The Men’s Restroom etiquette, code of conduct, and behaviors

Here are some of the funny things I have observed.

Men and women have a different way of behaving, especially in public restrooms. We all know, or at least assume, that women go into the restroom together to do makeup and talk… but what happens in the men’s room? Here are some things I have observed:

• Conversation stops at the door! Occasionally, a conversation will continue until standing at the urinals, but that is a rare occurrence.

• Urinals have an automatic “Code of Conduct” when the men using them are not directly related. If someone is at one urinal and there are more than two available, you do NOT choose the urinal next to the one being used. That is too forward and uncomfortable.

• If two urinals are being used and there is one open between the two, chances are one will try a regular toilet in a stall before going to that urinal.

• Only 30% wash their hands after using the facilities. Some are not even embarrassed to walk past all other men washing their hands.

Easy way to make man wash their hands.!!

• Talking on the cell phone is allowed.

• I once was in the Monterrey International Airport and heard a man in a stall “ripping” some huge amounts of gas while on the cell phone for business with a colleague.

• Many crane their necks to hold their cell phone to continue their conversation while emptying their bladder at the urinal. (I always want to see the phone slip and fall into the urinal…)

• I do not know women complain about men not putting the seat down – I just want men to put the seat up! All too often when I need to use the toilet, I pass from stall to stall looking for a toilet seat without urine on it. The urge to go passes quickly.

• Men are like dogs. No need to aim for the urinal or the toilet – just mark your territory for all to know.

• There are some urinals with fake houseflies imprinted on them. Manufacturers have found that restrooms stay cleaner when men have something to aim for.