not that i normally pay attention to this sort of thing

[rone]

[Poll #1270036]

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[erikred.livejournal.com]

Extra points if you manage to do it when there are lots of other people around.

[devonapple.livejournal.com]

That's a tough one. He may legitimately need "peer feedback" but providing it to the wrong kind of person could provoke an H.R. intervention.

Also...

[devonapple.livejournal.com]

He may be well aware that his stream sounds different than those of his neighboring urinal-defilers...

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Certainly, but he may not consider it an actionable difference.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I should clarify that he works on my floor, but not in the same company.

[devonapple.livejournal.com]

Then fuck it: tell him he may have some plumbing issues, but be cool about it.

[devonapple.livejournal.com]

But no tapping -- you know the no-touching rule in the men's room!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Dude, women are reading this! Do not reveal men's room rules!

[devonapple.livejournal.com]

You didn't put this on a "dudes only" filter? Doesn't everyone have one?

[gothgeekgirl.livejournal.com]

Heh. I have a "girlz only" filter, primarily to spare my male readers. Guys squick so easily!

I'm also laughing because this is in the same class of problems as "how does a woman tell a male coworker that his fly is open?" (yes guys, WE NOTICE ;)

More seriously, there are medications that will cause that sort of urination problem, notably Strattera, an ADD medication that both I and my S.O. take. So this guy may be fixing a problem rather than ignoring one.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

So Strattera transfers the attention deficit problem from your brain to your bladder... clever.

[tau-iota-mu-c.livejournal.com]

Why are you looking there?


Actually, I have a pair of jeans that posed no problems for their first few months of life, but which now unzip automatically every hour or so.

[devonapple.livejournal.com]

Ah: "Action" jeans!

[gothgeekgirl.livejournal.com]

Why are you looking there?

Pick one or more:

• Why not?


• *shrug* I have ADD; my eyes bounce around.


• I'm a geek- I look at EVERYTHING. (which is not to say I retain it all- see above)


• It's a girl thing- I tuck labels back inside people's shirt collars, too.


• I spend much of my time spotting and fixing broken patterns. That part of my brain doesn't turn off just because I'm not getting paid for it.

[deirdremoon.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA! The secret is mine! Wait'll I tell the girls!

On second thought, eww.

[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

But what if we need to use the men's bathroom at a busy concert or sporting event?

[solipsistnation.livejournal.com]

Just make sure you don't use a urinal next to anyone else. Maintain that empty space-- you wouldn't want dudes to think you WANTED to see their willies! Especially not when they're peein', 'cause that's just weird.

...

[ikkyu2.livejournal.com]

"peer feedback?" He hardly qualifies as a peer, much less a peer of the realm.

[mundivagant.livejournal.com]

Tap him on the shoulder, look at his crotch, and say "mine's bigger".




Notably prostate enlargement can develop as early as 30. Might wanna subtly suggest that he lay off alcohol and caffeine, cause dosing on those diuretics doesn't help much

[kodi]

No option for a Christopher Walken-esque "Wow!" each and every time the pee hits the porcelain?

[devonapple.livejournal.com]

That was nice... thank you. I had to keep from LOL-ing... out loud.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I'm the cock of the walk, baby!

[smashingstars.livejournal.com]

You could always find a pamphlet and leave it at his desk over lunch hour. That's what someone suggested I do with a lady at work who may have had PCOS, but I never did, because the lady was mean and PCOS isn't fatal. (Or treatable, really.)

[missionista.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was going to suggest this. Except, since he works at another company, don't leave it at his desk. If you can, get a few pamphlets, and arrange them in the men's room somewhere--preferably somewhere everyone can see them as they walk in/out. Or leave some in the stalls for reading material.

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

I was gonna suggest a poster over the urinal.

[dagbrown.livejournal.com]

Or a passive-aggressive note.

[en-ki.livejournal.com]

Ooo! Missed Connection!

[kerri9494.livejournal.com]

It could be that he's showing off his prowess doing male kegels (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070501220015AAeUeSj).

[haloumi.livejournal.com]

Say nothing. You don't want to become known as 'the guy who listens to other guys peeing'.

At least, I assume that you don't.

[epileptikitty.livejournal.com]

"My dad was killed by indoor plumbing" - toilet exploded? Prostate cancer?

Anway, is this Dan Savage-worthy? It has that Ann Landers social awkwardness nature, and he is the biggest Ann Landers-phile in the world.

He did, after all, buy her desk at the estate auction.

[glaucon.livejournal.com]

yeah, seriously. please send this to savage love.

[glaucon.livejournal.com]

also, I'd say there are too many unknowns and unknowables. maybe it's an undiagnosed prostate problem or a kidney stone or a hernia, but it's just as likely (probably more so) that it's a known disorder, or that he likes doing meth or acid or ecstasy before work, or that he's using some kinda weird arab strap device that constricts his ureter, or that he's doing kegels, or that he has three penises and a wasp crop and a tail.

also, even if it's a legitimate medical condition, the guy might be a mass murderer and you'd end up saving his life and he'd go on to murder thousands if not millions.

better keep it under your hat.

but if you were to hang up a few fliers about "how to tell if you have prostate problems", you'd be providing a community service to not only that mass murdering weird pissing fucker but also the hundreds if not thousands of guys who also use that rest room. so you should probably do that.

[mskala.livejournal.com]

you'd be providing a community service

...and possibly making things worse if he ends up self-diagnosing with prostate problems when that's not actually the issue, especially if he also tries to self-treat.

I had a urethral stricture - very similar symptom, nothing to do with my prostate.

[h-postmortemus.livejournal.com]

Damn dude... You have me really thinking about it.

Frankly, the consequences of saying something are pretty small... So I'd say ask him if he's aware he may have a prostate problem. At worst, he'll be insulted and tell you to fuck off.

Problem is, he could just have really bad "shy bladder syndrome". It's hard to overcome for some guys and they literally have to force it out...

I think the suggestion of putting up some prostate awareness posters in the bathroom is probably the best idea.

[anotherdave.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't tap him on the shoulder, but I would ask if he had that looked at. I might then go on to explain the problem in great detail if he ignores me, or says no.

You know me, I like to help.