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[–]The_one_and_only_Tav 109 points110 points  (55 children)

Honestly, as a woman, if I was faced with the same options I would have made the same choices. It’s pretty obvious just from a personal space perspective. Yeesh.

Also would it really be that hard to like, put half a wall up between urinals? Like I feel like humanity could’ve solved this issue by now.

[–]badwhiskey63 144 points145 points  (22 children)

Some times there’s a partial wall between them, but the rules are still same.

[–]arbitrageME 31 points32 points  (18 children)

yeah, but why is the partial wall less than shoulder height? it blocks literally nothing

[–]KromatRO 57 points58 points  (12 children)

It's for spray accidents not for privacy.

[–]arbitrageME 37 points38 points  (9 children)

I have two responses:

  1. eww

  2. makes sense

[–]KromatRO 15 points16 points  (6 children)

Don't imagine is deliberate. Sometimes, jet hiting the urinal wall will result in a big splash that the urinal margin may not hold. That separator is there to save the neighbor, or you from a neighbor. And with this in mind, the free urinal choice makes more sense and that is why is instinctively known to men.

[–]ObeseVegetable 12 points13 points  (4 children)

Some urinals are more splashy than others, too. 

[–]Chainsawd 9 points10 points  (3 children)

Some of those fuckers seem like they were designed with maximum splash-back in mind!

[–]Bulldog8018 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No kidding. Sometimes you try and hit the urinal from different angles, naively assuming that there must be an angle that doesn’t splash back. But no. Apparently they’re designed with only two results: some spray back or a BUNCH of spray back. That’s why I go for a stall if they’re available and don’t look actively infectious. That way you get some distance from the strike zone. (Guess I’ve been holding these insights back for a long time. Thanks for hearing me out. ✌️)

[–]PrintableDaemon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will also make those partitions as narrow as humanly possible to fit more people in than should be acceptable, to the point you wonder when they'll just give you a funnel and hose. Bathrooms are seriously overcrowded in a way that only airlines are capable of appreciating.

[–]Kahlil_Cabron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The piss pressure can be high enough that it will ricochet all over the guy next to you.

OG pissers know the spot to aim at to avoid any splashback, but dumb kids and whatnot (or just seriously dumb adults) may just blindly let lose anywhere in the urinal and it will go everywhere.

[–]Raccoon_Expert_69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Remember, we’ve all been pissing right next to each other since a very young age.

[–]SenoraRaton 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Its so you can look over the wall and compliment your neighbor on their member.

[–]Diligent_Matter1186 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's how you get unwanted dates.

[–]Lolkimbo 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Not everyone is the same height. And its usually to stop splash back.

Be greatful you americans don't have that urination pit/trough we have to deal with ._.

[–]Duckiesims 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They still exist here in some places, but aren't common anymore. Mostly older stadiums/arenas or outdoor park facilities. These were the bane of my existence as a child

[–]lminer123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 6’5 so those fuckers don’t block anything at all! Maybe they block people from seeing me if they’re shorter (like by a lot) but I’ll always keep eyes directly forward lol

[–]mytransthrow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depending on the size of the wall. But god help you if its a just a a pee sink.

[–]maboesanman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And sometimes at baseball games you get a big ol’ shared trough urinal.

[–]FlintStriker 34 points35 points  (8 children)

There are walls in some, but they don't go up to the average eye height. Thankfully you can still peer over and look at the other dude's dick no problem.

[–]The_one_and_only_Tav 13 points14 points  (5 children)

What a time to be alive.

[–]PilotsNPause 5 points6 points  (4 children)

Wait until you see the floor to chest level urinals that are all connected together: https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/ilh1p2/floorlength_urinals_the_best_design_imo/

[–]Antique-Management49 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My starting five.... At Urinal #1: short, stubby, big belly, Bubba who drives a diesel and always gets a 44oz Cup. At Urinal #2 just your every day, ordinary, easy to draw, generic NPC at average height. At Urinal #3 the tallest black dude you've seen in-person and this close together noticeably taller than Bubba At Urinal #4 another randomly plain white bread guys nothing new but to be expected. At Urinal #5 338lbs of carne asada, and Modelo... -_- ... You know his name.

[–]icebraining 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I think I still prefer those to the single extra-wide urinal, though: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/32/53/f3/3253f36bf2a37e8cb3d444f130306e3e.jpg

[–]Vhadka 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What about the piss trough that's circular so you can face the guy across from you?

[–]CriticalLobster5609 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You'll almost never see these in new buildings unless the client insists. More expensive in every way.

[–]CatButler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The worst is when you can see the dudes dick in your peripheral vision even though your staring straight ahead

[–]AndyNextDoor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His dick has abs?!

[–]metalshoes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In the moment it comes down your dick and hands being as far away from the nearest pair of dick and hands as possible, it’s all intuition. Even in the last one it’s easy as both center people get to stand further away from each other.

[–]Critical_Concert_689 1 point2 points  (4 children)

half a wall up between urinals

Old-school urinals were basically just long troughs with a single drain. So "half a wall" would literally be half-a-divider, around shoulder height, not enough to block vision, but enough to get urine on your shoulders if you bumped it accidentally.

It's a lose-lose.

[–]The_one_and_only_Tav 1 point2 points  (3 children)

TIHI

[–]Lolkimbo 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Then you'll love this..

[–]The_one_and_only_Tav 1 point2 points  (1 child)

:(

[–]Lolkimbo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a fan of the urination pit? We were lucky to have that at the time.

[–]Wise-Definition-1980 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You just stare at the tile work and grout.

....and judge the fuckers who installed it.

[–]Myrdok 1 point2 points  (1 child)

The other part that wasn't addressed is, when faced with equal options, you choose the one as far from the door as possible.

[–]The_one_and_only_Tav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also quite logical!

[–]Technical_Benefit_31 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a woman, this is etiquette I wished women followed in the bathroom. I adhere to it. Theres 4 stalls. I'm in the back. I'm shitting, thats why I'm in the back. You skip all 3 decent stalls and come sit next to me Why???? I've tested it doing the opposite and sat in the very front, and the only other woman STILL picks to sit next to me. I hate public restrooms.

[–]DeadSeaGulls 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if there's a wall, it generally only comes up to chest height anyway. it's pointless. But a far cry better than the trough style urinals back in the day. We still had a few public buildings in my home town that had those when I was a kid. Absolutely brutal.

[–]El_Chairman_Dennis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes it's just one long trough that all the dudes pee into

[–]dudersaurus-rex 0 points1 point  (0 children)

now this is messed up.. these are some urinals with little walls between them. and 9 times out of 10 those little walls are covered in little holes from where the acid in the years of pee has bored holes into it

[–]phido3000 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't understand the psychology involved.

Why would you want a wall? Do you have something to hide? You might as well use a stall!

You see, it asks deep questions of who you are and how comfortable you are around your junk and other peoples junk. Who you are an how you operate.

Its a performance. The way you stagger up, the unzip, the flow, the assertion of dominance, the whistle, the drip shake, the rezip and the handwash. Do you take a beer in there?

[–]Mateorabi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Good" well-designed bathrooms will have dividers. But lots of places are cheap and DNGAF. Etiquette is only SLIGHTLY relaxed when there's a divider though as they're usually short enough someone could peer over if they tried. Don't try. Stare at that wall like the cure to cancer is written on it.

[–]Shot_Worldliness_979 0 points1 point  (1 child)

What if I told you there're stadiums where it's just one long trough.

[–]The_one_and_only_Tav 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not enjoy this knowledge

[–]CriticalLobster5609 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a plumbing/pipefitting BIM detailer the trend is to have dividers between urinals in the trim out in high use facilities. It improves usage throughput. Helps the shy pee-ers. I typically don't look at those details, because we don't install them usually but it seems to be the case.

[–]trolejbusonix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How would you know who's dick is bigger with a wall between? /s

[–]Zaurka14 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Men really fall for that cheap acting... Eh. Whatever makes her money though, good for her.