Men's Room Etiquette

In many areas of our society, it seems that proper etiquette has been lacking for some time now. No area is that more evident then when it comes to the Men's room. I feel that this is not, necessarily, due to a wanton disregard for proper behavior, but a lack of knowledge of how to act once inside the Men's room.

With that, I have decided to take it upon myself to help educate the men in our society, as it pertains to proper Men's room etiquette. It is quite simple to practice proper Men's room etiquette as long as a few rules are adhered to. Here are the rules.

1) It is alright to talk to someone in the Men's room up until the point you start to reach the urinal area (approximately a 10 foot radius). Once within this area, all conversation must stop. Conversation may resume once out of this 10 foot circle. No matter who is next to you, even a long lost friend you haven't seen in years, there is to be no conversation in the 10 foot "Urinal Circle".

2) When choosing a urinal to take care of your "business", you must choose a urinal that is not adjacent to a urinal that is currently being used by a fellow patron. For instance, if you enter a restroom with three urinals and the one to the far left is being used, you must use the one to the far right.

Special note: If there are only three urinals available and both the left most and right most urinal are being used, you must then use a stall. If no stall is available, you must come back when the restroom is less crowded.

3) A few short items that you would think should be common sense, but apparently not:

A) No food or drink of any kind is to be taken into a public Men's room. Just plain disgusting.

B) Footwear is mandatory for a public Men's room. Again, just disgusting.

C) When using a urinal, you must look straight forward at the wall in front of you and no where else. For obvious reasons.

D) Absolutely no contact is to be made with another patron while in the Men's room. No handshakes, no high fives, no pats on the back. Again, the reasoning behind this should be obvious.

I hope that posting this will help bring back civility to the Men's room.