- There are ‘naked guys‘ and there are ‘afraid to be naked guys‘. The former strut around clothesless, chatting away. The latter use a towel like a forcefield, desperately trying to put on underwear.
- Men who brag loudly about sexual exploits are, most of the time, lying. It’s not hard to tell.
- Why do some guys leave their stuff in an unlocked locker? Really? A lock is that expensive?
- Posing in the mirror after a work-out is fun, but looks so dorky. It’s even more dorky if the guy posing is also taking pictures of himself in the mirror.
- Even when I don’t say a word to anybody else, I feel like a real man in that locker room…just hanging out with a bunch of dudes. Bro-ing it up.
- Don’t sprawl your stuff everywhere and then walk away. This isn’t your bedroom.
- Don’t pee on the toilet seat and all over the floor. This isn’t your….whatever room in which people think that’s ok.
- Canada Flag tattoo? Check. Tribal shoulder piece? Check.
- Human bodies are pretty weird initially, but after a while, weird becomes normal, you know?
- Don’t look at that penis, don’t look at that penis, don’t look at that penis…holy crap look at that penis!!
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“Don’t pee on the toilet seat and all over the floor. This isn’t your….whatever room in which people think that’s ok.”
Heh. Women do that too except it’s worse because… well… you have to sit in it.
Pro-tip for women: If you have to ‘hover’, lift the lid. As an added bonus, it makes hovering easier.
Good to know that there are also gross women out there…yikes!
Josh, I’d say the women are worse.
No offense ladies.
I don’t know if the women are worse or the consequences are worse for other bathroom users.
When women ‘miss’ they always hit the toilet seat which is sorta like creating a low lying, nearly invisible pee-bomb for other female bathroom users, when men ‘miss’ it’s more visually impactful but less of a hazard to other men.
I always found it odd that people would try to hold up this illusion that when it comes to bathrooms men are slobs and women are perfectly clean (an illusion held up by both men and women). Although when I’ve talked to women a good number of them have commented on how terrible women can be with bathrooms. In college I remember women talking about what they would do in female dorm bathrooms and some of those stories left feeling that it wasn’t so bad living in a door with male athletes.
Even hearing from people that have cleaned bathrooms at restaurants a lot of them will say that ladies rooms are worse than men’s rooms.
Does this mean that all this time women have been maintaining an illusion when it comes to bathroom use and they really are just as bad as men, and worse in some cases?
Oh and one last thing on bathroom cleanliness from stories I’ve heard. Tampons. That is all.
Yes, Danny. Women can be disgusting slobs.
Who knew?
As a former floor staff and occasional cleaner of pub toilets… I have to say I did.
That said, nothing has ever compared, before or since to the state of the men’s locker room in a particular hotel I briefly worked in. I didn’t get to see the ladie’s but I had it on the word of the woman doing the induction that they weren’t anything near that bad.
I’ll say that by being in those locker rooms you’re ahead of me Josh. I just moved to an area where there is literally a gym about 1 mi away and one of the things keeping me from going is the thought of a public shower area with other guys (well that and the brakes just failed on my car so gym membership money will be going to that).
I’m a 61-year-old guy who’s been pumping iron at a local health club for several years now. Like you (I assume), I’m extremely self-conscious about my body and have always had a strong sense of privacy. I don’t bother using the public shower in the men’s room there. I take baths at home. I even change into workout duds before I leave for the health club so I won’t have to change there. During my workouts I carry my wallet and keys in a small laundry bag. So, having to mess with the public shower shouldn’t be a problem for you. Of course, I’m also retired; so, I have the advantage of not having to worry about the problem of ending up with BO while driving someplace afterwards where you’ll be around other people. Of course (assuming you’re not retired), you could always go to the health club after work.
Re: not locking one’s locker, I did that all the time at the last couple of gyms I’ve used, mostly because I really don’t bring many valuable things to the gym with me. I know locks are a convenient way to see which lockers are in use or not, and it can be frustrating to open a locker you thought was unused to find a bunch of stuff, but there are worse things in this world to get upset about. I’ve only ever had something stolen out of a gym locker once — in junior high, when some girl bullies broke my lock (it was kind of a flimsy one better suited for luggage) and wrote slurs on the front of the locker with my deodorant.
@KKZ – I’m not that upset about people not locking their lockers…I just don’t understand why you would leave valuables unlocked. I’ve opened lockers and seen suits, Blackberries…I just don’t get it.
I now have a home gym, which I much prefer. Higher initial cost, but better long-term value. And I can shower at home! Woot!!
what i’ve learned from gym locker room (i’m straight dude ) : average untrained fat or skinny male bodies are ugly, but once a while there are hot guys whit cute face and killer body makes you think in your head “god hes so hot!!! dont look dont look!!! I’m not gay damn it !!” while i peeking at his body trough mirror lol . And it makes you think men bodies are beautiful too.