Public Bathroom Ethos

Ok, alot of this should be obvious to most people but it's something I've noticed and I find it disgusting... just thought I'd teach some people a little manners.

by the way, I didn't take the pictures, they're from google image search,I'm not in the habit of taking pictures of public restrooms.

Step 1 Urinal Etiquette(just for the guys)

Try and get the biggest gap as humanly possible between you and the nearest occupied urinal. The safety or splash zone if you will:
I think my reasoning behind this is obvious

Comments

[ebergh]

Interesting article. When we were in Alaska this summer, my wife took the attached picture inside the ladies side of the public restroom on Homer Spit in Homer Alaska. It would seem to be appropriate to the topic. -eb

[Yerboogieman]

i hate it when little kids go to buffets. this made me think of that.

[santy22]

You remember me of Reuben Feffer in "along came polly" hahaha nuts bowl

[FunkNattidelic]

hah, thats exactly what i thought of too =P

[=spider=]

Well, i was going to perhaps print this out for my workplace (a corporate office of all places has had bathroom problems in the ladies room in particular), but it just doesn't contain enough. It's mostly male-oriented, which is fine, I understand, but that could've been in the title. What advice you did give wasn't in enough detail. If people don't understand about washing hands or the "safety zone" already, then they really do need it explained out for them in full. The advice is valid, and I agree that unfortunately this stuff has to be pointed out to people, but I would've fleshed it out with more for it to really be an instructable, rather than just a community service announcement. For instance, the ladies room here has pictures indicating to people that they shouldn't squat above the toilet, just sit on it. This is because people were breaking the seats?!!?! So there's lots of stuff to warn people about re: toilets. Other incidents have happened here that I'm too decent to talk about. They're so bad, they must've been deliberate.

[killerjackalope]

I've added this instructable to a group for teenagers, on a mission to lower forum posts about teen problems that we have the answers to, leaving the ones we don't to get answered.

[Sinner3k]

I agree with rotor. To everybody, please take a few seconds to spell-check before you post. That having been said, I can appreciate why somebody would go to the trouble of making an instructible like this. Apparently, peaople never learned these common sense rules. 1.) Shut up in the bathroom. (This rule is apparently not applicable in the women's restroom, or so I'm told.) 2.) Don't pick the urinal right next to me, especially if there is no "privacy partition". If you have no choice, use a stall. If that's not an option, wait. 3.) Wash your hands. #1, #2, doesn't matter. Wash. No exceptions. 4.) And since people cannot be trusted to follow rule #3, open the door with ANYTHING other than your bare hand.

[kerosene-soaked-clothes-arent-fun]

OK AT THIS POINT, ANY SPELLING MISTAKES I SEEN HAVE BEEN FIXED

[In The House Of Ill Repute]

wait I see a grammar mistake on that comment, it should say, Any spelling mistakes I saw have been fixed, not Any spelling mistakes I seen have been fixed

[mwwdesign]

Unfortunately, you also have problems with your grammar in that comment.

[NonPermissiveEnvironment]

there's more: perants

[kerosene-soaked-clothes-arent-fun]

That's how it's spelt here' I was educated with "the queen's" english, you guys are working on american english ie. colour- for me coler(I think)- for you

[Rock Soldier]

color. Close, good try.

[Vendigroth]

that's not even Queen's English, i don't know any people who spell it like that. That said, good instructable. Some people obviously are too stupid to work this all out for themselves

[lemonie]

The Queen's English? You give some measure of respect to the the British Queen?!

[kerosene-soaked-clothes-arent-fun]

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[In The House Of Ill Repute]

We have been oppressed for to long my friend, even though I'm Finnish.

[lemonie]

Over 5 months to come up with that?

To put the question differently: Why did you allow yourself to be educated with the Queen's English? Why do you use the Queen's English as a defence for spelling?

L

[kerosene-soaked-clothes-arent-fun]

cuz I have other things to do other than sit on this site =/
and I didn't "allow" myself to be educated with the Queen's English. When your 4 years of age and go to school you don't really care.
A better question is why are you so fond of commenting on my instructables?

[lemonie]

Sometimes I search comments for keywords... Other times your comments and Instructables are interesting. L

[kerosene-soaked-clothes-arent-fun]

ok. . .
someone needs a hobby or a job =/

[lemonie]

I have a job, this is amusement. But hey, I think you're worthwhile conversation (irrespective of Republican agenda). L

[kerosene-soaked-clothes-arent-fun]

Except buckfast, cheap drink and mad irish republican rants. . . I've fuck all to talk about.

[lemonie]

Oh come on, bathroom etiquette was worth a go. Opinion on Paisley & Adams seemingly being able to talk to each other (I'd be interested)? L

[kerosene-soaked-clothes-arent-fun]

I see it as a step forward for irish republicanism and that wee bit closer to freedom. Before the armed campaign Paisley would never have sat in the same room as a republican, now he's acting like he's our friend. Still don't like the cunt tho. . .

[The7thGuest]

Judging by your avitar your Irish, yeah? So am I, and we spell 'perants' as parents too... just an FYI

[kerosene-soaked-clothes-arent-fun]

yey, up da common mis-spelling .:suas na oglach:.

[rotor]

no, 'perants' is not the british spelling of 'parents,' try again.

[kerosene-soaked-clothes-arent-fun]

How many times do I have to say it,
MY SPELLING SUCKS
Though I really thought it was...ack well

[canida]

{pedantic} It's ethos, not eathos. (title) A lot is two words, not one. You're also missing the word "of" directly after it. (intro) It's cubicle (small partitioned space) not cubical (like a cube). (step 2) It's parents, not perants. (step 3) Etiquette has already been covered, and I'm ignoring commas, capitalization, grammar, and usage of their/there for now. {/pedantic} We now return to your previously-scheduled bathroom humor.

[kerosene-soaked-clothes-arent-fun]

I'll say it again, MY SPEELING SUCKS
but thank you canida, for going through it for me.
I'll fix them

[NonPermissiveEnvironment]

Alot and a lot are both valid.

[Murf]

ummm.. actually they're not.... its TWO words, not one.... Apu: Thank you.... come again!!

[Fake_Name]

No they haven't etiquette is spelled etiquette, not edicate

[canida]

He fixed all the ones he saw; we just need to kick the Instructables admins until they give us a spell checker in the toolbar.

[Ian01]

I believe Firefox 2.0 has a spell checker.

[Calltaker]

It does.

[Captain Pedantic]

Where?

[Fake_Name]

Or FREAKING PROOFREAD (and learn to spell) Now it might be just me, but I had learned learmed most of my spelling by ~3rd - 6th grade. Now, either the internet is primarily frequented by a teeming horde of kindergardeners, or people are just terminally lazy.

[kerosene-soaked-clothes-arent-fun]

yes ,I'm terminally lazy: ,and how can you insult my spelling when you mispelt kindergardeners in your critizism?