. I mean, I believe in them mostly, but am not that wierd about it. The post was created from an extreme point of view to add some humor I guess.

I'm familiar with the method :biggrin:

hearingimpared

I touch nothing is a public bathroom unless it's with my foot or 3 or 4 paper towels in my hand and like Jerry Seinfeld if the shoe laces it the floor . . . THEIR GONE!

bobman1235

hearingimpared wrote: »

I touch nothing is a public bathroom unless it's with my foot or 3 or 4 paper towels in my hand

Case in point - aren't you sick ALL the freakin' time?

zombie boy 2000

In kindergarten, I dropped a deuce in the urinal. It never made its way down. Would this qualify as proper bathroom etiquette?

Face

I had a friend that when he was trashed, would pull his pants and underwear down to his ankles at the urinal. It was priceless to see everyone's reaction in a crowded bar bathroom.

[Deleted User]

Taking this in a new direction, can we add the rules of etiquette for bathrooms in China. Never been there but heard lots of stories. :cool:

jimmydep

As a plumber I have a few more to add:
1. Please don't try to write your name in pee on the stall walls.
2. Urinals are not trash cans. Gum, cigarette butts, paper towels etc. do not belong in them.
3. Ladies why is it that you must hover 2 feet above the bowl to do your buisiness.
4. Don't use your foot to flush.

Big Dawg

zombie boy 2000 wrote: »

In kindergarten, I dropped a deuce in the urinal. It never made its way down. Would this qualify as proper bathroom etiquette?

That was you?

gdb

Don't throw ciggarette butts in the urinal, it makes em soggy and hard to light up.

nooshinjohn

gdb wrote: »

Don't throw ciggarette butts in the urinal, it makes em soggy and hard to light up.

I disagree... they have a more distinct flavor after they marinade in the brine a bit.:biggrin:

seeclear

He's not drying them properly.

;-)

mrbigbluelight

I never use my hand to open the door.

Or my foot.

:eek:

obieone

Driver etiquette: If you miss the exit, go to the next one, and turn around.
Do NOT f***ing back up in the break down lane!

CTTE

AsSiMiLaTeD wrote: »

Bathroom:
1 - No talking, period

"I have to hang up now. The guy in the stall next to me thinks I'm talking to him."

treitz3

jimmydep wrote: »

4. Don't use your foot to flush.

Ummm, well......uh.....screw that! I never touch a toilet lever with my hands. Even if I know they will be washed moments later.

At least in a public bathroom. Now when it comes to a private residence that looks like you could eat off the floor and it's so spotless that you feel compelled to wipe those little einsy-tinsey droplets of the porcelain god's splash? Eh, in that case, I'll flush like normal.

F1nut

Over the years I have noticed that most guys will stand as close the urinal as possible. Perhaps they are afraid of another guy seeing it and/or there isn't much there so they have to get real close. I prefer to stand back as I don't want any of my parts coming in contact with the urinal.

I'm also in the group that never touches the flush handle or door handle with bare hands.

cheif pontiac

F1nut wrote: »

Over the years I have noticed that most guys will stand as close the urinal as possible.

Uhhmm Yeah, I probably wouldn't admit to looking at other guys standing at the urinal.

Rule 2 says do not make eye contact, even without eye contact looking at a man at a urinal is highly suspect. LOL

By the way, who takes the germ samples on the bathroom door handles?

F1nut

Ah no chief, I don't look at other guys. I have extremely high observation skills. When I walk into a room, there isn't much, if anything, that I miss.