Bathroom etiquette
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I have always operated under this unspoken rule--when we're in a public restroom we do not acknowledge each others existence. If there is an option you always leave one urinal between both of you. It's been 37 years of me operating under this ruleset. Today I got into the bathroom and I'm washing my hands before I use the restroom...because that makes sense (i will die on this hill) and my coworker I barely know walks in. He says "Hey Ian!" and walks up to me and touches my shoulder. I am basically thrown into chaos because this guy apparently operates on a complete opposing ruleset than me. I walk over to the urinal and he follows. There are five urinals that area empty and he stands directly next to me.
Am I mistaken in my understanding of social norms or is this really fucking weird
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Here’s a useful guide I discovered:
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@wirestyle22 said in Bathroom etiquette:
I have always operated under this unspoken rule--when we're in a public restroom we do not acknowledge each others existence. If there is an option you always leave one urinal between both of you. It's been 37 years of me operating under this ruleset. Today I got into the bathroom and I'm washing my hands before I use the restroom...because that makes sense (i will die on this hill) and my coworker I barely know walks in. He says "Hey Ian!" and walks up to me and touches my shoulder. I am basically thrown into chaos because this guy apparently operates on a complete opposing ruleset than me. I walk over to the urinal and he follows. There are five urinals that area empty and he stands directly next to me.
Am I mistaken in my understanding of social norms or is this really fucking weird
OMG, this is why we can't have nice things. This is why we cannot return to the office. People don't know the rules anymore!
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@scottalanmiller said in Bathroom etiquette:
@wirestyle22 said in Bathroom etiquette:
I have always operated under this unspoken rule--when we're in a public restroom we do not acknowledge each others existence. If there is an option you always leave one urinal between both of you. It's been 37 years of me operating under this ruleset. Today I got into the bathroom and I'm washing my hands before I use the restroom...because that makes sense (i will die on this hill) and my coworker I barely know walks in. He says "Hey Ian!" and walks up to me and touches my shoulder. I am basically thrown into chaos because this guy apparently operates on a complete opposing ruleset than me. I walk over to the urinal and he follows. There are five urinals that area empty and he stands directly next to me.
Am I mistaken in my understanding of social norms or is this really fucking weird
OMG, this is why we can't have nice things. This is why we cannot return to the office. People don't know the rules anymore!
This threw me today. I have been thrown
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@nadnerB said in Bathroom etiquette:
Here’s a useful guide I discovered:
Youtube Videolol this is great
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@wirestyle22 said in Bathroom etiquette:
I have always operated under this unspoken rule--when we're in a public restroom we do not acknowledge each others existence. If there is an option you always leave one urinal between both of you. It's been 37 years of me operating under this ruleset. Today I got into the bathroom and I'm washing my hands before I use the restroom...because that makes sense (i will die on this hill) and my coworker I barely know walks in. He says "Hey Ian!" and walks up to me and touches my shoulder. I am basically thrown into chaos because this guy apparently operates on a complete opposing ruleset than me. I walk over to the urinal and he follows. There are five urinals that area empty and he stands directly next to me.
Am I mistaken in my understanding of social norms or is this really fucking weird
I've run into people like this before. Often military men don't have this barrier anymore - they are broken of it during basic training...
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@wirestyle22 said in Bathroom etiquette:
I have always operated under this unspoken rule--when we're in a public restroom we do not acknowledge each others existence. If there is an option you always leave one urinal between both of you. It's been 37 years of me operating under this ruleset. Today I got into the bathroom and I'm washing my hands before I use the restroom...because that makes sense (i will die on this hill) and my coworker I barely know walks in. He says "Hey Ian!" and walks up to me and touches my shoulder. I am basically thrown into chaos because this guy apparently operates on a complete opposing ruleset than me. I walk over to the urinal and he follows. There are five urinals that area empty and he stands directly next to me.
Am I mistaken in my understanding of social norms or is this really fucking weird
Make direct eye contact, and start talking about how Linux is kernel not an OS.
Then, if there's a next time... Teach him how to exit vim...
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@Dashrender I was in the army and I never unlearned this lol
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@wirestyle22 said in Bathroom etiquette:
@Dashrender I was in the army and I never unlearned this lol
it's one thing to use the urinal next to another - it's whole another thing to carry on/strike up a conversation.. lol
