no barriers between urinals in public bathrooms

[Horta_Jr.]

Meh, I couldnt care less, really....I'd have a piss in the library courtyard if the need was strong enough.

I dont worry much for another dude ogling my 'meat and two veg', and I have zero interest in ogling theirs, so, no trouble really...

then your lucky, but not all of us are like that. As I said, I don't even have a bad case of shy bladder and long rows of undivided urinals still make me uncomfortable.

Dont get me WRONG, its not my cup of tea to 'flop out' in a public restroom, but my bladder speaks louder than my modesty, I suppose.
Its all unpleasant, really.

'BMs', on the other hand, NO way; I'll 'restrain myself' for as long as needed until my own facilities are available.

 

[cooleddie74]

The big sports stadium in town used to have a big wall and trough in the oversized men's room. The stadium was built right after World War II and the designers opted not to have any wall urinals for men, so when you had to take a leak you stood in a line next to other guys taking a whizz and just wailed all over the concrete wall. Gravity took over from there.

It could be really creepy and nasty from time to time, but if you went to games and events at the stadium and you were a dude you had no other option unless you wanted to hold it in...and if you've ever been at a big sporting event or outdoor concert and had to hold your bladder you know it's not a very cool idea.

 

[JarodRussell]

I've never been able to piss when someone else is around, dunno why actually. Doesn't really bother me.

 

[CorporalClegg]

I have a close friend who once walked in on a man pleasuring himself in open view in front of a urinal. He noticed my friend enter, nodded and went: "Hey, how ya doing?"

My friend still laughs himself red and cringes whenever he tells that story. After hearing that, I often think twice about using a wall urinal unless there's no other option.

It's pretty cool your friend knows Larry Craig, eddie.

 

[cooleddie74]

Zing.

 

[Mr_Homn]

I agree with the OP. The lack of dividers is puzzling to me. It's way too up close and personal for me. Just feels awkward. I don't mind using a urinal, but if there is no divider, I'll definitely opt for the stall.

 

[scotpens]

I've always been inhibited about urinating in public toilets. I've found that doing math in my head relaxes my sphincter. Really, you should try it sometime. Long division works especially well.

 

[Amaris]

It doesn't bother me for many reasons, but then, since I take two water pills, I've had to get used to the idea of going to the restroom wherever I can. If that means a urinal without a barrier, so be it. When I have to go, there's not much of a chance to be picky.

 

[Locutus of Bored]

I don't need the barriers for privacy, but it would be nice to have them to prevent catching friendly fire from a drunk in the next urinal.

The metal troughs at Dodger Stadium are even worse. They're always crowded and don't have the separation of urinals to give you natural spacing, so sometimes all the shrapnel and ricochets flying around from dudes standing too close make you feel like you're on the Omaha Beach of urine.

 

[scotpens]

What's so degrading about it? You're executing a normal biological function. And you're doing it in a public place, so you should expect to have company.

In that case why have stall doors? Bowel movements are natural biological functions as well. And hey, no stall doors makes conversation easier while you're there anyway.

Well, if it was good enough for the Romans . . .

 

[Starkers]

I've got better over the years at being able to relax enough to go in a urinal, but most often I still try and go in a cubicle. For years I thought I was just weird, then a nurse I worked with made reference to bashful bladder and suddenly I began to realise it wasn't just me!

I still feel stupid waiting for a cubicle to come free when there are urinals going spare though!

 

[Deckerd]

I loathe public toilets. When we used to go camping in a camper van I had to wait till we went to a hotel or something to have a pee.

 

[cooleddie74]

I just wish some barbarians in men's rooms would clean a seat after they use it. I understand the occasional need for and convenience of paper, disposable seat covers...but when you think you need to hose the thing down with a water cannon before you even put down the paper cover? That's scary.

 

[Nick086]

Nothing worst then walking into stall with a freshly warm squeezed poop in the toilet some how the person before me forgot to flush. I have gone to some men's room where they throw the toilet paper with poop on it behide the toilet. What worst some guy next urinal strikes up a conversation.

 

[KimMH]

grew up with three brothers who had no qualms about peeing anywhere. anywhere. have alwyas been completely "icked" out by men's restrooms that have no dividers, though. I have always felt sorry for men who had to use them. again, ick.

 

[SmoothieX]

Nothing worst then walking into stall with a freshly warm squeezed poop in the toilet some how the person before me forgot to flush. I have gone to some men's room where they throw the toilet paper with poop on it behide the toilet. What worst some guy next urinal strikes up a conversation.

At least he made it all the way to the can. I've seen it once or twice where someone came in just a few seconds too late. Once while camping I saw a little trail of pooey dollops leading from the door to the stall where his asshole then apparently exploded.

 

[cooleddie74]

I've also seen some assholes throw an entire unused roll of toilet paper into the toilet and leave it floating there...whether the water is clean and unused or not. And more often than not? It'll be the only toilet paper in that stall.

When you have to use the brown hand towels that people need to dry themselves after washing or even the pages from a newspaper or magazine because some dick ruined the only available roll of T.P., that's infuriating.

 

[Nick086]

I've also seen some assholes throw an entire unused roll of toilet paper into the toilet and leave it floating there...whether the water is clean and unused or not. And more often than not? It'll be the only toilet paper in that stall.

When you have to use the brown hand towels that people need to dry themselves after washing or even the pages from a newspaper or magazine because some dick ruined the only available roll of T.P., that's infuriating.

Where I use to work, we would have customers that became irate because they wanted to return something pass return date like two months after or they would return an item without the package. They would become so angry they would go in the restrooms making a mess out of it. They would either piss all over the floors or shit all over the toilet seat. Now I don't how they would do that unless the smeared it with toilet paper. It odd no other customer would go up to the service desk complaining there is some man or woman in there going crazy making a mess. That some how there is no one in restroom while this is going on.

 

[trekkiedane]

^That kind of idiot is usually very sneaky; they'll probably just go out there and wait to be alone in the room before trashing it.

I have the shy bladder syndrome to the extent that I sometimes wonder what kind of upbringing I've had to make it impossible for me to take a piss if another man is standing next to me -dividers or not. And I expect those dividers are not there because it just means more 'man-hours' are needed to clean facilities with them than without...

As to the mess some people leave in such places well, some people are douche-boxes -or they wear them.

 

[Holdfast]

No barriers is the problem?

I'm more petrified by the frequent lack of any toilet paper in the stalls or the disturbing brown and yellow stains all over the walls. No stain in a public restroom should be that high up and I don't want to know how the hell they got at eye level.

Yeah, I don't care about partitions or not, but the general filth in many public toilets can be vile. Some people must revel in leaving them looking disgusting. Funnily enough, this aspect seems to have gotten a lot better over the last decade. It used to be a consistent problem, but I haven't encounted too many really vile ones recently. I think maybe the law was changed at some point to force places to clean them more frequently?

Of course, that just raises the disturbing prospect of the same guy cleaning the loo who's making your coffee and not bothering to wash his hands in between...

Best not to think about it!