6 Jun, 2009  |  Written by akuy  |  under Enterteinment, Lifestyle

Only one half day left of my conference.  I can hardly wait for this thing to be over and I can leave this town for a while. One amuse story to share.  While I was in the men’s room today, I took my position at the urinal.  As I was performing standard urinal procedure, I noticed out of the corner of my eye a man talking to another man about 5 urinals down.  He stood right next to the man, and started talking while emptying the tank.  It was obvious they had a solid business relationship. As they exchanged greetings the man in mid-pee reached over and shook the other man’s hand!  3 cardinal rules of standard men’s room procedure had been broken!

1.  Failure to utilize the in-between urinal.  If there is a bank of pee stalls, be kind and position yourself at LEAST one urinal from your fellow urines.

2.  Direct Eye Contact.  Never, I mean it never made eye contact with fellow urines.  You have already established a male bond by proxy because you pee standing up.  Eyes front, cowboy.

3.  Hand to hand contact in mid procedure.  NO!  Should that man have put his had out in a kindly hand shaky gesture, I would have told him, (and you should too), “Sorry, sir, but round these parts we practice a little bit of hand sanitizing.

I hope this has been a valuable refresher course in men restroom behavior.