vautrain

Simple. Urinals still allow peripheral vision. Stalls cut off peripheral vision, and make the male peeing into the toilet, with his back to the door, vulnerable to attack. I always close and lock the door when urinating in a stall in a public restroom. Peace of mind is priceless...

bobillydylan

I would go with 4, and im sorry guys i dont understand the point of closeing the cubicle door!?!?!? if your just going for a p*ss.

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Agreed. I mean, I don't urinate on my hands, but in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety, I always wash my hands. Also, I like to keep my hands clean, anyway.

I use the paper towel to open the door, too, because you never know whether the dirty jackasses before you washed their hands. I hate public restrooms that don't have paper towels. I feel trapped. Sometimes I wait for someone else to open the door, unless it swings out, in which case, I push it with my elbow.

Zeraph

I wash my hands before and after using the public bathrooms (usually just after if im at home) but its more from touching the urinals and door handles and from whatever else I've touched that day that I wash them as my dick is probably cleaner than my hands.

777

So you're saying that gals pee on the seats too? I wonder how that happens, considering they're sitting on them as it's happening

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vautrain

I think it's probably a product of losing one's balance while "hovering".

Zephyr66

I'd close the door, not because someone would see anything, but just for privacy's sake.
When it comes to washing my hands, I always do, but just to be clean. I don't really care about germs. i don't see the point in using paper towels to open the door, you're just gonna pick up the germs from somewhere else anyway. Who cares?

Suave

I almost exclusively use stalls, either door open or closed. I like the privacy, and some places have a bad habit of making urinals that are so low that using them is irritating.

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punx1325

I just close the door, because I don't want someone to push the door open while I'm peeing and knock me over creating a mess...

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Sugarmouse

lolthe olde hovermower impression..i dont know why we bother..you know how hard it is to catch anything at all of a bog seat...almost impossible...lol

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MSD

I usually close the door, because if it's been that long since I used the bathroom, I probably need to readjust my balls and then undo my belt so I can pull my boxers out of my asscrack.

spongy

I voted #2 for doing #1 .. aren't I witty?
But it's atossup between 2 and 3 for me the scenario that most commonly fits here for me is post movie, when all 20-30 of us who didn't pee during the movie file in.

Am I the only guy who hopes that my turn will be in a urinal so i don't have to decide between 2 and 3 ... or have you wondered if the half open door of choice two is occupied so ya kinda glance for feet, hoping you don't commit to going over and finding it occupied, lose your place in line?

And you ladies thought it was easy for us men to pee.

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Stiltzkin

No matter what, I cannot piss in a urinal. In highschool (a much more hostile environment compared to the uni I now attend) for some reason I never had a problem with using a urinal. Just, for some really odd reason, I've developed a serious case of "shy bladder"--to the point where even if I try, I can't go in a urinal, even if the whole restroom is deserted. It always has to be a stall, with the door locked. Perhaps I will get over this in the near future.

Oh yeah, and I always wash my hands. I'm almost as obsessive as Howard Hughes is depicted in The Aviator about having my hands clean. It's not that extreme for me, since I only wash my hands whenever I use the restroom or before I eat something. And I also do the paper towel technique of opening the door with paper towel in hand.

Marvelous Marv

I assume all of the people who mentioned liking their privacy realize that's the reason the military has struggled with a policy in regard to gays. Since there's so little privacy in military facilities.


/threadjack

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Johnny Pyro

I like pissing in urinals. I wish I had one in my apartment.

When ones not available I'll wait. If I gotta pee really bad, I'll do the #2. (Stall, door open)

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My exact reasons for starting this thread. Glad to hear I'm not alone.

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stevie667

Go in the stall, close the door, simple.

I always close the door when i'm in the stall, and lock it if possible. Theres nothing more annoying that someone not looking where their going, knocking open the door and practically walking into you while your taking a piss. There are plenty of idiots out there, i'd like them to stay locked away from me if possible.

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odu_sonar_AE

I go in the stall, and lock the door.

The last thing I need is for someone to walk in halfway before realizing I'm standing there taking a leak. Evwn worse (i've seen this while waiting for something to open up) is when children open the door, and just stare at the person taking a piss.

SpikeQX99

As weird as it seems to me, I still will head for the stall, and close the door.

I guess it's just habit, and before I go in there, I try to remind myself to keep the door open this time, but like clockwork, there goes the door. I just laugh, because peeing isnt' really a big deal. But I suppose even when alone at home, I still close the door to do anything in there..

Just one of those things I guess.

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noodle

I've been welcomed in to the "Boys Room" in crowded public places many times. Each time, the stall was cleaner than the one in the "Ladies Room". I've always been jealous of urinals to a point. They seem more sanitary. I dunno about the whole thing with someone looking at you when you're peeing, though. My ex used to fanatically lock the door. He couldn't even go at home if he thought I could hear him, much less see him. Yes, I tortured him mercilessly with that one... "Hey honey, whatcha doin'?"

However.... he called me yesterday about a new invention. Asked me repeatedly, "If I bought you some 'P-Mates', would you try them and tell me how they work?" until I said yes. Apparently, they give women the "freedom" to pee standing up. I'm actually quite fascinated. And as an added bonus, you can pee standing up in front of other people without them being able to have the full view of the nether regions! Woo hoo!

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rainheart

I never use urinals. Ever. Well okay, I have, and it's no big deal to me but I prefer stalls. I don't prefer standing up either. Although I have, and it's no big deal, I just prefer taking a seat.

All because that's how I grew accustomed to going for a pee. :P

Strange Famous

Ive taken a piss in the sink before. why not?

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cyrnel

Too many times I've had another guy walk into the stall because bathroom configuration prevented my being visible from outside. Not so much a problem as an added source of frustration/discomfort for someone else and distraction for myself. Why not?
Sinks are for hands, faces, things on the way to being clean. Peeing dicks aren't usually in this category.

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krwlz

I go in the stall and close the door. Mainly for one reason and one reason that I close the door... Stall doors swing in, and in my office, they are a little unbalanced, so they naturally close halfway. While this still leaves me enough room to do my bussiness standing up, the first time I got clocked by the door because someone wasnt paying attention and tried to enter what they thought was an empty stall, I damn near pissed on myself. If the door is closed and latched, there is no problem. (As mentioned numerous times in this thread)

Heres a question for you all though... Pissing in the urinal, ok to carry on a conversation? I have a really hard time talking to another guy while my cock is in my hand, am I the only one?

I had a friend in highschool that would always carry on a convo while pissing in the urinal if you happened to be there... Weird in my opinion.

krwlz

One last comment... Anyone realize that urine is the only sterile fluid to exit your body? Yup, the Ph makes it very difficult for anything to live in there. Also, you all realize urine and sweat are more or less the same thing? Its simply quanities of the same chemicals and whatnot in there that differentiate.

On that note, I do always wash my hands afterwards. Though I'm sure I pick up just as many germs shutting the faucet off as I wash off.

Last thought... I heard somewhere that (in your house) your washcloth in your sink is going to have infinitly more germs on it than the toilet seat. Go figure...

Rodney

Option 3 -- not for privacy, but just to make it clear that the toilet is _in use._ Believe me, I've had guys come most of the way into the stall before it quite registered on them that someone else was in there. Kind of breaks the mood.

And I lift the lid, pee standing up, and lower the lid again.

As for preference; where there are just two stalls, I _think_ I usually take the one nearest the door. Where there are three or more stalls in a row, I usually take one in the middle. I don't have any clear reason why.

spongy

Never really had an issue talking whilst whizzing, but I never liked to talk while dropping a duece. But my wife quickly cured me of that one, she often opens the door so she can hear me better.

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Jesus Pimp

Does anyone here pee on toilet seats?

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Derwood

Judging by most public restrooms I've been in, there should be an option that reads:

-Go into the stall, be too lazy to lift the seat, then proceed to piss all over the seat and floor.

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Strange Famous

all the time.

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Strange Famous

and Im not saying I piss on the seat for fun... if some guy has been sitting on that taking a crap, I dont want to touch it. I personally, if there were no spaces at the urinal, take a piss in the stall with the door open (to answer the original question) - mostly cos I see no reason to close it.

As for pissing in the sink... Im talking about a public restroom, its not like something I'd do at a friends house or whatever, but if there is no space at the urinals and no free stalls, the sink is absolutely an acceptable option.

Otherwise, you could just go outside and piss in the gutter

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Daknjak

I hate to take this thread in other directions, but has anyone been in the situation where your SO is taking a shower, and you need to pee, so you do. You know you shouldn't flush because she/he will be scalded or frozen or both, but right after your done, you instinctively flush? I literally have to repeat to myself, "Don't flush, Don't flush." Even then, sometimes I still do it.

I also wanted to know if anyone has had the unfortunate event of getting a WARM toilet seat. Meaning someone has already camped out there not long before you did. I can't say I enjoy this. Anyone disagree?

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splck

I'll go in whatever is available first if there is a lineup. I always flush with my foot and wash my hands.
Just thought i'd throw in the fact that although it stinks, piss is sterile.

Never understood the guys that are afraid to piss in a urinal ( I worked with a guy that would stand and wait till a stall was empty before he would go rather than use a urinal...seemed kinda wierd to me)

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zakool21

Leave - I can hardly ever use the restroom if there is anybody else there.

denim

That's easy: piss on the floor.
No? Okay, piss in a sink.
In reality, use a stall and close the door behind me.

Here's a tougher one. You enter the bathroom, and find no obvious urinals. Instead, there're two different large fixtures, either of which could be either a urinal, or a sink. What do you do? Yes, I've encountered this situation.

THINK??? I'm jumpin' up and down, my back teeth are floating, and you want me to THINK???

Here's one for the ladies. You're coming back from Thanksgiving on the turnpike (restricted access toll highway). You need to pee. You get to a utility area which contains lavatories. Outside the women's room, there's a long line of women like you, trying not to piss on the floor. Outside the men's room, there's not only no line, but also guys clearly going in and out without a problem. You think, why not use the Mens'? What do you do? And yes, I've seen this one too. And I've seen how it worked out, which should tell you something.

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Tusko

i always opt for a stall.

spongy

HAHAHAHA!! I always thought that was just me!!

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itch vaccine

It's all relative!

If I really gotta go .. really really.. really.. really..Then I'll go to wherever, urinals usually finish quicker so there.

But then if I can hold it a while, then I'll wait for stalls to open up. And like some said, also dependent on the size of the stall whether I would lock it or not. But I prefer to to save some people from curiously pushing my door to check if there's anyone inside (which I always do to empty stalls). Lets just say.. LOCKING IS POLITE!

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Prince

I have never, EVER urinated into a urinal.

I have never even understood the concept of the urinal.

You can't whip your dick out in a public park or at a bus stop, even if there are only men around. But a bunch of guys can let their dicks flap free while they take a piss in front of a mirror next to one another in a public bathroom.

I'm sorry. I'm a stall guy all the way, and will keep it that way.

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