not flushing urinal when someone is behind you-rude or green?
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I've never showered at the gym. I come home and shower.
I don't care if anyone's waiting to use the urinal or toilet. I always flush. It's disgusting not to.
As for peeing in public: Yeah, it's normal to do, but unless you like to walk around naked in public, it's also normal not to want to look at other people's junk (or to have them looking at yours).
As for peeing in public: Yeah, it's normal to do, but unless you like to walk around naked in public, it's also normal not to want to look at other people's junk (or to have them looking at yours).
You do get flushable ones in the UK (and most of them will flush automatically at some point during the day) but on the whole mostly I just pee and go because the option isn't there. And even if it is, as you say the urine's gonna drain away anyway.
Are there really helath concerns given urine is sterile?
I always recall the Austrailian (I believe) ad advising people what to do at home in order to save water.
"If it's brown flush it down, if its yellow keep it mellow"
Never seen a flush urinal here. Oh, thinking about it there was flushable urinals in Tunisia.
They're not common but I do seem them from time to time, usually in newer or refurbished facilities. A few places have those sensors so you don't even have to touch anything. I think the majority of UK urinals still just flush at predetermined intervals.
You do get flushable ones in the UK (and most of them will flush automatically at some point during the day) but on the whole mostly I just pee and go because the option isn't there. And even if it is, as you say the urine's gonna drain away anyway.
Are there really helath concerns given urine is sterile?
I always recall the Austrailian (I believe) ad advising people what to do at home in order to save water.
"If it's brown flush it down, if its yellow keep it mellow"
Never seen a flush urinal here. Oh, thinking about it there was flushable urinals in Tunisia.
They're not common but I do seem them from time to time, usually in newer or refurbished facilities. A few places have those sensors so you don't even have to touch anything. I think the majority of UK urinals still just flush at predetermined intervals.
I've seen the ones with the sensors but lately I'm seeing more "water saving" ones with no flush at all.
Pretty much all the individual person urinals I've seen are auto flush. THe only non-auto urinals are the long trough types.
from this thread I get the impression that I visit a lot of places with older urinals. I still see a lot of them that aren't auto-flush.
^ Same here. I also see a lot with the sensors that flush when you walk away. I haven't seen many of the no-flush ones, and I don't think I've ever seen one that flushes at certain intervals.
So you'd be fine with someone walking in on you whilst you're taking a piss or having a shower at home?
I would have to wonder how the hell someone got into my home.
If I successfully peed with someone standing behind me, as unlikely as I find it, would I think about his comfort and flush? Hell no. I'd take great pleasure in delivering some discomfort to him as well.
That's why I'm purely a stall man, I don't use the urinal unless there's no other option. Using public restrooms is hard enough for me as it is I don't need to be standing in front of people holding my Little Trekker to make it more awkward.
If you're healthy and sufficiently hydrated, your pee will actually be clear.Is normal pee not yellow-ish?
The only time my pee is yellow is when I'm sick.
Mine is very yellow for a few hours after taking tart cherry gel caps and coral calcium. Then it returns to its normal pale ginger ale color.
If you're healthy and sufficiently hydrated, your pee will actually be clear.Is normal pee not yellow-ish?
The only time my pee is yellow is when I'm sick.
Mine is very yellow for a few hours after taking tart cherry gel caps and coral calcium. Then it returns to its normal pale ginger ale color.
Sometimes vitamins can make it turn crazy colors. I know Vitamin B will pretty much turn it neon, regardless of how much water you drink.
what discomfort? From my description, you can tell it was a small bathroom. Should I be expected to walk out of the bathroom until the guy was done?
Newer restrooms here in SE Virginia USA tend to have those automatic flush units with the motion sensors. Those that haven't been remodeled in the last ten or fifteen years usually have the type where you have to manually pull the handle.
While I've read articles about them, I haven't seen one of those waterless non-flushing fixtures. An Interstate rest area about eighty miles from here was supposed to have been equipped with restrooms with waste fixtures that used clear mineral oil instead of water. Supposedly the oil could be separated in the rest area's treatment facility and reused, reducing the load on the septic system's drain field. Apparently that was less expensive than the long pipe run to the nearest municipal sewer system.
A recently built restroom in a nearby shopping center has weird sinks with the drains in the back corner instead of the traditional location in the center. The towel dispensers are so well concealed behind the lower edge of the mirror there are signs on the mirror to point out where to find the hand towels.
While I've read articles about them, I haven't seen one of those waterless non-flushing fixtures. An Interstate rest area about eighty miles from here was supposed to have been equipped with restrooms with waste fixtures that used clear mineral oil instead of water. Supposedly the oil could be separated in the rest area's treatment facility and reused, reducing the load on the septic system's drain field. Apparently that was less expensive than the long pipe run to the nearest municipal sewer system.
A recently built restroom in a nearby shopping center has weird sinks with the drains in the back corner instead of the traditional location in the center. The towel dispensers are so well concealed behind the lower edge of the mirror there are signs on the mirror to point out where to find the hand towels.
what discomfort? From my description, you can tell it was a small bathroom. Should I be expected to walk out of the bathroom until the guy was done?
I would. Better that than to invade someone's personal space.
I noticed this the other day at my local shopping center (mall, for you Americanskis). They had urinals that just plain didn't flush at all. Used some kind of waterless technology. Something like this: http://www.waterless.com/
