Vancouver restaurant 'bans' men from urinating while standing up

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2011-10-13 04:05

Article here. Excerpt:

'A Vancouver restaurant has come up with an interesting solution to the men-can’t-aim problem: Ban men from peeing standing up.

Recently, my wife and I had brunch at the Edible Canada bistro on Granville Island. When I went to use the facilities, I was surprised to see just one unisex bathroom with about six private stalls and a communal sink area.

Even more surprising, though, was the sign above the toilet, showing a stick man tinkling into a toilet with a line through it. Yes, Edible Canada has banned men from peeing standing up.
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In Edible Canada’s case, where men and women have to share toilets, I can see why they’d be interested in reducing behaviours that might make things messy.

But, still, isn’t banning stand-up peeing a little extreme? Not to mention, as far as I can tell, completely unenforceable?'

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I had the dubious pleasure of using a unisex bathroom a few years ago.

The problem wasn't any apparent mess caused by men peeing while standing up, it was the discarded sanitary towel lying on the floor.

That, and the rather dubious graffito scrawled on the wall offering men sexual favours for £10 a go...

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Submitted by sirprince on Thu, 2011-10-13 14:12

I interpret the sign as a ban on peeing into the toilet while standing up. Presumably it's okay to pee on other things while standing up. It's ambiguous at best.

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Submitted by ItsDan on Thu, 2011-10-13 16:06