Answering the age old question...
this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2024
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My fellow Americans, please try it. It's much more peaceful in there, and you avoid the chatty kathies at the urinals. They don't try to speak to you(1) when you're in a stall.
(1) usually
Well Kathy needs to get out of the men's room then, she can wait until I'm done peeing to have a chat.
You forgot that in the US all stalls seem to have these awkward 2 cm gaps. There is not much privacy to be had there.
More like 2.54 cm.
+ 3/4 french fry
No, but it's usually enough to deter the chatterers
Chatting at the urinal is verboten in the US. It's an unwritten rule. You'll be the village pariah if you try.
Unless you're at a dive bar, in which case it's apparently mandatory.
My boss chatted me about a project at the urinal during our quarterly onsite a few months back. Wtf dude. Can you really not wait til we get back to the conference room‽
There are certain repeat offenders at my workplace
Tell them you're trying something new for the new year: that your body faces those you talk to. If they start up a conversation while at the urinal, just rotate your body to face them. Because it's important to focus your full attention when conversing. They'll stop after the first time.
It's only maybe acceptable in the rare instance that you walk into the restroom together with a friend mid-conversation