The Psychology of Urinals: 2

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I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS! When you take number 2, the very next person has 4, 3, and 1 to choose from. 2 of the three choices are next to you. Most people would pick either 1 or 3, and hope that you got done sooner than later so they could have their own space AND then have the buffer zones, too. Them picking 4 exposes them to the same risk YOU exposed yourself to--guy on #5 gets done, and then the next entrant has to make the same hard decision YOU just made him make.

1 or 3, but 4 is out of the question, and 2 is just asking for trouble.
 
#3. A 1-urinal buffer is enough; it keeps me away from the door
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Duke, why do you want to be away from the door? Tell me it isn't the wind thing.
 
you can't stand next to the door... not unless you have to... anyone coming in, going out, or even quietly enjoying a pint at a table near the toilets will be treated to the sight of you 'watering the horses'... :sly: It's a definite no-no, and second only to standing next to someone unnecessarily... if the place was empty, and you stood at the urinal nearest the door, the first person to come in after you would think you were an arse (for standing so near the door) and this would cause an uneasy tension in the room... 👎

edit: there is a proviso to this of course... the emergency escape... sometimes (but rarely) #1 is a prime position...
 
Touring Mars
you can't stand next to the door... not unless you have to... anyone coming in, going out, or even quietly enjoying a pint at a table near the toilets will be treated to the sight of you 'watering the horses'... :sly: It's a definite no-no, and second only to standing next to someone unnecessarily... if the place was empty, and you stood at the urinal nearest the door, the first person to come in after you would think you were an arse (for standing so near the door) and this would cause an uneasy tension in the room... 👎

edit: there is a proviso to this of course... the emergency escape... sometimes (but rarely) #1 is a prime position...
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Building and now licencing regulations state that there must be at least two doors between a toilet area and a food/drink consumption area.
 
Most places I've been anyway either open in and blockthe view, or are at such an angle that #s 2-4 are the most visible. #1 is SO close to the wall, it's like hiding in a corner. It's the way to go!!
 
Famine
Building and now licencing regulations state that there must be at least two doors between a toilet area and a food/drink consumption area.
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:lol: try telling that to the Needle Gun in Roman Road, East London... they have just one door (wedged open) with mirrors in the pub and in the toilet that actually make it possible to see inside the Gents from several places in the bar, including the pool table! :nervous: here's a nice picture of it http://badgas.co.uk/eastend/th_dle_gun.jpg (Finest Hospitality!)
 
you can't stand next to the door... not unless you have to... anyone coming in, going out, or even quietly enjoying a pint at a table near the toilets will be treated to the sight of you 'watering the horses'... It's a definite no-no, and second only to standing next to someone unnecessarily... if the place was empty, and you stood at the urinal nearest the door, the first person to come in after you would think you were an arse (for standing so near the door) and this would cause an uneasy tension in the room...
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Ok, if I were in that situation I would also not stand next to the door. However, if that is not the situation (which Famine seems to be indicating for this hypothetical) why would you not choose number 1?
 
danoff
Ok, if I were in that situation I would also not stand next to the door. However, if that is not the situation (which Famine seems to be indicating for this hypothetical) why would you not choose number 1?
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I wouldn't not use #1, rather I'd use #3 before using #1!... people don't like it when they walk into the bogs just to be immediately confronted by you standing right next to the door like a pillock... :sly:

Saying that, by the time I've sussed out strategically what my optimal urinal selection would be, I've probably p1ssed myself already... :yuck: :D
 
I wouldn't not use #1, rather I'd use #3 before using #1!... people don't like it when they walk into the bogs just to be immediately confronted by you standing right next to the door like a pillock...
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They walk into a what to see me standing like a who?

Ok, I'm just not getting it.
 
back up... someone?

Surely i'm not the only person who thinks that you'd avoid standing next to the door if it were possible :nervous:

obviously spent too long in the pub... :cheers:
 
Has to be 2 everytime time, you cant go to 4 because your next to the other guy. Three is to cocky (cant think of a better word) but you can't go to 1 because then your to far away so it would look like your deliberately trying to avoid the guy at 5. So its 2 doesn't matter if someone comes in and goes to 1 or 3 because you would of alreadly started so you don't have to go through a first wee war.
 
RIGESP
Has to be 2 everytime time, you cant go to 4 because your next to the other guy. Three is to cocky (cant think of a better word) but you can go to 1 because then your to far away so it would look like your deliberately trying to avoid the guy at 5. So its 2 doesn't matter if someone comes in and goes to 1 or 3 because you would of alreadly started so you don't have to go through a first wee war.
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I hadn't thought about the difficulty getting started, or passing that point already--I guess I'm just not gun shy anymore. The problem is, you STILL have to stand next to someone else.

And I'm still entertained that we're even discussing this. Nice job, Famine.
 
but you can't go to 1 because then your to far away so it would look like your deliberately trying to avoid the guy at 5
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I have never in my entire life worried that the other guy at the urinals would think I was trying to avoid him. Never.

Have you ever thought to yourself "Man, what's that guy's deal all the way over there - pissing as far away from me as he can. Is he trying to avoid me? I'm personally offended by his deliberate choice to pee as far away from me as he can. I'm going to give him a peice of my mind."

No. You have not thought that to yourself. No man in the history of mankind has been offended by someone's choice to piss as far from him as possible.


(yes, good job Famine with this thread. I look forward to further discussion)
 
danoff
I have never in my entire life worried that the other guy at the urinals would think I was trying to avoid him. Never.
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But you have to show that if you had to pee nearer that it wouldn't bother you, or then again maybe im just overanalysing this.
 
Err, personally I go, "Oh thank Bob he has a right head on his shoulders and took the farthest urinal."
 
I choose 1 because I'm the farthest from the other guy. If someone else happens to come in, they can choose number 3, which leaves the mandatory one urinal buffer zone between all three users. If someone else comes in, well, you're ****ed. Not literally, of course.
 
yes i would also choose one, for the many reasons why one has been discussed.
 
Event
I'd go for number 1. I want to be as far away from the other guy as possible. I finish quickly, so I don't worry about other guys coming in.
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Stay as far away from the other guy as possible but if a third man comes in there is a comfort zone possibility for him to choose the third.
 
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