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Airborne
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17 Dec 2008, 6:14 pm

gramirez wrote:

Oh yeah, I get nervous all the time. Especially when someone walks in and uses the one right next to me. Cause then I have no idea what to do with my eyes and where to look. It's really anxiety-inducing, but like others said, its the easiest.

I feel the same way. I always just look down or straight ahead.

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Stage fright is common with alot of men, but when you got to go, then GO!

I dont have stage fright. I mean I speak in front of people all the time with zero fears. I guess Im paranoid about other guys staring you know where, kinda awkward....

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17 Dec 2008, 7:26 pm

Airborne wrote:

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Stage fright is common with alot of men, but when you got to go, then GO!

I dont have stage fright. I mean I speak in front of people all the time with zero fears. I guess Im paranoid about other guys staring you know where, kinda awkward....

I'm not paranoid, I don't have "stage fright" but I need to be looking at people and concentrating when I'm talking to them. Since I'm quite deaf, it's a must for lip-reading. I can't concentrate on two things at a time, so something has to stop. The problem is that whenever someone I know comes in and stands next to me, I have to be ready for them to start talking at me.

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17 Dec 2008, 7:27 pm

gramirez wrote:

Oh yeah, I get nervous all the time. Especially when someone walks in and uses the one right next to me. Cause then I have no idea what to do with my eyes and where to look.

Easy rule: NOT at the guy next to you...nor any part thereof.

Nutterbug
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17 Dec 2008, 7:28 pm

Fintan29 wrote:

I hate them too. And I also hate going toilet in a public place other than home. When I really, really gotta go, even if it's just a wii, I use the toilet. I hate urinals. They're so stupid.

You go to the washroom to play video games?

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17 Dec 2008, 10:31 pm

I hate it when they dont have partitions

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Jutty

17 Dec 2008, 10:34 pm

Padium wrote:

Jutty wrote:

When I was a kid I would always only use the urinal at school. I did not like using the toliet. I had some adveristy to it maybe. the restroom in my elementary school had the urinal i a stall.

Are you saying you would do both in a urinal? I hate urinals though, so easy to spread disease through them, public health shouldnt allow the use of them.

No, I just would do the other when I was at school and would go when I was home.

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17 Dec 2008, 10:39 pm

It wasn't a problem a few years ago, but it is now, big time. Probably the result of being shut up in a basement for so long.

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18 Dec 2008, 12:20 am

I also hate when the drunk guy who looks like charles manson starts trying to talk to you...ummm yeah...I know Im not supposed to judge by appearance, but you look like a serial killer.

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Fintan29
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18 Dec 2008, 1:10 pm

Nutterbug wrote:

Fintan29 wrote:

I hate them too. And I also hate going toilet in a public place other than home. When I really, really gotta go, even if it's just a wii, I use the toilet. I hate urinals. They're so stupid.

You go to the washroom to play video games?

I wish.

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20 Dec 2008, 3:09 am

Hovis wrote:

As a female, I don't even know why I'm posting on this thread, but I always felt really sorry for any guys having to use urinals. Even stalls in public bathrooms are bad enough - particularly in women's bathrooms where other people are inclined to hang around for ages talking. Which I also don't understand. If I want to have a conversation with somebody, the last place I want to have it is a stinking public bathroom, to the backdrop of sounds of people using the toilet.

I'm ashamed to say that at work, I use the disabled toilet, which is in a room of its own (would quickly vacate it if it was needed by a disabled user, of course).

It always seems like some valley girl has to take up the disabled stall at my college just to chat on her stupid cellphone. Geez, that's even worse. Hard to concentrate on the task at hand with someone blathering next door.

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21 Dec 2008, 5:25 pm

I can't urinate if anyone is in a bathroom with me. Public bathrooms can be a nightmare.

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21 Dec 2008, 6:58 pm

Hate 'em! If you really can't stand public restrooms you might get diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder. When I was getting psych evaluations one of the questions they asked me is if I am bothered by urinals and public bathrooms. Hell yes! Bam! Social Anxiety Disorder DX.

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21 Dec 2008, 10:47 pm

Not an issue with me.

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21 Dec 2008, 11:49 pm

i do not like urinals as well. rather piss in a toilet.

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22 Dec 2008, 12:37 am

One caveat to public urinals: sometimes there's target practice! I like those dart-board style mint-holders with the 'BULLSEYE!' in the middle. And sometimes at restaurants there's ice cubes in the urinals, so you can shoot/melt the pile down, causing miniature avalanches.

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24 Dec 2008, 12:27 am

I think it started in middle school where I would get called gay for not using the proper "urinal etiquette" when other guys were in the restroom.

Right now I only use the toilet unless I'm the only person in there.

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