A question for my fellow men

[Matt_S]

OK, I've got a bit of an odd question here. Why can no one hit the urinal properly? It doesn't seem like it should be that hard, but no one can. I'm convinced of that. I work in a professional office. People are well dressed and courteous, but I'm always stepping over pee on my way up to the urinal. Can't any of y'all aim straight? I wanna' know!

 

[MarkC]

Maybe everybody gets too nervous to shoot straight.

 

[sewerman]

It certainly seems to be a problem everywhere..

 

[Pablo]

It ain't the start which causes the problem....it's the finish or lack thereof..

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

Years ago, back in the old Chicago Stadium, I occupied the right-most individual urinal. A short Mexican fellow of average weight and obviously drunk, bellied-up to the urinal on my left. After a few seconds he found his personal asset, then proceeded to urinate on my left foot, at "full-throttle" for a couple seconds before he could get a handle on the situation and position his urinary organ to it's proper position.

He looked at me, with a "I'm so drunk, I don't know my name" type of look, and said "sorry".

I didn't know whether to beat the living cr@p out of him or simply laugh. I laughed. And laughed and laughed. Then went home and put my gym shoes in the washer. On the hottest setting. I figure there was no chance of anything being in that urine other than water due to all the beers he had to drink.

 

[Drew99GT]

I think it's related to "shaking the dew off the lilly", like Pablo eluded to.

 

[Dan4510]

Related to the general coarsening of society in general. If you dont care who you are rude to, why care who you pee on? Bet they dont do this on their floor at home though.

Dan

 

[javacontour]

quote:

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Originally posted by Matt_S:
OK, I've got a bit of an odd question here. Why can no one hit the urinal properly? It doesn't seem like it should be that hard, but no one can. I'm convinced of that. I work in a professional office. People are well dressed and courteous, but I'm always stepping over pee on my way up to the urinal. Can't any of y'all aim straight? I wanna' know!

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Hmm, let me go back and look at your personality test results, LOL

Co-workers cannot meet your standards, where does that put you, LOL

 

[moribundman]

I think we all have the instinct to mark our territory.

Some guys are sharpshooters, others are trickshooters.

But seriously, the accuracy of the equipment in question varies, trajctory depends to a great part on pressure, which, in the initial stage of "release" can only be guessed, and aiming skills vary. Okay, I've put way too much thought into this.

 

[MolaKule]

Slow news day today?

It all has to do with pressure, condition of the pump (excessive or tight clearances), and the resultant flow velocity.

 

[JohnnyO]

Perhaps drinking a thicker viscosity would help. Guinness all around!

 

[moribundman]

But JohnnyO, too much beer can cause the seals to unexpectedly leak!

 

[Rick in PA]

I'd say it's excessive valve chatter at the end of the relief cycle combined with a low pressure/ flow rate.

Seriously, I remember reading an article where a European (Dutch I think) manufacturer added the image of a fly (in the porcelin) in the center of the urinal to give the guys something to aim at.

 

[moribundman]

As they say, guys over 40 should get their valve lash adjusted once a year.

 

[labman]

For a truly gross experience, take your dog with you. My shoe soles are usually thick enough to keep the rest of my shoe up out of it. My dogs don't wear shoes. They do wear fur and out in public, jackets. If I take too long, they may decide to sit or lie down. So I am trying to give the task at hand the attention others fail to, and at the same time, be teaching the dog to behave itself as it will need to do when it is working as a service dog. I wonder is some of the visually impaired realize how bad the problem is?

I have a bigger problem with the dolts that don't wash their hands afterwards. Even more so where I have to grab the same door handle to get out.