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 correctly stand. Good luck!
Easy Section
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.
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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:
3.)
| _ | _ | _ | _ | _
| _ | (empty)
| 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."
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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
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
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.
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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".
