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Q: Is "every other urinal" not an unspoken rule here?
From my restroom experiences here, it's not as heavily practiced, although it's not like I've been keeping tally or anything, so who knows. Thoughts?
edit: what's really confusing then is that if you're sitting on a bus or subway, strangers will almost never sit next to each other when there are open seats. So, maybe my office building restroom is just an outlier.
Maybe they're trying to peek at your Western willy.
I'd like to know what busses/subways you're taking where people don't take open seats because they are strangers..... sign me up, that sounds like heaven! Shoot, I can't even remember the last time I was able to get a seat , I still dream and believe though!
As far as the bathroom thing. No it's not practiced as much as in western countries. But for the most part I've noticed most people won't go to the urinal right next you if other ones are open.... it does happen more often than in the west, but overall I think most people don't want to piss next to you any more than you want them to piss next them.
I am not sure I think the "every other urinal" is much different from the rest of the world. I have seen people linger by the door until an urinal without occupied neighbors cleared up.
When my mood is above average, if I enter a bus with just one other passenger, I will go sit right next to him/her. (unless it's a 35 degree hot day and I smell like a Mexican sweatshop, no offense to the good people of Mexico)
I'm surprised at how many men do peek. It's OK to shake it more than three times in China.
Scandinavian:
it is also a lot easier to shake a small item than a big one !
The concept of personal space in China is non existent.
I have had enough of the peeping that now I will only use a urinal if the are ALL free otherwise I will piss in the stall.
In my experience most Chinese men will bee-line to the nearest stall regardless.
The worst is the Chinese bar I go to often as they only have a trough and everyone stares so I gave up and only use the vomited covered stalls now.
