They're faster to use than toilets? (I'm guessing.) They take up less space, making them more attractive to building designers. And they use less water, so they're environmentally-friendly! ;-)
... but it's assessing the relative size of an unexcited penis, which really isn't saying a whole lot. Unless they like playing the "show-er vs grower" game.
ceo on December 11th, 2009 09:10 pm (UTC) Re: I don't get urinals either
Those used to be more common; the only one I've seen in recent years is in the men's room of the Mad River Glen base lodge. When it needed to be replaced, instead of putting in actual urinals, they had one custom-made at significantly higher expense. They did a similar thing with their antique single chairlift. Peculiar place, MRG.
OMFG what a timely question. Today, for the first time, everyone I see calls me "sir" and I fear that I might have to go investigate the answer to your question soon.
approximator on December 13th, 2009 02:43 pm (UTC)
At my workplace in the lab, there is a privacy shield to either side of the urinal that has two parabolas of rusty pitted metal that shows the splash pattern. I think it's pretty clear based on the shapes that whoever uses it is inadvertently wetting themselves. Think of them as a way that men lightly mist themselves with pheromones (there must be some of those in pee and it sure sounds better than just peeing on ourselves).