Tuesday, December 11, 2007

A Guys Guide to Proper Public Bathroom Behavior Part II

No Talking

Nothing is more irritating than a long conversation in the bathroom, plus there is something innately wrong with talking to someone while you are holding your private parts. (Can you say disgusting?) While carousing through your bathroom trip you may however say hello to someone, or you can give them the head wave, which is where two guys that don’t have to know each other can just nod their heads and salute each other to our dudeness. Anything beyond Hello or the initial acknowledgement of your presence is unacceptable. I don’t care if you are asked a question by the CEO of your company (if at work) or a famous person (hopefully it’s not a senator from Idaho), your goal is to end that conversation as politely or sometimes impolitely as possible.

Look for Feet in Stalls don’t just break down the door

Everyone has had an experience in this arena before, it doesn’t matter if you have someone check the door or actually open the stall door for you to still have the same feeling of panic. What can make you pissed about this is that it’s not like you can’t see shoes under the gaps of the stall. Unless you’re a freak or hiding from a mass murderer you feet are going to be on the ground in the stall. It just doesn’t work that way, but because some dork doesn’t take the time to look for shoes you have to have an awkward moment every time someone checks for occupancy in your stall.

3 comments:

McKenna Gordon said...

This isn't etiquette, but a tip for all of you (boys and girls):

You know when you're in a stall and the person in the stall next to you is like SERIOUSLY blowing out? And you're thinking, "oh MAN, I wish I knew who that was" Just check their shoes. Notice something identifying about their shoes. And then walk around the office and find out who is wearing the blowout shoes. Then you'll know. And you can feel good about your sleuthliness.

Karlene said...

Uhmm, why do you care who is having the blowout moment?

Steve said...

Don't worry we'll discuss the protocol for this situation in future posts