Is this true??

No...  we are guys, we actually don't care... most guys will just pull up to the urinal, look straight ahead, zone out like there is no one there.. others will strike up a conversation.

Depending on how bad guys have to go I've seen them use the sink as a urinal, and actually share the urinal..  

There are defined protocols for EMPTY urinals when an option is available.

For instance, say there are 5 urinals and X marks the urinal occupied

                 A   ---  B  --- C  --  D --  E

When empty - you choose "A" or "E" to give maximum distance for anyone else.

                 A   ---  B  --- C  --  D --  E

                 X

you choose "E".  Do NOT choose "B".  "C" is acceptable and "D" is a personal foul because if you choose "D" that means the next guy must be shoulder to shoulder with someone else as

                 A   ---  B  --- C  --  D --  E

                 X                          X

means that B, C and E all over NEXT TO someone else.

For:            A   ---  B  --- C  --  D --  E

                  X                                  X

you obviously take "C"

there are additional rules (but I have to leave for my run),

The gist of it is that you have to be thinking ahead when approaching the urinal...

I kinda hoped we were all a bit more evolved than this but who am I to question progress.

Oh Bother....

x2 

unless your packing a 10 gallon bladder, have some serious pressure problems or just can't preform under pressure, what does it matter who is standing next to you for 30-60 seconds while your letting junior out to pasture, you're not there long enough to have an in depth  conversation anyway

how would  you know when some one else is looking unless your looking around yourself

I agree with the bear, except for the part where he wants the guy in the next urinal to harden up. not that there's anything wrong with that.......

X2

This is the only post in this thread that has any validity. 

There's no line as long as there's an open urinal. But given the option, you don't use the one next to some one.

But I often like to mess with guy's minds and take the middle one...

Wait...THE SINK?!? WTF!!! What about the little drain in the middle of the floor? Is that fair game too? The trash can? Geez, you guys pee all over everything in there. It's like your own personal game of Hosey Cow.

They don't pay janitors enough.

I have to tell this story - happened to a Malaysian friend of mine.  The background to this story is the fact that many Chinese people do not understand the concenpt of "lining up", and that most public mens room in China do not have urinals. 

Friend went home to Malaysia for a visit.  Malaysia is a popular destination for Chinese tourists.  One time Friend was in the men's room of a restaurant doing his business in front of a urinal.  All urinals were in used, and there was a line waiting.  All of a suddent the 4th guy in line (Chinese tourist) came up beside Friend and began to unzip.  Friend freaked and yelled.  Created a big commotion in the men's room. 

What would guys do if someone try to share your urinal?

I am peeing right now...

At my college, they removed the sinks from all of the boys dorm rooms.  Left 'em in the women's dorms.  Hey, when you gotta go.... the tap is almost like flushing

As Bear and Spokes said.

 If there's the option to use a urinal with an empty one in between, then fine.  But if not, then you cowboy up.  The only one's that don't are those that can't handle the pressure.  Anyone see the movie "Waiting..."?

 And yes, the sink is used in extreme circumstances (ala NFL games).  But I personally draw a line at this (usually), it's crossing a line in the food chain.

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