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NFT: Men's Room Etiquette Rules Clarification Needed

NorwoodWideRight : 12/15/2017 12:56 pm
Operating Theater: Small men's room a in shared office complex. One stall. Two urinals. Two sinks.

Aggravating Incident: Full-blown emergency. The turtle is leaving the building.

The Situation: Men's room is empty. Someone left it recently and dropped an atom bomb of nose hair-curling proportions. Typical rule in this situation is to get out of Dodge, but the emergency backdoor evac prevents that as a possibility. I decide to enter the stall and complete my mission as swiftly as humanly possible and scram. Someone enters before I can high-tail it out, just as I'm leaving the stall. We lock eyes, watery from the fumes that are most certainly not my own doing.

Do I:

a) Avoid eye contact and leave the men's room without saying a word. This automatically implicates me as the offender and I'll forever be known as Mr. Hanky;

b) Say "Man, the guy who was in here before me... Wow," or something else that would implicate anyone else but me. In his shoes, I wouldn't believe me either; or

c) ....?

c  
Kevin in Annapolis : 12/15/2017 12:58 pm : link
Wash your hands
d)  
pjcas18 : 12/15/2017 12:59 pm : link
wait until the men's room is empty before existing the stall.

other than the fact you avoid shitting at work like the plague, you don't let anyone see you doing it, especially when it smells like a fecal factory.
RE: d)  
pjcas18 : 12/15/2017 1:00 pm : link
In comment 13741840 pjcas18 said:
Quote:
wait until the men's room is empty before existing the stall.

other than the fact you avoid shitting at work like the plague, you don't let anyone see you doing it, especially when it smells like a fecal factory.

*exiting*
don't say anything  
GiantsLaw : 12/15/2017 1:00 pm : link
men don't concern themselves with this
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arcarsenal : 12/15/2017 1:01 pm : link
They're going to think it was you whether you say something or not - actually, it makes it seem even more like it was you if you try to convince them it wasn't.

Basically, there's nothing you can do. Just wash your hands and head out knowing that person will look at you differently for the rest of your time there.
C)  
8 Ball : 12/15/2017 1:01 pm : link
Grow a pair and own it.
now if it was a woman entering as you were exiting  
GiantsLaw : 12/15/2017 1:01 pm : link
different story
RE: d)  
NorwoodWideRight : 12/15/2017 1:01 pm : link
In comment 13741840 pjcas18 said:
Quote:
wait until the men's room is empty before existing the stall.

other than the fact you avoid shitting at work like the plague, you don't let anyone see you doing it, especially when it smells like a fecal factory.


That option is off the table in this situation. He came in just as I was exiting the stall. I'm not sure there's even a rule that covers this. I may have found a wormhole in the Man Code.
B, would be interpreted as BS  
gtt350 : 12/15/2017 1:02 pm : link
. always say nothing
RE: C)  
NorwoodWideRight : 12/15/2017 1:03 pm : link
In comment 13741845 8 Ball said:
Quote:
Grow a pair and own it.


I considered this and imagined nodding and saying "I challenge you to do better."
A  
DennyInDenville : 12/15/2017 1:04 pm : link
.
RE: A  
B in ALB : 12/15/2017 1:05 pm : link
In comment 13741851 DennyInDenville said:
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You don't wash your hands? Nasty m'fer.
Your only option now  
Modus Operandi : 12/15/2017 1:06 pm : link
Is whether to kill the guy or simply quit.
just flush  
gm7b5 : 12/15/2017 1:06 pm : link
sadly, its a lost art. see it at the gym all the time. What are people thinking, i want to showcase my talents?
Say nothing  
bigbluehoya : 12/15/2017 1:07 pm : link
Every healthy person takes a smelly shit at least once in a while.

Either pick your feet up  
LauderdaleMatty : 12/15/2017 1:08 pm : link
And hide or say w a huge smile while Only breathing out of
Your mouth "Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukha". Or "who took a dump on the Keanza BUsh".
c  
Matt M. : 12/15/2017 1:10 pm : link
Wait until he leaves.

Otherwise, just wash and leave without conversation or acknowledgement.
amateurs  
Rocky369 : 12/15/2017 1:10 pm : link
and for the "real" Mr. Hanky  
Rocky369 : 12/15/2017 1:14 pm : link
he broke code. For smelly shits


for giant turds, you call your buddies in.
Why not just laugh  
bradshaw44 : 12/15/2017 1:16 pm : link
And walk out?
.......  
CoughlinHandsonHips : 12/15/2017 1:34 pm : link
A strong smelling shit identifies you as an alpha male. Claiming credit for this other guy's turd could open up promotion opportunities in your career.
Tell him about how good the two burritos you had for dinner  
tangled up in blue : 12/15/2017 1:43 pm : link
last night tasted
Dont  
MotownGIANTS : 12/15/2017 1:49 pm : link
make friends in the mens room ... do not talk in the mens room


Ya'll got weird ideas about the mens room
Wash your hands  
Fred-in-Florida : 12/15/2017 2:04 pm : link
and then comment "Hell my Sh_t don't stink!"
Just had a similar situation  
8 Ball : 12/15/2017 2:07 pm : link
Happen to me, only I was the one walking into it. Nasty. The fuckin guy winked at me and left. What kind of asshole winks in a mens room? Dont know the guy.
Don’t say anything.  
Giant John : 12/15/2017 5:22 pm : link
FU if you have a problem.
I'd make it mine  
Bill in UT : 12/15/2017 5:44 pm : link
and brag on it
Tell him to  
fivehead : 12/15/2017 6:24 pm : link
stay away from ghost pepper Slim Jims, and waddle out like your puckerhole hurts.
very similar situation befell me  
UESBLUE : 12/15/2017 9:56 pm : link
years ago only worse. I got into an elevator in my office building where someone had just dropped a BOMB. Doors close I inhale almost puke and then hold my breath knowing its only about 8 floors...of course 2 floors later elevator stops and a hot chick gets on. Turns and looks at me. Well you know the rest...
Go on a different floor  
02/03/2008 : 12/15/2017 10:03 pm : link
This is why I go to another floor in my building to do my bidding.
Beats running into a co-worker after dropping a smelly deuce.
RE: very similar situation befell me  
madgiantscow009 : 12/15/2017 10:34 pm : link
In comment 13742461 UESBLUE said:
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years ago only worse. I got into an elevator in my office building where someone had just dropped a BOMB. Doors close I inhale almost puke and then hold my breath knowing its only about 8 floors...of course 2 floors later elevator stops and a hot chick gets on. Turns and looks at me. Well you know the rest...


married?
Never say anything  
Dankbeerman : 12/15/2017 11:30 pm : link
leave the seat up, bluff the #1

RE: RE: C)  
trueblueinpw : 12/16/2017 1:03 am : link
In comment 13741849 NorwoodWideRight said:
Quote:
In comment 13741845 8 Ball said:


Quote:


Grow a pair and own it.



I considered this and imagined nodding and saying "I challenge you to do better."


Agree, own the shit and own the entire fucking office. This thread might be the best thing to happen around here since OBJ got cheap shot in the pre season.
Re: You don't wash your hands?  
JohnF : 12/16/2017 8:57 am : link
Great video clip from the animated Justice League on this;

No, because I'm evil!
World record...  
BMac : 12/16/2017 12:07 pm : link
...
.  
eli4life : 12/16/2017 12:44 pm : link
For all you know  
BigBlue in Keys : 12/16/2017 12:57 pm : link
it was the same guy coming back in for round 2. He knows what he did.

This was really clever.

Never say anything
Dankbeerman : 12/15/2017 11:30 pm : link : reply
leave the seat up, bluff the #1
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