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Old 11-20-2011, 06:13 AM
 
Location: Wherever women are
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A comprehensive guide to navigating through one of the most bizarre men's rooms on the face of the earth.

Rule #1:
If you can make the train ride by holding your trigger happy bladder, by all means do.

Rule #2:
Head for the pee room, only when Rule #1 is inapplicable.

Rule #3:
If you love shoes, do not look at the floor. While peeing, don't bow your head down. Override the rule, "Even great men bow their heads when they're taking the leak". Always look up.

Rule #4:
If you're in winter wear, maintain coat's length from the urinal. Pascal's law advocates that the madder the bladder, the gladder the trajectory of the jet. This might contribute to the floor situation, but remember Rule #3

Rule #5:
If the urinals are occupied, follow the FIFO queuing theory. Never take to the dump rooms. All that's waiting for you in there is hostile flotsam and jetsam.

Rule #6:
Avoid taking the leak beside the homeless guy. A unique odour combined by the homeless guy, his clothes, your clothes, your cologne, his pee, your pee, everyone's pee and everyone's sweat is generated. Nostril inferno.

Rule #7:
If the cornermost urinal is open, make a peeline for it like a bull in a china shop. Taking the leak between the wall and another urinal has the lowest probability of not peeing beside a homeless guy and possibly, half the scent of nitrogen.

Rule #8:
If you're carrying a work or laptop briefcase, DO NOT place it on the floor. Always remember rule #3 and hang the briefcase on your shoulder, though the diagonal, axial tension it exerts across your body can have an adverse effect on your jet stream capabilities.

Rule #9:
DO NOT flush with an unprotected hand. Always wrap your fingers in napkin before you hit the handle. Which means you need to carry your own hand napkin, the city of New York is bankrupt enough not to stock the toilettes with loo paper And your briefcase stays on your shoulder

Rule #10:
DO NOT use the dryer, coz this is where homeless guys dry their hair, by sitting under the dryer, and their aroma is all over the place.

Rule #11:
Pee elsewhere during the weekends. Tourists stink worse and bathe less than day commuters.

Rule #12:
If you wanna take a dump, go to barnes and nobles, NY library or Macy's. Always pretend like taking a walk in the aisles picking some random book on the shelf, instead of making a peeline to the dump room. Those security guards are adept at detecting dumper behaviour.

Happy pissing, fellas.

I certainly imagine the ladies room fares much better. But I'm not gonna bet for it
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Old 11-20-2011, 07:07 AM
 
Location: The Milky Way Galaxy
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Oh geez you ain't kidding about this I used to have to use that bathroom in Grand Central on the lower level food floor at least once a week when my wife used to work at Bear Stearns. It is pretty bad...I'm thankful for just needing to unzip and go and not touch anything else cept the sink faucet handles. Then had to wash my hands with Purell after getting out of there...ugh...<shudders>
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Old 11-20-2011, 08:11 AM
 
Location: Wherever women are
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Oh geez you ain't kidding about this I used to have to use that bathroom in Grand Central on the lower level food floor at least once a week when my wife used to work at Bear Stearns. It is pretty bad...I'm thankful for just needing to unzip and go and not touch anything else cept the sink faucet handles. Then had to wash my hands with Purell after getting out of there...ugh...<shudders>
It's unfortunate nobody wants to fix it.

Either police the place or fine people. But like I mentioned, the city is almost bankrupt. And they recently spent millions on Irene to add to that.
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Old 11-20-2011, 08:30 AM
 
Location: New York, NY
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Yah, unfortunately that's the only restroom that's 24 hours in that area. You can always try to go into the Hilton and pretend you're a guest. This thread just reminded me that I have to poop.
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Old 11-20-2011, 02:52 PM
 
Location: Manhattan
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Last trip to Poughkeepsie I was almost knocked unconcious by the bucking toilet.
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Old 11-20-2011, 04:38 PM
 
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I use the bathroom in the Westin Hotel on Eighth Ave and 43rd street. quiet, clean spacious toilet areas with FUNCTIONAL LOCKS and the others using the bathrooms don't make me nervous by singing to themselves
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Old 11-21-2011, 07:01 AM
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Whats the fuss? Metro north trains have bathrooms - just use the one on the train.
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Old 11-21-2011, 08:37 AM
 
Location: Wherever women are
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Whats the fuss? Metro north trains have bathrooms - just use the one on the train.
The fuss is about the state of the men's room in one of the most important landmarks of the greatest city known to mankind, after Rome/Constantinople during antiquity, Florence during the Renaissance, Paris during the Enlightenment and London during the industrial revolution.
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Old 11-21-2011, 08:55 AM
 
Location: Bronx, New York
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I don't remember Grand Central bathrooms being that bad. Penn Station, on the other hand.............!!!!!!!
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Old 11-21-2011, 09:24 AM
 
Location: The United States of Amnesia
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Penn station is really bad.

A nice public bathroom is the one on Bryant Park. The stalls have those electronic toilet seat covers.
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