Urinal Conundrum

October 30th, 2007

I tried to find a clever picture for this post… but I decided against it. Don’t get me wrong, there are plenty of clever pictures out there, I just figured it wasn’t really all that important to the post. I guess. Not that my post is really going to be all that awe inspiring.

I now work in a mostly male, mostly young-ish, mostly techie (niched as it may be), mostly geekie (by any definition) office. This is a first for me. So, in this environment I am experiencing some rather … interesting … bathroom behavior from which, up until now, I have been sheltered.

The “double flush” and “prezip flush” are two such … interesting … behaviors. I really don’t understand this. So there I am, standing at the urinal, minding my own business and someone comes up next to me. In the middle of “facilitating the utilities” he flushes. And stands there. Still “going.” When done, he flushes again. Then zips up, and walks away.

?? ??

I don’t understand. It’s not as though you’re going to overflow the urinal and need to flush it away before it spills over on your shoes. It’s not really the same situation as a “courtesy flush” (unless asparagus was a part of lunch)… so what’s with the mid-stream flush?

And why are you flushing before you zip up? Eww! Get your gear in order, then flush and walk away. Why get all that splash-back all over you?? Eww!

So yeah.. there are go. Two things that just plain freak me out. Just two more things to add to the list, right Roy?