5 "at a Urinal" Etiquettes

Okay, here’s the deal I was at a pub last night and after a couple of beers I needed to relieve myself. There are a couple of things that you as a guy should know to consider as Urinal Etiquette. Here they are.

1. Ask permission to use the urinal: Now obliviously you wouldn't to ask permission if there is a free urinal. However, if there is a queue and you really need to go bad don't muck in, ask the person in front of for permission to use the urinal before he does. It helps to hold your crotch and stick together when asking :-). Just don't make look like your trying to seduce him.
2. Don't spit or throw stuff in a urinal: I have seen some people spit guuueey green flem into urinals. I have also seen guys ash of their cigarette butts. This makes taking a piss real uncomfortable and if there is enough shit clogging the drain then there is a good chance that you will have a pool of piss with the cigarette butt Olympics going on.
3. Don't talk or sing to yourself or try making small talk with the guy next to you. No wants to hear you say " Come on Jack you can do it. Just relax" or Sweet Home Alabama when you’re going at it. Even worse "Hey man, I prefer wearing boxers to briefs. What about you?” Eeahh...
4. Don't peer into your neighbors (you know what). Last thing you want to be caught doing is looking over and checking out the guy next to you going at it. This will really piss him off (no pun indented). Unless you’re at a gay bar, then you would have probably made a new "Friend".
5. Flush the urinal: ensure that after you done you flush. Some urinals are automatic and will flush after you move; some flush in intervals and some need you to flush. So flush.

That’s what I think. As always would like to know what you think.

5 Donts on Chewing Gum

Probably some of the most annoying things people do; they do is while chewing gum. It is one of those things that actually requires some sort of formal education i.e.

Dave: "Hi Mike, are you chewing gum?"
Mike: "Well yes I am."
Dave: "Are you certified?"
Mike: "Yeah, I just graduated yesterday."
Dave: "Ah cool, welcome to being an educated, certified gum chewer."

Never have I felt so strongly to having a formal education course than now and that too for chewing gum. Since there aren't any of these education courses around I have decided to do something about educating gum chewers. Here are my 5 dont's on chewing gum.

1) Don't chew gum as a fashion statement: Chewing gum was cool back in the days like the late 70's and throughout the 80's. It was fashion. It was what guys with the Grease look would chew on while chatting up chicks. Not anymore amigo. If you think chewing gum is cool as a fashion find a time machine and get out of this decade. Chewing gum now is primarily done to either freshen your breath after a meal, smoke, drink or maybe sometime as a stress killer.

2) It’s better to buy gum pellets than gum strips: This has a simple reasoning behind it. Gum strips, after they have been chewed are fatter and larger than gum pellets. This increases the tendency to chew with your mouth open.

3) Don't chew with your mouth open: is what your mama would have told you a million times while growing up. Similar applies to chewing gum. No one wants to hear the sound of fish splashing around in your mouth.

4) Don't try blowing bubbles for your gum this will make you look spastic and in all cases is again not classy. It you think it’s cool, then you know what you should be lookin for.

5) Don’t dispose of your gum by spitting it on the ground or sticking it under a table. That will end up being inconvenient for someone else. The best way to dispose of gum is to either

1. spit it out into the gum wrapper
2. spit it into a tissue papper
3. if the above options are not available find a trash can, spit the gum in your palm and then throw your gum in the trash. Don't spit directly into the trash can. This is just not civilized.

So there you have it my 5 donts on chewing gum.

5 Social Networking Dont's

Social Networking is today what emails were a decade ago. Emails were regarded as the new instant communication tool of the 20th Century, and it was!! Now Social Networking has replaced emails allowing for people to share their interest, pics or gossip with others instantly. With the rise of Blackberry and Iphone and other new mobile devices that allow for internet access Social Networking is no longer confined to a laptop and WIFI.
However with every technology advancement there is a learning on protecting your Digital Identity. 10 years ago it was Virus in emails, email bombs, phishing emails. These still do exist but we are more aware about them and hence avoid them. Now there is the same threat with social networking. We now have to learn for this.

Below are 5 dont's when using social networking sites.

1) Never give out your personal details: Adding birthday details, address of residence or maybe listing you cell number may make you a victim of identity theft. Even giving such information to a virtual friend, you have known for 3 years, could get you into trouble.

2) Never save your passwords on your browser: Now this is a rule of thumb. Simply because you will never know when there is a new virus that extracts these passwords form the browser memory. This again will give hackers access to your online and offline identity.

3) If you have doubt about a user; report them. Don't pass it off as saying "Ahh, maybe he’s a weird guy." Let the administrators make that call.

4) Future careers depend on your digital personality: Numerous articles and surveys have come out, in the past couple of years, about how employers look-up on facebook potential recruits and vice versa. Ensure your online profile is reflective of how you would want to be perceived in the real world.

5) Lastly ensure that the company that runs a social networking site doesn't store your user information after you have opted to cancel your account with them. This was one of the main Issues of Facebook some time ago.

These, I think, are some important points to keep in mind while networking online. If in case you want to follow me on twitter look for @JumpingJulious and would be happy to follow you.