The Men's Public Restroom and You: Reflected Penises - General

Webster's Dictionary defines the men's public restroom as “a wretched hive of scum and villainy.” Or maybe that was Sir Alec Guinness. Anyway, the topic I would like to present to you today is a few steps humanity should take to make using these facilities a more bearable experience. First of all, let's embark on a trip to the typical restroom of today. Let us assume that this restroom is in good repair and clean. This is often not the case, but today's journey is to get us all to focus on other problems that occur. After all, the state in which we find the bathroom can vary so often, depending on variables such as the work ethic of the janitorial staff, or the amount of alcohol/Mexican cuisine being served nearby. Suppose you walk in, with a bladder full to the bursting point, and thus your eyes quickly search for an open urinal. This process is most often a chore in itself, even prompting various [url=http://gamescene.com/The_Urinal_Game.html]online games[/url] to test men's understanding of urinal etiquette. The basic rule, for those unfamiliar, is that you should never pee directly next to another man if at all possible. Today, as you enter this bathroom, you notice that the only open urinal is in the corner, between a large man, and a stall. You say to yourself, “hey, at least there won't be guys pissing on BOTH sides of me”, and quickly run over to the open spot. As you begin to relieve yourself, being careful to stare directly ahead at the white polished tile wall, you notice how clean it is. You can even see your own reflection it's been cleaned so well. Wow, you can see quite a lot of the room reflected, you note. And that's when you see it: the distorted reflection of the large man's penis. You want to gag and scream, but you decide to just turn your gaze a little to the right, towards the stall next to you. You are only safe for a split second, however, as you notice the amount of space between the tile wall and the stainless steel toilet partition panel... and the reflection of another man's butt. You force your eyes downward, determining this to be the only safe course of action. You nearly manage an audible sigh of relief before understanding what it is again you are staring at. There, in the polished stainless steel piping and flushing mechanism of your urinal, is more reflected horror from the room around you. You close your eyes and try to make the images stop, but they have burrowed in deep. You finish up as fast as you can, run to the sink and mirror directly behind you, taking comfort that this crystal clear mirror only reflects the backs of the restrooms occupants... or does it? You know you don't want to look, but your curiosity gets the best of you and you sneak a glance towards a reflected stall. Sure enough, the spacing between the door and the fabricated wall is large enough so that you can see a little of the hairy legs of the man inside. You run, audibly moaning this time, from the bathroom and vow, futilely, never to use a public restroom again. So many problems! A restroom should be as private an experience as possible, and not one where you are faced with images that will either haunt you or inspire you to homosexual attraction. These are specifically the problems I see with most public restrooms: -lack of personal space between urinals. -cleaned and polished surfaces, reflecting everything around you (including yours and others private areas). -spaces between stall fixtures due to faulty assembly. As bathrooms are being constructed, care should be taken to avoid these problems. It really shouldn't be that difficult to build a bathroom with the occupants privacy in mind, over the ill-planned bathrooms we see today. Examples: [b]Plastic parts instead of steel[/b] [img]http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/allpartitionsandparts_2090_86346575[/img] VS [img]http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/allpartitionsandparts_2090_85573534[/img] [img]http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/300/9c/9c03e7d5-4dbc-43ca-a554-5e00f9bd34cf_300.jpg[/img] VS [img]http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/300/c4/c49d9e90-a261-44f7-b6cd-aea20eb05e5e_300.jpg[/img] [b]Non-Reflective Tile[/b] [img]http://www.thetileadvantage.com/images/Travertine.jpg[/img] VS [img]http://www.millennialliving.com/files/resizedphotos/whitebathroom_0.jpg[/img] And lastly, an example of perhaps how a different layout could increase privacy by not placing urinals next to each other, and having the mirror(s) and sinks in a spot where only the sink users are reflected: [IMG]http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/1697/image1ip.jpg[/IMG] (I'm not an architect so the scale and other technical stuff are probably goofy. This is just a quick example) [B]TL;DR[/B] – I hate reflective surfaces in public bathrooms.

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Your bathroom layout, it's good.

I like that layout.

It could be far worse. We could all just piss in a trough.

I take it you never go to gym change rooms? Seeing a reflection isn't all that bad and neither is seeing a leg behind a stall door

[QUOTE=Enishi;19685231]It could be far worse. We could all just piss in a trough.[/QUOTE] Oh dang, I was actually going to talk about the worst bathroom I had ever been in. Mexico City airport, first time I had ever been outside of America, and sure enough, the "urinal" was just a trough with water constantly running through it. The stalls also didn't have doors on them. And I was afraid that washing my hands would be dirtier than just walking right out after doing my business. [QUOTE=Frayyyy]I take it you never go to gym change rooms? Seeing a reflection isn't all that bad and neither is seeing a leg behind a stall door[/quote] It's not that it's something I haven't seen before. I would just rather be able to use a bathroom in peace and alone. And if others happen to be in there, I'd like to not see them or have them see me while in our states of buisness.

Reminds me of [url]http://blog.xkcd.com/2009/09/02/urinal-protocol-vulnerability/[/url]

Wow, I honestly really like the layout. The whole stall then urinal idea is really hitting it home for me.

This is why I piss in the street.

That layout, :iia:

ITT: Insecure teenagers.

i like the layout too most of the time im afraid people will see my tiny dick :(

This seems like an awesome idea

I've never seen this "reflected penis" before. I think stupid07er was looking for it!

[QUOTE=Enishi;19685231]It could be far worse. We could all just piss in a trough.[/QUOTE] I had to do that at a ballgame once. Unless you used a stall (which I believe were all full at the time) you had to piss in a fucking trough. With other guys standing around doing the same. :ohdear:

[QUOTE=MS-DOS4;19685533]I've never seen this "reflected penis" before. I think stupid07er was looking for it![/QUOTE] You'd like to think so... but no. This realization just comes after more years of experience with manly life than I like to admit.

[QUOTE=Doug52392;19685402]ITT: Insecure teenagers.[/QUOTE] That, there is no reason to be scandalized because you saw a blurry reflection of another man's penis.

Your bathroom plan is genius. Stalls next to the urinals, I like.

or OP you could use a stall

I piss on the walls.

you saw a penis in the bathroom get over it baby

ITT: Homophobia

Never realized the whole "reflective penis" thing, but uhh, good layout! I don't mind using urinals, but I prefer stalls if the bathroom is really populated, especially when theres guys behind you waiting and watching you pee. It's very awkward.

But then theres like the possibility of two men shitting next to you.

If the guy in the urinal next to me is glancing at my cock it would be a great opportunity to yell pervert at him. I already yelled it several times already.

[QUOTE=Shadowlulz;19685714]But then theres like the possibility of two men shitting next to you.[/QUOTE] Piss on the stall wall

lol, get over it

The problem is the plumbing in bathrooms is set up so the urinals all connect and go one direction, and the toilets all connect and go one direction. If you had a stall than a urinal repeating, it would be a clusterfuck trying to set up the plumbing to properly dispose of the waste from the toilets.

i dont need walls i enjoy looking at other peoples dicks