Can't pee question...

[Blue-Jay]

Does anyone else "freeze up" when someone breaks urinal protocol by standing right next to you instead of leaving the required one-urinal-buffer-zone?

[DS1]

1. No, but I do slow down

so I don't have to be the first one done.

Life ~is~ a pissing contest after all, as some of us more enlightened ones are well aware

[LastKnight]

2. yes

especially when thiers no partition... if thiers a divider wall then the freeze up isnt so bad.

-LK

[Maestro]

4. Yes

There are some things I like to do in private unless I really, really, really, really, have to go. Otherwise, it locks up!

[AntiCoup2K4]

3. I believe that's often referred to as "stagefright"

...though I'll be damned if I know why it happens.

[rucky]

5. stage fright, eh?

do something to make yourself laugh.

that'll stop the freeze up & probably get rid of the guy next to you at the same time.

[ChickMagic]

6. Yes

Because I don't have one of those hangy downy things. Urinals are really hard to sit on! :crazy:

[Blue-Jay]

8. You don't have a uvula?

I bet that makes gargling difficult!

[ChickMagic]

10. You've no idea!

eom

[Blue-Jay]

7. Here's how to prevent the protocol-breaker from doing it again:

Smile at him, bat your eyes, and say "Hey! Nice watch!"

Works every time.

[I AM SPARTACUS]

9. bad urinal protocol...a rePube thing...something to do with "Trickle Down"

...I think it has something to do with "Trickle Down" theory...I mean everyone knows that "the only thing that trickles down is urine..."

* credit to that line to my Poli Sci professor, back in Reaganomics-days...

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

11. "Shy Kidney" or "Shy Bladder" syndrome. Common.

[Blue-Jay]

12. It *is* fairly common.

A local guy got fired recently for being "unable" to perform for his random piss test. There's probably going to be a lawsuit.

[Elidor]

13. Now there's a thread title that arrests your attention!

I don't freeze up, but I get decidedly edgy. I've been propositioned so many times by gay men that I am overly sensitive about my personal space in certain situations.

I usually punish the transgressor with a juicy fart. Works like a charm.

[Blue-Jay]

14. That was just me admiring your watch.

:freak:

[nuxvomica]

15. Oh yeah but I learned the remedy long ago

Do math in your head. It's a right-brain/left-brain thing, I think.

[BigMcLargehuge]

16. absolutely

I get performance anxiety couple with foreign toilet anxiety... thus, no pee.

The pressure even goes away for a couple of minutes too. But boy, when it comes back... it's like a kick in the nuts.

[MAlibdem]

17. i dont freeze up, but i dont approve

i like my space

[mlawson]

18. One-urinal buffer zone???

Hmmm. Most public (bar) toilets that I use have too few urinals for such a thing as that. We stand just inches apart, and the line behind us is long. If I were 'pee-shy' I would either have to go home, or burst my bladder. I got over that many years ago.

There are things you can do: flush the urinal constantly - the water sound will help you get there. Shut your eyes and think about something completely different that your situation. This is no real problem.

[eyesroll]

19. There's a whole association devoted to that

http://www.paruresis.org/

Books, too.

[Whitacre D_WI]

20. I usually just say "that's a pretty small penis you have there."

They don't stand next to me again.